Lesson 12  =i=b   Church Vocabulary
%ekkl3cia `nte piajioc Markoc
The Church of (the)St.  Mark 
%ekkl3cia-`p3i `m`Fnov5- `nte pini25 `mmartvroc-re4erme0re- Markoc te qen tenbaki
The Church (The House of God) of the great Martyr (martyr) Mark is in our city.

Ic fai pe peniwt Pi2wi nai ne nidiakwn-re42em2i- qen pi`2l3l `nte hanarovhi 5nov pic3ov pe 6 nem ovfa2i
There this is (our)Father Bishoy: These are the Deacons(servants) in the prayer of the Vespers: Now the time is 6 and half.


From the previous short passage about the church, you can learn a lot of new vocabulary words.  I'll show you some, and you can do the rest:

First let's review some things that'll make it easier to know the root words:

Pi    `p    `F the(m)
%    `t    `0 the(f)
Ni    nen the(pl)
`Nte of
Nen our

Now let's learn some vocabulary:
 
Ekkl3cia Church 
Ajioc Saint (Holy)
Note: This is Greek, The Coptic word for (holy, saint) is e0ovab
#i House
Nov5 god 
`Fnov5 God 
Ni25 Great 
Martvroc - re4erme0re Martyr 
Markoc Mark 
Polic - baki City