Compound Pronoun
Used independently, and is always at the beginning of the sentence.
Writing and Meaning
First Person Singular
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I
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tw.i
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Second Person Masculine Singular
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you
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tw.k
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Second Person Feminine Singular
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you
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tw.t
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Third Person Masculine Singular
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he
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sw
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Third Person Feminine Singular
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she
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sy
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First Person Plural
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we
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tw.n
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Second Person Plural
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you
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tw.tn
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Third Person Plural
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they
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st
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Notes
This pronoun is constructed from tw + a suffix pronoun, except the third person singular and plural.
Uses of Compound Pronouns
This type of pronoun appeared during the Seventeenth Dynasty and is mostly used as a subject in a sentence with an adverbial predicate.
Sentences with an adverbial predicate can be expressed using four different types of pronouns as follows:
I am home
iw.i m pr (suffix)
mk wi m pr (dependent)
tw.i m pr (compound)
ink m pr (independent)
Note that the third person singular and plural are identical in writing to the third person dependent pronoun singular in both genders. However, it is easy to differentiate between the two as the dependent pronoun does not stand independently at the beginning of the sentence.
Example
ist sw m pr
Behold, he is at home (Dependent).
sw m pr
He is at home (Compound).