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Introduction The Hieroglyphic writing Numbers Nouns Grammatical uses of the noun Adjectives and Comparison Demonstratives Personal Pronouns Titles in Ancient Egypt The Offering Formula Infinitive Possessive Adjectives Verbs in Ancient Egyptian language Relative in Ancient Egyptian Language Attribution Adjectives Comparative and Superlative Fractions Measures Interrogative pronouns Enclitic particles Non-Enclitic particles Prepositions Anticipation in the Ancient Egyptian Language Stative (Old Perfective) Active participles Passive participle The Passive Voice Verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language Non-verbal Sentence in Ancient Egyptian language

Adjectives used as predicative adjectives

 The adjective precedes the noun which can be noun or pronoun (dependent pronoun). Here, adjective does not follow its noun, neither agrees with it in gender nor in number. The only exception where the predicate adjective is referred back to its original position, is when the subject is independent pronoun ink.

Example


nfr mtn.i

 My way is good

 


nfr sAt.i

My daughter is good

 


nfr sw

He is good.

 


ink nfr

I am good. 

Adjective may be accompanied by the exclamatory ending  wy.


nfr.wy pr.k

How beautiful is your house!.

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