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Compound Pronoun

Used independently, and is always at the beginning of the sentence.

Writing and Meaning

First Person Singular

I

tw.i

Second Person Masculine Singular

you

tw.k

Second Person Feminine Singular

you

tw.t

Third Person Masculine Singular

he

sw

Third Person Feminine Singular

she

sy

First Person Plural

we

tw.n

Second Person Plural

you

tw.tn

Third Person Plural

they

st

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).