Ancient Egyptian Forum

Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

I also have Gardiner's grammar, but without a teacher to aid me on the more daunting excersises I believe that its usefulness as a stand-alone learning guide is limited.
Collier and Manley's book however (despite being called the best book on the subject) is far too concise! It teaches virtually no grammar, and whilst it does teach the 'formulae' that can give the illusion of you being a master of hieroglyphs, I doubt that anyone who learnt from it alone would know their weak verbs from their strong verbs, and their specific present from their standard present.

Can you recommend anything?
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Ramsekh · Gods/Goddesses Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 746

Hieroglyphs for Everyone by Joseph & Lenore Scott
Heiroglyphs of Ancient Egypt by Aidan Dodson

There's one book I want to get that just came to number one on my wishlist of Egypt books yesterday. It's Ramesside, Inscriptions and Translations. $227 at Barnes and Noble. I found it cheaper somewhere else.
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Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

Gardiner's Grammar Rules!
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bel · Pharaoh Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 501

Found this and thought it may be interesting to you:
http://www.friesian.com/egypt.htm

Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

Thanks bel- is only reinforces what I said on the Dude! thread about Ma'at being pronounced Mahrt, (to rhyme with art and Bart):

Loprieno (p. 31) points out that 3 (aleph) corresponds to an r in Semitic languages and so, for an uncertain period of Egyptian history, may have been some version of an r ("a uvular trill") in Egyptian- a modern 'ah' sound as well as the glottal stop.

This could help me in my dicussion with Osiris II. Thanks!
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bel · Pharaoh Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 501

to be of help!

Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

We make a good team! Thanks for all of your help- I do like it when people are friendly rather than argumentative *cough- Osiris II!*

lol
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Osiris II · Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:

I'm sorry if you think of our discussion as an arguement--I considered it to be only an interesting debate. If I've offended you--hurt your feelings--I'm very sorry.

Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

No. don't worry. ~Arguing is fun anyway!
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Ramsekh · Gods/Goddesses Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 746

Not with family
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Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

You like doing that don't you! Smile

Whenever I try to make some sort of jokey comment you always crush it don't you Ramsekh. It really is quite unkind, but I suppose it is quite funny.

Smile

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Ramsekh · Gods/Goddesses Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 746

If it's unkind, I'll try to stop.
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Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

Nah. It's funny, if a tad annoying.
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Ramsekh · Gods/Goddesses Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 746

Well, ****. If I'm being annoying tell me. I keep losing friends because they don't tell me I'm annoying before it's too late.
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Psusennes I · Pharaoh Joined: 09 Sep 2004 Posts: 913 Location: England

I think that you are pretty friendly. One of things about forums for me is that as I can only say a few things each day I don't make a complete ass out of myself.

At least I haven't yet! Very Happy

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