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shakoosh

posted on Feb 12, 2004 - 03:19 AM

we have some common phrases that we say in arabic/english that i would like to learn how to say them in coptic. here's a little list of phrases...can someone please translate into coptic for me?

• "in sha-allah"
  
• "rabina ma3ak" (all conjugations if possible....masculine, fem, plural),
  
• "you're welcome"
  

that's all that i can remember for now but i'm sure others will pop back into my empty head.

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petertheodore

posted on Feb 12, 2004 - 08:51 AM

I'd like

seeking your prayers (or similar)
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crushed

posted on Feb 12, 2004 - 12:24 PM

Dear Brother - "Pacon `mmenrit"
Dear Sister - "Taconi `mmenrit"

Seeking your prayers - "Arifmeui qen pek`slyl" (lit. 'Remember me in your prayers')

God be with you/'Rabina ma'ak' -
`P[oic sop nemak - With you - masculine
`P[oic sop neman - With us
`P;oic sop neme - With you - feminine

Insha'allah (Eng. May God's will be done)
Qen `fouws `nte `P[oic (long shot)
Not sure about all of above but just my guess.

Hope that helps.

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StephaneY

posted on Feb 20, 2004 - 09:44 AM

Hi everyone,

I don't know if it's the best place for my request. Sorry in advance if it's not.

Well, we have the honour to have for the whole Week-end here in France, our Grace Anba Moussa, Bishop of Youth. And I need your help, please to translate from english to coptic, a little phrase which is "Welcome in France". But I want it, please in Coptic letters, not in english ones.

It will be great if you can do this for me.

And I send you in advance, a huge thank from your brothers of St. Mary & St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, in Paris (FRANCE)

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markoc

posted on Feb 20, 2004 - 07:40 PM

nane pekjin`i `evranc peniwt ettaiyout apa mwcy

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Mathitis

posted on Feb 20, 2004 - 09:08 PM

all i see is red letters.
am i missing something then?

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StephaneY

posted on Feb 20, 2004 - 09:26 PM

I don't know how to thank you, Markoc. You've done a great service for me !
If there is anything I can do for you, of course, if I am able to do it, it will be a pleasure. Just ask.

Everyone here in our Church thanks you a lot.

May the grace of God be with you in everything you do.

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markoc

posted on Feb 21, 2004 - 01:04 AM

thank you dear .. God bless you

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Remnkemi

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 12:22 AM

Crushed, nice try. I'll fix a few things.

From crushed:Dear Brother - "Pacon `mmenrit"
Dear Sister - "Taconi `mmenrit"
This is correct.

Seeking your prayers - "Arifmeui qen pek`slyl" (lit. 'Remember me in your prayers')
Seeking your prayers is eikw] `nca nek`slyl or you can say ]kw] `nca nek`slyl, which is "I seek your prayers"

God be with you/'Rabina ma'ak' -
`P[oic sop nemak - With you - masculine
`P[oic sop neman - With us
`P;oic sop neme - With you - feminine
I think it is better to say Pen[oic swpi nemak because the Coptic verb sop really means exists or lives, while swpi is the Coptic version of the verb is/are (which isn't really a verb in English. But that is an English idiosyncracy).

Insha'allah (Eng. May God's will be done)
Qen `fouws `nte `P[oic (long shot)
Not sure about all of above but just my guess.
First of all, `fouws means He wants/wishes. The correct way to translate "Insha alla" is Aresan Vnou] ouws, which literally means "If/When God wishes"

Hope this helps.
George

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mzaki

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 12:38 AM

George,

Isn't Aripameui qen pek`slyl a perfectly acceptable way of saying, "Remember me in your prayers." I understand that "Seeking your prayers" is what was asked, but I mean, there is no error here, is there?

I ask, because I use this phrase on occasion.

Also thanks for bringing this thread back

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petertheodore

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 07:35 AM

mzaki, is that pronounced

aripameti hen pek eshleel?

or how?

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mgeorge

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 10:33 AM

a-ri-pa-mev-e khen pek-esh-leel

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Guest

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 07:31 PM

From Mathitis:all i see is red letters.
am i missing something then?

Mathitis:
you must have Coptic fonts in order to see it
you can download them from this site:

http://www.copticchurch.net/coptic_fonts/

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mariam

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 08:44 PM

Thanks, it worked.

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Meghalo05

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 10:43 PM

She Enrompi everybody (ta eesh wat sali)

then you all say owoh enthok shomt she enrompi( may you live three thousand more years, i think)

God Bless all who enjoy the language of our saints, coptic.

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mzaki

posted on Jan 21, 2005 - 11:03 PM

se `nrompi translates simply to: "A hundred years."

ouoh `n;ok somt se (`nrompi), the response, translates to: "And you, three hundred (years)."

You are correct in saying that the spirit of the greeting is "May you live and pray a hundred years." And the response, "And you three-hundred years."

Though I've always wondered why anyone would want to live on this earth for 300 years...

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Pishoy

posted on Jan 22, 2005 - 08:19 PM

 sep`hmot `n;wten emasw Megalo nem myna
nem Remen,ymi nem Mariam nem Markoc nem ctevan 
nem petroc nem krasd  nem nityrou nyet menre
tenacpi `nrem`n,ymi
= thank you (plural) a lot, Meghalo and Mina and remenkimi and Mariam and Markos and Stephane
and Peter and crushed and all who love our Coptic
(Egyptian) language.

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BlezzedBoy07

posted on May 29, 2008 - 01:09 AM

I am sorry if I am behind the game, but how exactly do you say Hello and Good Bye in Coptic? Also, I still see the Coptic like this: se `nrompi or Pacon `mmenrit. I have the Coptic Fonts installed. I even re-installed them. I don't know if Vista makes a difference...

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Epideacon

posted on May 29, 2008 - 04:32 AM

Funny, I always thought that the aforementioned sa `nrompi was in reality sh nirompi. I always took it to mean "may you serve for the rest of your years" or something like that. Come to think of it, I never heard this phrase growing up. I think it's a relatively new phrase. I only started hearing maybe 5-6 years ago. Or maybe I've just never noticed it.

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DaveKallini

posted on May 29, 2008 - 04:34 AM

i was taught that "your welcome" is translated to EMON-EH-LEE

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ophadeece

posted on May 29, 2008 - 10:40 AM

Dear DaveKallini,
Emon ehli literally means "nothing" which is a way to reply to "thank you" (= tishebehmot entotk).
Dear BlezzedBoy07,
Good bye = ougai khen Ebshois
Hello (I think, not quite sure) = shere nak (ne, noten, ...etc)
God bless you all and pray for us a lot

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