Ⲱϣ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϣ̀ⲗⲏⲗ Ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ

AUTHOR NAME 1
Anba Demetrius
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1
الأنبا ديمتريوس

PRINTED BY
Printing house of the Archdiocese of Mallawi (مطبعة مطرانية ملوى)

PUBLICATION YEAR
1995

PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Egypt

LANGUAGE 1
Arabic (standard)
LANGUAGE 2
Coptic
LANGUAGE 3
English

GENRE 1
Language & Grammar

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
In some parts, there are large Coptic crosses covering almost an entire page. Besides these, the book has no illustration.

NR OF PAGES
144

KEYWORDS
Coptic language , Teaching , Coptic lessons , Psalmodia , Hymns , Trilingual

CITATION
Anba Demetrius. Ⲱϣ ⲟⲩⲟϩ ϣ̀ⲗⲏⲗ Ⲕⲁⲧⲁ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ ⲕⲟⲩϫⲓ, Read and Pray Little by Little. Mallawi: Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mallawi, Hermopolis & Antenoepolis, 1995.

IS A TRANSLATION
No

FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN

ISBN NUMBER
977-5109-06-X

PUBLISHED BY
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Mallawi, Hermopolis & Antenoepolis

PUBLICATION CITY
Mallawi

CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Lessons in the Coptic language, with examples from liturgical texts and hymns, as well as exercises, grammatical explanations and translations of the Coptic words in Arabic and English. In many parts, words are transcribed in the Latin and Arabic scripts.

GENERAL COMMENTS
In the preface, H.G. Bishop Demetrius highlights the importance of learning Coptic and adds that the language is used not only in the Church but it is present in the Copts' daily speech (possibly alluding to various Coptic words used by the Copts in their daily church life, as well as to the alleged Coptic origin of certain words in the Egyptian Arabic vernacular). The Bishop writes that the book offers an easy and simple method for learning Coptic, which can help many Coptic believers to learn to read, speak and understand different parts of the Coptic liturgy, hymns and numerous words used in daily life. This is the first part of the series and the fourth edition of the book (the first edition was published in 1987).