Kohila:

O. M. G.!

I've always been interested in Ancient Egypt, and even more so when I learned about Kemetism from Toa_Ausar. So, I think I'll look for the books (just how thick are they?). But what are the titles, exactly?

Anyways, tell us as the journey progresses. Learning a new language/religion/culture should be awesome (unless you're like my class, and only get to learn about Hinduism for, like, a week *exasperated sigh*)!

~ BioGaia

BioGaia:

The one that I got (Volume I) is about an inch-and-a-half thick, while I do not know the size of Volume II. I could PM you the Borders links, if you'd like.

Volume II is nearly identical, though the cover art differs and it's teal instead of blue.

(Strange, that sounds an awful lot like I'm talking Tarakava. )

That is true, I was simply referring to the wording of my post, not the exact color of the dictionaries themselves.

Oh...

Well, on another unrealted note, I discovered the meaning of "Maā-ti Ur".

Maā-ti means "The two goddesses of truth; Isis and Nephthys.", while Ur means "Large house, mansion, palace." I'm hoping that these two together mean "House of Isis (Åuset) and Nephthys (Nebt-Het)."

I hope this is correct...

Oh.

Well, at least I'm gettin' there. Can't expect me to be fluent in it after not even having the transliteration for a mere 6 hours.

Still, I'm going to press on and learn it.

Egyptian . I want to learn it, I also am trying to learn Maori. I have two people in my english class who are from New Zealand and they know some Maori, They are where I learnt the meaning of many bionicle words, Like Jala, Nui, Mata etc.

Can you supply me with where i can et that book (Online probably).

Shockingly, ive never really been intrested in learning other lanquages(i know french, some spanish and german) but is it an intresting and/or worthwile language to learn?

Toa Zahaku

It's possible that I'm a bit biased, particularly since being my culture and all it's such a large part of who I am, but I feel blessed to be one of only a few hundred people in the world who know something and one of a few dozen who understand it at such an advanced level.

Also, it's very advantageous to be able to speak with Åuset and Sutekh, or listen to Bast (), and know that it's our own "secret" language, which no one else in the room understands nor can comment on the topic of discussion.

That would probably get on my nerves after a while.

Anyways, I think I'm beginning to understand some key things here.

Take, for example, the Kemet word "maå". There are two different dictionary entries for it; one way means 'the name of a star', while the other means 'a metal object'. For any person who is accustomed to the English language, we would think, how does that make sense? Well, it all depends on the way that the heiroglyphs are written. They are written so that a person would read it as "maå", but they could denotate the meaning of it by the different glyphs that make up the word.

It's a very difficult language for me to grasp, but I'm getting there...

Right, and a good example in English would be "their", "there", and "they're".

When spoken they all sound the same however when written their meaning depends upon how they're spelled.

Remember Kemet and Hieroglyphics are the same language, only one is the spoken version, meanwhile the other is the written form.

Or you could say "which" and "witch".

I knew that Kemet and Hieroglyphs are the same.

Oh, and I just read a story about a particular Egyptian deity named Osiris... Ring a bell?

Yeah, could you PM me the Borders link; it'd be really helpful.

BTW, you got a lot of comments, and really fast.

~ BioGaia

It'd be easier to post the PM I received from Toa_Ausar here.

1. I think a good place to start to learn Kemet would be to purchase this specific version of The Book of the Dead, which is transliterated from Hieroglyphics (i.e. the written language) into Kemet (i.e. the spoken language) and then translated into English, as well as Easy Lessons in Egyptian. Also, if you're really serious about learning my language I would highly recommend investing in the following Two Volume Dictionary Set, also by E. A. Wallis Budge, plus these two resources by other authors aren't bad either.