Genitive Constructions

There are three ways to convey possession (the genitive case) in Middle Egyptian. You can either do this through juxtaposition, as in Arabic or Hebrew, or through a preposition, as in English or Spanish when dealing with nouns and only nouns. When pronouns are involved, possession is conveyed using the Suffix Pronouns.

Juxtapositional Genitives
Similar to the Arabic concept of idaafa, the Middle Egyptian juxtapositional genitive works such that if you have one noun, say jt meaning father, and you juxtapose it with another noun, say st meaning woman(so the phrase now reads: jt st), the phrase would mean "the woman's father." This does, however, lead to some ambiguity when the Conjunctive Construction is taken into account.

Genitives with n
More common than the Juxtapositional Genitive, the Genitive with n works just as genitives with "of" in English or "de" in Spanish work. To say the woman's father, one must say jt n st or literally "father of woman" where n functions as the English "of."