سؤال 92

What was the function of a determinative in Egyptian writing?

To clarify a word's meaning without being pronouncedپاسخ درست
To mark a vowel that every reader had to speak
To separate Egyptian text into modern paragraphs
To identify the market price of a papyrus roll

توضیح

A determinative was normally silent and helped identify a word's meaning or semantic class. Treating it as a vowel that had to be pronounced confuses clarification of meaning with notation of sound.

توضیح

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