5.1 Possessive Adjectives: In Coptic, possessive adjectives are constructed from the characters denoting the definite article 'p, t, n' and an attached personal pronoun. So the first part defines the gender and number of the noun and the second part defines the person possessing such noun. Coptic recognizes eight persons, five in the singular and three in the plural. These adjectives are usually prefixed to the noun they modify, as follows:

5.2 Demonstrative Adjectives - Nearer Objects: Demonstrative adjectives for nearer objects are prefixed to the nouns they modify. They also serve as the definite article for the noun. Consequently they are, like the definite article, identified by the three characters 'p' for the masculine 't' for the feminine, and 'n' for the plural. In English they are translated as 'this' for singular and 'these' for plural. Their forms are as follows:

Note: After a noun with a demonstrative adjective, the genitive case is usually expressed by 'nte', as follows:

5.3 The Infix '-ke-': This is a noninflectional word element that is inserted between the noun prefix and the noun. In English it expresses the meaning 'other'. It is used with the definite or indefinite articles, the demonstrative adjectives, and the possessive adjectives, as follows: