answersLogoWhite

0

It is wrong to think that every hieroglyph stands for an entire word - a few do, but the huge majority are sound-signs used to spell out words in the ancient Egyptian language.

The weak verb meaning "to be able to do something" is gmi, spelled out with the black ibis sign (gm) plus the phonetic complement owl sign (m). In order to make this negative you add the joined arms sign (n) in front, and add .n=f after the verb stem for the meaning "it":

n gm.n=f "it is not possible". Since vowels were not written in hieroglyphs we can never know how this was pronounced.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

Still curious? Ask our experts.

Chat with our AI personalities

JordanJordan
Looking for a career mentor? I've seen my fair share of shake-ups.
Chat with Jordan
MaxineMaxine
I respect you enough to keep it real.
Chat with Maxine
DevinDevin
I've poured enough drinks to know that people don't always want advice—they just want to talk.
Chat with Devin
More answers

Two feet walking on water

User Avatar

Wiki User

12y ago
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: How do you express the concept impossible in Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about General History

What Egyptian words that start with Y?

Years, or yarn.


What is the purpose of the symbol in logic?

The symbol in logic represents negation, indicating the opposite or denial of a statement. It is used to express the concept of "not" in logical propositions.


How many British people died?

unlike America british don't die over man milk


Did the Aztecs use hieroglyphics?

Aztec writing uses simplified images of recognisable things to produce a kind of rough approximation of Aztec words - it does not spell out actual words and is not considered to be a complete writing system.Although some people describe the Aztec system as "hieroglyphic", it certainly does not work like Egyptian hieroglyphs, which are a complete and effective method of accurately writing language.Aztec scribes could each decide how they wanted to write the words in their text, often using pictures of things that only sounded similar to the word they wanted to express, or puns on other words. For example the picture of a mountain (tepetlin Aztec) could be used for tepe in words that have nothing to do with mountains. The place-name Coatzinco (pace of little snake) was written with the sign for snake (coatl) and the picture representing buttocks (tzintli), since this sounded similar to the word -tzin, meaning little (the place name ending -co was not written at all).It is perhaps better to call such a system "glyphs" rather than hieroglyphs.


When was Southwest Air Fast Express created?

Southwest Air Fast Express was created in 1928.