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Suffix Pronouns
See my article on the suffix pronouns, for a very popular way to write the personal pronouns (I, you, he ...).
Dependent Pronouns
These are
dependent pronouns. Notice that the plural forms are the same as the same as
the plural suffix pronouns. Dependent pronouns are
normal pronouns which are used as objects (direct object or object of a
preposition, for example), or after these non-enclitic particles (exclamations
which appear at the beginning of a sentence):
Independent Pronouns
Another form
of personal pronoun is the independent pronoun. These appear at the beginning
of a sentence, even before the verb, and are emphatic (emphasizes the pronoun).
The first one, 
can be translated
as "It is I who ..." The others can be translated similarly. Notice
that most of them are of the form 
+
a suffix pronoun.
See the Egyptian alphabet to see what sounds the transliteration symbols represent.