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Revision as of 15:18, 12 February 2018

Parts of Speech

Verbs

Tag: <v>

In Assyrian Neo-Aramaic, the root of a verb consists of three or four consonants. Different inflectional forms of the verb are formed by putting different vowels in between these consonants.

Examples

The root of 'to cook' consists of three consonants, b-š-l. One possible form of this verb is bašəl, 'he cooks.'

b-š-l<m><pres> ↔ bašəl

Nouns

Tag: <n>

Adjectives

Tag: <adj>

According to Khan (2016), adjectives function similarly to nouns; in fact, most can actually serve as nouns under the right circumstances. Adjectives are inflected for gender and number.

The root of the word for 'new' consists of two consonants, x-t. One possible surface form of this verb is xatta, which is feminine and singular.

x-t<f><sg> ↔ xatta

Pronouns

Tag: <prn>

Adverbs

Tag: <adv>

Prepositions

Tag: <pr>