Neo-Aramaic/Grammar
From LING073
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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
Adjectives
Tag: <adj>
Nouns
Tag: <n>
Pronouns
Tag: <prn>
Particles
Adverbs
Tag: <adv>
Prepositions
Tag: <pr>