Intro To Modern Assyrian - Lesson 11

This is the 11th lesson of an Intro To Modern Assyrian. It covers question words and some of the grammar behind question formation. Some location words are also given in the grammar.

DISCLAIMER: I am only familiar with the Urmi dialect of Assyrian as spoken by the diaspora. That is the dialect presented in these lessons. I recognize others, but I do not consider myself able to teach them. TO SPEAKERS: I understand that you may speak a different dialect. I am glad to have those difference pointed out, but I cannot be expected to account for dialect differences I am not familiar with. TO LEARNERS: Assyrians are very capable at understanding dialects that are not their own. Learning any one of them is a great benefit, and will allow you to communicate with almost any speaker (though your pronunciation or word choice may be considered strange, and there are some [loan] words that may not be understood by everyone).

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[ccharlesy]

I am Assyrian and just wanted to say that I wouldn't use "masheeneh" as a word for "cars". Most people say "atnabeel" which is a bit informal. "Radeeta" would be the correct word for "car". Also, the word "Beena" can work as "yes" but I would say it's the same as "Pardon?".

[astroid0]

@ccharlesy Thanks for pointing that out. Your comment is a great example of dialectal differences, which I have tried to note in disclaimers but not in the videos themselves. I have heard atnabel, but most Assyrians where I live (northern California) say masheena (a loan word from Persian "mashin"). I've read that radeeta is more correct but have never seen it used. Similarly, English speakers in California would not say "pardon?", though that is correct, so I used "yes?" instead.

[ShammarKSA]

Whats the difference between assyrian and aramaic syriac ? What i know is that aramaic is the dialect of syria and the western part and assyrian is the iraqi dialect... Is that right ?

[astroid0]

@ShammarKSA Not exactly. At this point in time, Aramaic is no longer a single language. It's similar to the way that no one speaks Old Latin anymore, but people do speak Spanish, Portuguese, etc. Syriac is a Middle Aramaic language that originated in Syria, but is now dead as a regularly spoken language (Like Latin, it is mainly used in liturgy and texts now). Assyrian is a modern Aramaic language spoken in Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and a large diaspora community. Both languages are eastern Aramaic.

[Merbenza]

Schlamalukh Asteroid

i was pleased to find ur video helpful as my weakness lies in the grammar.

I hope you show me and others like myself how to correctly speak in the past and future tense ? Or perhaps you are preparing it already ?

Best Regards

Merbenza

[astroid0]

@Merbenza I have future lessons planned related to those, but unfortunately I don't have a definitely time frame yet. The past tense is simpler than the future tense, but there are still some grammatical concepts that they come from that I have not yet explained. Hopefully, I will be able to cover these soon.

[mrshappybunny1]

Omg im in love!^_^ im actually learningg-3

Btw assyrian-jilweta-33 yahhh!!!

[TheSexymonkey567]

Reminds of Hebrew

[UmakeMeSYK]

Bassema rooba aten leepet spy sooret

Thanks cuz nice tutorial :D

[shaulimero]

ܬܘܪܝ ܐܚܘܢܝ ܥܠ ܚܒܪܢܘܟ ܐܗܐ ܬܪܣܐ ܘܝܬ.ܐܢܐ ܝܕܥܢ ܣܘܕܝܐ ܠܫܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ ܝܠܐ.ܐܝܠܐ ܐܢܐ ܒܝܕܥܢ ܗܢܐ.

ܐܪܡܝܐ ܠܐ ܗܘ ܚܕ ܠܫܢܐ܄ ܐܠܐ ܠܫܢ̈ܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܐ܂ ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܐܪܝܟܬܐ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ܄ ܟܬܒܐ ܪܒܐ܄ ܘܟܢܫ̈ܐ ܬܘܕܝܬܢܐ ܟܠ ܫܚܠܦ ܠܫܢܐ܂ ܐܪܡܝܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗ ܫܡܗ̈ܐ ܣܓܝܐ̈ܐ: "ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ" ܗܘ ܫܡܐ ܕܐܪܡܝܐ ܕܟܢܫ̈ܐ ܟܪ̈ܣܛܝܢܐ ܡܕܢܚܝܐ܂ "܀