ܒܩܕܡܝܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic phrasebook

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Root
ܩ ܕ ܡ (q d m)
11 terms

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [bqamaːjtaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [bqameːθa], [pqameːθa]

Phrase

ܒܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ • (bqammāytā)

1. at first, initially

   ܒܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܢܵܟ݂ܦܸܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡܸܢܗܘܿܢ

   bqammāytā kē nāḵpin wā minhōn

   At first I used to be shy from them.

2. back then, in the olden times

   ܒܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܚܲܕ݇ ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܸܥ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ

   bqammāytā lā ḥa lā kē yāḏiˁ wā lī

   Back then, nobody used to know me.

   ܒܩܲܕ݇ܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܟܘܼܠܗܹܝܢ ܢܸܫܹ̈ܐ ܕܡܵܬ݂ܲܢ ܟܹܐ ܙܵܩܪܝܼܢ݇ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ

   bqammāytā kulhēn niššē dmāṯan kē zāqrī wā

   In the olden times, all the women in our village used to weave.