ܒܬ
Appearance
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ܒܸܕ (bid)
Etymology
[edit]Likely from *ܒܥܹܐ ܕ (*bˁē d, “he (it) is wished that”). Compare Turoyo ܓ݄ܕ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]ܒܸܬ • (bit)
- (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܐܵܙܹܠ݇ܢ ܠܡܲܕܪܵܫܬܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ. ― ānā bit āzēn lmadrāštā qudmē. ― I will go to school tomorrow.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ (hāwē)) Used to express the future anterior
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܝܢ ܥܒ݂ܝܼܕܵܐ ܩܘܼܕܡܹܐ. ― ānā bit hāwēn ˁḇīdā qudmē. ― I will have finished it tomorrow.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and ܗ݇ܘܵܐ (wā)) Used to express the conditional tense.
- ܐܵܢܵܐ ܒܸܬ ܩܵܝܡܹܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܡܵܬܵܐ ܐܸܢ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܵܐ. ― ānā bit qāymēn wā min mātā in lā ìwet wā āḵā. ― I would leave the village if you were not here.
- (auxiliary, used with past participle and conditional of the verb inflected ܗܵܘܹܐ (hawe)) Used to express the past conditional tense.
- ܐܸܢ ܐܵܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܩܵܛܹ̈ܐ، ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐ݇ܟ݂ܝܼ̈ܠܝܼ ܥܵܩܘܼܒܪܹ̈ܐ. ― in ānā layt wā lī qāṭē, bit hāwī wā ḵīlī ˁāqubrē. ― If I had not had cats, the rats would have eaten me.
Usage notes
[edit]- Some dialects distinguish between this word as “will” and ܙܝܼ (zī) as “going to”.