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zqafa-alaf I. In addition to the vowel zqafa and the combination zqafa-alaf ,the vowel [a] can be indicated with the vowel ptaha which has the following form: As you can clearly see, this vocalization schematically reproduces the letter A of the Greek alphabet. II. The ptaha diacritic marks the [а] sound which was a short vowel at an earlier stage of the language. Classical Syriac had no distinction between short and long vowels. So the diacritics ptaha and zqofo mark the same sound-[a]. A general rule to remember is that closed syllables- those ending in a consonant take a ptaha while open syllables- those ending in a vowel take a zqafa. A syllable in Syriac cannot have more than one vowel and cannot begin with more than two consonants. For example in the word bav-ga , the first syllable is closed and therefore ptaha  is used. The second syllable is open so the [a] sound is marked with a zqafa. bav-ga In some words , loanwords mainly an alaf is used after ptaha as in the word ...

The seyame sign-the double dot, was used in Classical Syriac to mark the plural. For some written words there was no way to tell whether they denoted the singular or plural form like the word  ܡܠܟܐ for king or kings. ܡ̈ܠܟܐ /malke/  'kings'  vs. ܡܠܟܐ  /malka/ 'king' And ܡܠܟܬܼܐ /malktā/ Queen vs ܡ̈ܠܟܬܼܐ /malkātā/ Queens

Shlama! Today we are going to learn how to negate a sencence in Syriac.The word for not in Syriac Aramaic is la. la means not in Aramaic To negate a sentence just put the word la at the beginning of it and then form the sentence as in affirmative. example La ktab gabra. (not write man) The man did not write. The word la also means no. That's it for now.See you!

Good day.Today we will learn some basic prepositions in Aramaic.Lets start.   b -at,in,with (instrumental case,e.g. with a stone)   d -of  l -to,for,the (sometimes it just means 'the' ,like the definite article. w(a) -and men -from ayka- where l-mana -why men 'from' in Syriac examples b-Tura   =on the mountain l-Tura =to the mountain wa-Tura =and the mountain. men Tura -from the mountain. They fled to the mountain. 'raq l-Tura. Son of God bar d'alaha (Syriac) l-Tura to the mountain The man wrote to the woman. Ktab Gabra l-attta. My God,my God, why have you forsaken me? Elohi,Elohi! L-mana sabakhtani?