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The  phrases below are taken from ancient resources and they are not swear phrases in fact but let's just say they are censored phrases. They are in Targumic Aramaic. The purpose why I'm giving you these phrases is not to learn how to curse or swear in Aramaic but to give you an aspect of Aramaic as a communication ,a living language as if talking to real people, speakers of Aramaic. You should never use profanity against someone moreover in Aramaic. גירא בעינך girʾa beʿeinakh (to male) An arrow into your eye! גירא girʾa arrow ב Be To,in (preposition of place) עינ ʿein eye or  עינא ʿeina the eye, eye ך -kh suffix  Your גירא בעיניך   gyrʾa beʿynykh (to female) An arrow into your eye! And when cursing yourself. גירא בעיני girʾa beʿeini An arrow to my eye! עפרא לפומך ʿaphrʾa lephumakh Dirt in your mouth! (to male) עפרא ʿaphrʾa Dirt ל Le To preposition of direction. פומ Phuma mouth When you curse yourself saying something like 'damn me!' then you use the following phrase...

What's your name in Aramaic. Ancient Aramaic ?מה שׁמך  שׁמי ישׁוע Mah shmakh? (m) What is your name?   ישוע שמי Shmi Yeshua My name is Jesus. מא שמיך ma shmikh (f) What's your name? when talking to a female. Classical Syriac ܡ݃ܗ ܫܡ݃ܟ Mah shmak? ܝܶܫܽܘܥ ܫܡܝ݈ yeshuwʿ shmy݈ My name is Jesus. Neo-Aramaic Sureth (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) ܡܼܘܕܝܼ ܝܠܸܐ ܫܸܡܘܼܟ Mude le shimukh? What's your name? Other  ܡܢ ܫܡܐ ܕܠܟ  ܫܡܐ ܕܠ ܝܗ ܗܘ man shmo dlokh? Shmo dil Yshu’a haw What's your name? My name is Jesus. Back to short Aramaic lessons. Read also Greetings in Ancient Aramaic . Some Aramaic greetings .

The targums are Aramaic translations of the Hebrew Old Testament.The word Targum means 'translation' in Hebrew. 'Targum' means translation in Hebrew After the emergence of Aramaic the Hebrew language was continuously loosing ground to it.Aramaic was gradually becoming the common language for the people. At some point it became clear that Hebrew texts could not be understood by the mass and the need arised for a translation into Aramaic. Initially the targums were oral translations transferred by the (מְתוּרגְמָן mǝturgǝmān)-translators. Eventually Hebrew was reduced to being only the language of religion and the Elite in Palestine. So ,the first targums appeared which where translations ,explanations and paraphrases of the religious Jewish scripts. The most important targums are the Targums Onkelos and Targums Jonathan. The Targum Onkelos  is the official   translation of the Torah. Onkelos This version of Aramaic is called Targumic. Other uses of the w...

Good morning! צפרא טבא tsafra tava Good evening! רמשא עבא ramsha tava Live for ever! לעלםין היי le-almeen h´ee Peace to you! שׁלם לכין Shlam lekhon Read also Some aramaic greetings!

Days of the week in Targumic Aramaic In the table below are the days of the week in Targumic Aramaic.In other dialects there might be some minor differences in the pronounciation. Day in Targumic Aramaic is yom ( יום ) ,the same as in Hebrew and Arabic  (يوم).Note that Saturday in Targumic Aramaic literally means the holy day (holiday)-shvat kudsha,shvat meaning holy.Week is shavya yomin. Sunday yom had יוםא חד Monday yom tinian יום תנן Tuesday yom tlitai יום תליתאי Wednesday yom revivai יום רביעאי Thursday yom hamishai יום הםישאי Friday yom shtitai יום שתיתאי Saturday shvat kudsha שבה כדשא Days of the Week in Syriac Aramaic The word for day in Syriac is yum instead of Targumic yom.The names of the days are formed by simp...