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 Shlama! Today I got for you two very common phrases in Syriac-there is /there is not. it there is layt there is not Some examples It b-bayta attta. There is a woman in the house. it-there is b-in bayta-house attta-woman Layt lakhma. There is no food. layt-there is not lakhma-food,bread Be khanuta let lakhma. At  store  there isn't    bread. There is no bread at the store. These  are also used instead of the verb 'to have' which does not exist in Syriac. That's it for today!

There is a lot of confusion concerning the names used for the Aramaic language-Aramaic,Imperial Aramaic,Middle Aramaic,Jewish Aramaic,Galilean Aramaic,Syriac,Mandaic,Assyrian,Neo-Aramaic,Turoyo,Chaldean etc are some of the terms used for it. To understand why all these names exist for Aramaic you must take into account that Aramaic was never a unified language.Since ancient times there were various dialects written in various scripts sometimes different enough to be separate languages from which others evolved. Let's look at some of terms used for Aramaic one by one: Aramaic -It is a cover term that includes all dialects in all phases of history ,from ancient times up to the modern day.It also refers mainly to the ancient version of the language (Old Aramaic). Imperial Aramaic- the second official language of the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids . It was also the lingua franca of the Persian territories in the Middle East. Galilean Aramaic - also know as Jewish Palesti...

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!

Hello!It has been a while since I've last posted in learnaramaic. So ,today I'am making a comeback with a short post as usual.The philosophy of this blog is to keep it simple so that learning does not become painful.Keep going through the archive to repeat stuff that you've learned. So,today I have the first four numbers-1,2,3,4 in Classical Syriac Aramaic for you. 1 One is hadh (ܚܰܕ) written as (ܐ) 2 two is  tren (ܬܪܶܝܢ) as in bed,the e being a long one. 3 three is tlotho (ܬܠܳܬܳܐ) 4 Four is arb'o (ܐܰܪܒܥܳܐ) And another variant of the numbers' names. Take a look at the image below to see the transcription of the numbers in Syriac Estrangelo. These are names of the numbers given above. Syriac uses the letters of the alphabet to denote numbers just like in Ancient Greek. So number one (ĥad) would be written as alap (ܐ), number two-tren as beta (ܒ). Number three-tlotho as gamma (ܓ) and so on. 5 Five-khamsho (ܚܰܡܫܳܐ) written as (ܗ) 6 six- shto 7 seven - sav...

When we want to say together in Biblical Aramaic with literally say 'with togetherness'- b'yakhad .

Holy Spirit or Ghost in Syriac Aramai c is Rukha d'qudsha. 'Rukha' is spirit ,'d' is 'of' and 'qudsha' is holy. Grammar gender of the Holy Spirit in Aramaic and other languages The Holy Spirit in Syriac Aramaic is feminine and that is why images of the Holy Mother were used when speaking about the Spirit.The grammatical gender of the spirit varies according to the language.In Hebrew ( רוּחַ , rūaḥ) it is both masculine and feminine while in Greek it is neutral (πνεῦμα, pneûma). root of qudsha is qdsh-holiness In Galilean Aramaic Holy Spirit is a little bit different-ruah qudsha Now let's take a look at how it might be written in the Syriac Estrangelo and then the Aramaic block script (Hebrew). The term "Ruha d'Qudsha" in Aramaic is composed of two parts: "Ruha" and "Qudsha." 1. Ruha: The word "Ruha" (ܪܘܚܐ) means "spirit" or "breath" in Ar...

Shlama! Ever wondered how to say the phrase ' in Aramaic ' in Syriac Aramaic? It's 'âramâit'.This is how it looks like in the Syriac Estrangelo script .It is transcribed as 'rm'yt in the Latin script. Also,note the small triangle above the 'r' letter.It's a short 'a' and can be omitted in writting.Short vowels usually left out when writting in Aramaic. Now take a look at this short video showing you how to write it in Estrangelo .