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| − | = Notes on Syriac Grammar =
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| − | Much simpler than Latin.
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| − | == Nouns ==
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| − | Nouns do not decline. They change by number (singular and plural), gender (masculine or feminine), and 'state' (emphatic, absolute, and construct).
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| − | Number and gender are as in Latin.
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| − | 'State' is peculiar to Aramaic. 'Emphatic' has no connection with emphasis. No idea what emphatic and absolute indicate otherwise. (Perhaps we translate them both the same?) Construct is used like a genetive, when one noun in construct precedes another in emphatic (like romanorum imperator - GEN+NOM). But genetive is normally handled by a specific symbol (in serto in green book).
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| − | (How do they do direct object/indirect object?)
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| − | == Verbs ==
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| − | Verbs have only perfect tense and imperfect tense, plus a rash of participles and infinitives. (So how do they handle present, future).
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Latest revision as of 14:33, 3 April 2006
