Aramaic Grammar (4)

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21.09.2014

Aramaic Grammar #4.

This lesson, (like all the grammar lessons) will probably not be very helpful to those without a working knowledge of Hebrew. If, however, you do have basic Hebrew, the following will be a great help in understanding gemara Aramaic. Like in Hebrew, Aramaic possesive pronouns are independent words but are attached to a noun or a preposition and even sometimes a verb as a suffix. If you know the following suffixes, you will be able to: 1. Analyze the word in order to figure out what it means. 2. Understand the role of the word in the sentence. Combined with the verb conjugations, that is pretty much the grammar you need to know in order to read. Of course, some knowledge of vocabulary is a pre-requisite for doing any grammar.

In this lesson we will focus on possesive pronouns as attached to some common prepositions: The most basic form of the possesive pronouns is as part of the preposition -

ל, as in לי or ליה. This preposition corresponds to את in Hebrew and is used to denote the direct object. It can also mean the simple possesive, as in mine or his. Start by learning the pronouns in their regular form in the first column on the right. Most of them should be at least a little bit familiar by now. When you are familiar with them, see note the ending in each case so that you can apply it to other words. Following are exercises to practice with.

English	המילה בעברית	התוספת בארמית	המילה בארמית
me, to me, mine	אותי, לי	-י, -אי	לי
you, to you, yours(m)	אותך, לך	-ך	לך
you, to you, yours(f)	אותך, לך	-יך, יכי-	ליך, ליכי
him, to him, his	אותו, לו	-יה, -ליה	ליה
her, to her, her	אותה, לה	-ה	לה
us, to us, our	אותנו, לנו	-ן	לן
you, to you, your (pl.)	אתכם, לכם	-כון, כו, -ייכו	לכו, לכון
them, to them, their	אותם, להם	הון, -הו, -ייהו	להון, להו

English	המילה בעברית	המילה בארמית
to me,	אלי	ניהלי
to you (m)	אליך
to you (f)	אלייך
to him	אליו
to her	אליה
to us	אלינו
to you (pl.)	אליכם
to them	אליהם

English	המילה בעברית	המילה בארמית
like (according to) me	כמותי	כוותי
like (according to) you (m)	כמותך
like (according to) you (f)	כמותיך
like (according to) him	כמותו
like (according to) her	כמותה
like (according to) us	כמותנו
like (according to) you (pl.)	כמותכם
like (according to) them	כמותם

English	המילה בעברית	המילה בארמית
mine	שלי	דידי
yours (m)	שלך
yours (f)	שלך
his	שלו
hers	שלה
ours	שלנו
yours (pl.)	שלכם
theirs	שלהם

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