9B.0 The map
9B · Linking sentences — how one thing leads to the next · a plain-language guide to Assyrian (Sureth) grammar
| you want to say | the word | sample |
|---|---|---|
| and (and often no word at all) | u-, or nothing | khul, shti, khup "eat, drink and wash!" |
| too, also, even; as for | -da, -ze on the end of a word | at-da khush-tamma "you go over there too" |
| so, then, now, but | ita, khina, up, ina | tamretli, ita azet "bury me, then go" |
| when | e-dan(et), iman, kat | iman tili derri… "when I come back…" |
| before, after, until | m-kam(et), bar, hal(et) | hal ana aten "until I come back" |
| because, so that, so … that | kat, sab, ukhcha … kat | kat khayyi purkelukh "since you saved my life" |
| as, as if, however much | akh / dakh(et), akh-t-en, kma(t) | dakhet merri katukh "as I told you" |
| he said that…; I know what… | nothing, or kat | tanili manivet "tell me who you are" |
| I saw that… | nothing, or ina | bekhzayele Akhikar ina tama "he sees that Akhikar is there" |
| if: every combination | en, en-la, or nothing | en-msili, av bet-yavvella kati |
| a / an: when to say it | kha, kha-dana, or nothing | etva kha-dana malka "there was a king" |
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