People & family in Assyrian
Talking about who someone is and who they belong to.
How to say “Why was I treated treacherously by Natan your son?”, “I have a seven-year-old daughter”, “I am infatuated about that girl” and more in everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth), with the Syriac script.
ka-mu peshli uldiyya b-Natan brunukh?
ܩܵܐ ܡܘ̣ ܦܸܫܠܝܼ ܐܘ̣ܠܕܝܼܝܝܵܐ ܒ ܢܵܬܵܢ ܒܪܘ̣ܢܘ̣ܚ؟
Why was I treated treacherously by Natan your son?
kha-brata etli shavva shenne
ܚܵܐ ܒܪܵܬܵܐ ܐܸܬܠܝܼ ܫܵܘܘܵ ܫܸܢܢܸܐ
I have a seven-year-old daughter
lebbi verre ka-de brata
ܠܸܒܒܝܼ ܘܸܪܪܸܐ ܩܵܐ ܕܹܐ ܒܪܵܬܵܐ
I am infatuated about that girl
kha-nasha etten gu-dussak bedmayele alli
ܚܵܐ ܢܵܫܵܐ ܐܸܬܬܸܢ ܓܘ̣ ܕܘ̣ܣܣܵܩ ܒܸܕܡܵܝܸܠܸܐ ܐܵܠܠܝܼ
There is a man in jail who resembles me
ana nedrukh
ܐܵܢܵܐ ܢܸܕܪܘ̣ܚ
I am your protector (said to child or relative or friend) =
khazzakh mujjur yalele
ܚܵܙܙܵܚ ܡܘ̣ܓ̃ܓ̃ܘ̣ܪ ܝܵܠܸܠܸܐ
Let us see what kind of boy he is
ka-muit atkha mara kat-nashe maskherri biyyi?
ܩܵܐ ܡܘ̣ ܐܝܼܬ ܐܵܬܚܵܐ ܡܵܪܵܐ ܩܵܬ ܢܵܫܹܐ ܡܵܣܚܸܪܪܝܼ ܒܝܼܝܝܝܼ؟
Why are you saying this, so that people will despise me?
bayyen msazgerrennukh men-do nasha
ܒܵܝܝܸܢ ܡܣܵܙܓܸܪܪܸܢܢܘ̣ܚ ܡܸܢ ܕܘ̇ ܢܵܫܵܐ
I want to make you become the friend of that man
kha-sama khinada alma etten
ܚܵ ܣܵܡܵܐ ܚܝܼܢܵܐ ܕܵܐ ܐܵܠܡܵܐ ܐܸܬܬܸܢ
There is another group of people
ka-do nasha meshkha mkhili
ܩܵܐ ܕܘ̇ ܢܵܫܵܐ ܡܸܫܚܵܐ ܡܚܝܼܠܝܼ
I flattered that man
bruni nziruven ka-kashuyta
ܒܪܘ̣ܢܝܼ ܢܙܝܼܪܘ̣ܘܸܢ ܩܵܐ ܩܵܫܘ̣ܝܬܵܐ
I have dedicated my son to the priesthood
nigaran et-yemmivet
ܢܝܼܓܵܪܵܢ ܐܸܬ ܝܸܡܡܝܼܘܸܬ
I am worried about my mother
shavvutevenbar de bakhta
ܫܵܘܘܘ̣ܬܸܘܸܢܒܵܪ ܕܹܐ ܒܵܚܬܵܐ
I am lusting for that woman
t-aven al-gibet davva nasha
ܛ ܐܵܘܸܢ ܵܠ ܓܝܼܒܸܬ ܕܵܘܘܵܐ ܢܵܫܵܐ
I shall take the side of that man
bet- mapremmenne aha nasha
ܒܸܬ ܡܵܦܪܸܡܡܸܢܢܸܐ ܐܵܗܵܐ ܢܵܫܵܐ
I shall make this man understand, I shall convince this man
yemmet diyyukh ka-diyyukh tuyberra
ܝܸܡܡܸܬ ܕܝܼܝܝܘ̣ܚ ܩܵܐ ܕܝܼܝܝܘ̣ܚ ܬܘ̣ܝܒܸܪܪܵܐ
Your mother brought you up
khabret do nasha shkelli
ܚܵܒܪܸܬ ܕܘ̇ ܢܵܫܵܐ ܫܩܸܠܠܝܼ
I listened to what that man said
nasha brikha! ka-mu atkha vedlukh?
ܢܵܫܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܚܵܐ! ܩܵܐ ܡܘ̣ ܐܵܬܚܵܐ ܘܸܕܠܘ̣ܚ؟
You blessed (fool of a) man! Why did you do that?
ani bayyi khoravate ate menne
They want their friends to come with them
avun ile khoru
That is his friend