kat ܟܵܬ
kat is the Assyrian word for while — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.
Computer-generated pronunciation.
Meaning
- while
- subordinating particle
Examples
avvada k-azelva gu-bet-babu gu-bet-yemmu kat paletva shariva pelkhana gu-charmane gu-mulkane
ܐܵܘܘܵܐ ܕܵܐ ܟ ܐܵܙܸܠܘܵܐ ܓܘ̣ ܒܹܬ ܒܵܒܘ̣ ܓܘ̣ ܒܹܬ ܝܸܡܡܘ̣ ܟܵܬ ܦܵܠܸܛܘܵܐ ܫܵܪܝܼܘܵܐ ܦܸܠܚܵܢܵܐ ܓܘ̣ ܟ̃ܵܪܡܵܢܸܐ ܓܘ̣ ܡܘ̣ܠܟܵܢܸܐ
He also goes (to live) in the house of his father, the house of his mother, while beginning to go out to work in the vineyards and estates
bushayute etvalun erbe, kat men-danne erbe b-khalviva, men-amret erbe b-zabniva, karra gupta atkha mendyane bet-khayyiva.
ܒܘ̣ܫܵܝܘ̣ܬܹ ܐܸܬܘܵܠܘ̣ܢ ܐܸܪܒܸܐ، ܟܵܬ ܡܸܢ ܕܵܢܢܸܐ ܐܸܪܒܸܐ ܒ ܚܵܠܘܝܼܘܵܐ، ܡܸܢ ܐܵܡܪܸܬ ܐܸܪܒܸܐ ܒ ܙܵܒܢܝܼܘܵܐ، ܟܵܪܪܵܐ ܓܘ̣ܦܬܵܐ ܐܵܬܚܵܐ ܡܸܢܕܝܵܢܸܐ ܒܸܬ ܚܵܝܝܝܼܘܵܐ.
Most of them had sheep and lived by (lit. while) milking the sheep and selling the wool of the sheep, butter, cheese and such things
Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 118.
Practice kat in hamzem — free