ALAP BETH - An Introduction to Modern Syriac: Eastern Dialect Kindle Edition

Notice to the Readersܒܫܝܢـــــܐ B’shayna! Welcome to Modern Syriac Language (Syriac – for short), also known as Sooruth ܐ̄ܣــــܘܪܬ, Swādāyā ܣـــܘܝܕܝܐ ,Chaldean language ܠܫܢــܐ ܟܠܕܝــــܐ, or Assyrian language ܠܫܢــܐ ܐܬܘܪܝـــܐ. The grammar of this book represents the fundamental of Syriac language to assist you learn to pronounce the sounds of Syriac, vocabulary, simple grammar, and some Syriac culture.The language represent in this book is the most widely spoken dialect among the Syriac people, which is called “Dashta D’Ninweh – ܕܫــــܬܐ ܕܢܝܢــــܘܐ (The Nineveh Plain) dialect.This book intended for all who want to learn reading, writing, and speaking Syriac outside a classroom framework by themselves by watching the chapters by chapter recordings videos at ww.aramaicstudies.org.The book is divided into chapters that cover:Letters and vowels:Reading, writing and pronunciation.Grammar: proceeding gradually from the basic to more complex and advanced:Prepositions, plural, masculine, and feminine.Numbers, time, months, and date.Nouns: applying gender and numbers with nouns.Adjectives and adverbs.Verbs and their conjugations in tenses.Reading and Conversations.Vocabulary: through all chaptersExercises.You might want more; others will want less. Nevertheless, this is our best judgment of what constitute a basic, one course in Syriac language should. We know that a big number of those who study Syriac do so in preparation for some type of pastoral or serving as a deacon at the church. Chapters 4 and 7 - The Grammar, Chapter 8 - The Verbs, Appendixes C, D, E, and F will help pastoral students to know more about basic Syriac grammar.In the meantime, this book will help other people never had chance to learn the language, especially Syriac people in diaspora. In general, the design of this grammar reflects both its basic and its primary audience.What is New in this Edition? In this edition, we arranged the topics in order to make it easier for reader to learn the language, we increased the font’s size of the Syriac letters and words which helps in reading of the Syriac words, added more words for reading, and we added the Function of Nouns and Verbs in chapter 8.To help enhance the reader’s experience, we have recorded chapters 2 to 10 of this book. This will hopefully guide the reader for better pronunciation and to simplify the navigation of this book. To access the recordings video/audio chapters and for any questions or comments, please visit www.aramaicstudies.org. Read more