Western Neo-Aramaic :
Subtitle: The Dialect of Jubaadin
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 5th June 2019
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK
Language: eng; sem
Format: paperback  £ 95.99
Number of pages: 705
ISBN-13: 978-1-5275-3352-3
Copyright date: 2019
Table of contents: title: Table of Contents  vii; title: Figures and Diagrams . . . . . . . . XIV; title: Tables . . . . . . . . . . XV; title: Preface . . . . . . . . . . XXVI; title: Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . XXVII; title: Abbreviations and Explanations . . . . . . . XXVIII; title: 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1; title: Jubaadin . . . . . . . . . 2; title: Early Aramean History . . . . . . . . 8; title: Classical to Modern History . . . . . . . . 12; title: Western Neo-Aramaic . . . . . . . . 17; title: 2 Reading and Writing in WNA . . . . . . . 22; title: The Vowels . . . . . . . . . 23; title: Single Sound Consonants . . . . . . . . 28; title: Multiple Sound Consonants . . . . . . . . 31; title: Core Alphabet . . . . . . . . . 39; title: Modified Alphabet of Jubaadin . . . . . . . 40; title: Gemination . . . . . . . . . 41; title: Schwa . . . . . . . . . 42; title: The Hamza . . . . . . . . . 43; title: Markings Summary . . . . . . . . . 44; title: 3 Basic Vocabulary . . . . . . . . . 46; title: The Seasons . . . . . . . . . 47; title: Parts of the Day . . . . . . . . . 49; title: Days of the Week . . . . . . . . . 51; title: Units of Time . . . . . . . . . 52; title: viii; title: The Months . . . . . . . . . 54; title: People . . . . . . . . . 57; title: Relatives . . . . . . . . . 59; title: The Face . . . . . . . . . 60; title: Body Parts . . . . . . . . . 61; title: Food . . . . . . . . . 63; title: Fruits and Vegetables . . . . . . . . 64; title: Abstract Nouns . . . . . . . . . 66; title: Feminine Nouns . . . . . . . . . 67; title: 4 Numbers . . . . . . . . . 71; title: One to Ten (masculine) . . . . . . . . 72; title: One to Ten (feminine) . . . . . . . . 73; title: Eleven to Twenty (masculine) . . . . . . . 74; title: Eleven to Twenty (feminine) . . . . . . . 75; title: Twenty-one to Thirty (masculine) . . . . . . . 76; title: Twenty-one to Thirty (feminine) . . . . . . . 77; title: Multiples of Ten . . . . . . . . . 78; title: 5 Pronouns . . . . . . . . . 82; title: Subject Pronouns . . . . . . . . . 83; title: Demonstrative Pronouns . . . . . . . . 85; title: Possessive Pronouns . . . . . . . . 87; title: The Relative Pronoun Ti . . . . . . . . 91; title: Indicating Possession . . . . . . . . 93; title: 6 The Adjective . . . . . . . . . 96; title: Indefinite Adjectives . . . . . . . . 97; title: Definite Adjectives . . . . . . . . . 98; title: The Colors . . . . . . . . . . 99; title: ix; title: Adjectives of the Type upʿol . . . . . . . 102; title: Adjectives of the Types paʿʿel and paʿlel . . . . . . 103; title: Adjectives of the Type ipʿel . . . . . . . 105; title: Adjectives that End with ai . . . . . . . . 107; title: Adjectives that End with b . . . . . . . . 109; title: Superlatives . . . . . . . . . 110; title: 7 The Plural Forms . . . . . . . . . 112; title: Nouns Ending with ṯa . . . . . . . . 113; title: Nouns Ending with ča . . . . . . . . 115; title: Plurals of Masculine Nouns . . . . . . . 117; title: Irregular Plurals . . . . . . . . . 119; title: Unit Plurals . . . . . . . . . 122; title: Plurals of Feminine Adjectives . . . . . . . 126; title: Plurals of Masculine Adjectives . . . . . . . 128; title: Possessives and Plural Nouns . . . . . . . 130; title: 8 The Nominal Sentence . . . . . . . 134; title: Conjugation of the Predicate . . . . . . . 135; title: Negation in a Nominal Sentence . . . . . . . 137; title: Implied Wishes . . . . . . . . . 140; title: Conjunctions . . . . . . . . . 141; title: Genitive Constructions . . . . . . . . 142; title: 9 Adverbs and Prepositions . . . . . . . 144; title: Adverbs of Quantity . . . . . . . . 145; title: Prepositions . . . . . . . . . 146; title: Adverbs of Time . . . . . . . . . 148; title: Adverbs of Place . . . . . . . . . 153; title: Adverbs of State . . . . . . . . . 157; title: x; title: Possibility and Confirmation . . . . . . . 159; title: Exclamatory Sentences . . . . . . . . 161; title: Interrogative Sentences . . . . . . . . 162; title: Yes or No Questions . . . . . . . . 164; title: 10 Conversations . . . . . . . . 166; title: In the Street . . . . . . . . . 167; title: Buying Meat . . . . . . . . . 168; title: The Lost Cat . . . . . . . . . 169; title: At the Restaurant . . . . . . . . . 170; title: On the Phone . . . . . . . . . 171; title: 11 Past Tense Verbs . . . . . . . . 172; title: Axal in the Past Tense . . . . . . . . 173; title: Asab in the Past Tense . . . . . . . . 175; title: Ōmar in the Past Tense . . . . . . . . 176; title: Verbs of the Type epʿal . . . . . . . . 178; title: Verbs of the Type Ipʿel . . . . . . . . 183; title: Verbs of the Type Ipʿal . . . . . . . . 189; title: Hollow Verbs . . . . . . . . . 190; title: Verbs of the Types pōʿal and čpōʿal . . . . . . 193; title: Verbs of the Types pōʿel and čpōʿel . . . . . . 196; title: Verbs of the Types paʿlal and paʿlel . . . . . . 201; title: Geminate Verbs paʿʿal . . . . . . . . 205; title: Geminate Verbs paʿʿel . . . . . . . . 212; title: Verbs of the Types apʿal and apʿel . . . . . . . 217; title: Verbs that End with a Vowel . . . . . . . 222; title: Less Common Conjugations . . . . . . . 230; title: The Verbs Aṯa and Zalle . . . . . . . . 235; title: xi; title: 12 Special Cases . . . . . . . . . 238; title: Troublesome Verbs . . . . . . . . . 239; title: Negation in the Past Tense . . . . . . . . 244; title: Using Lafaš . . . . . . . . . 248; title: 13 The Object . . . . . . . . . 250; title: Introduction . . . . . . . . . 251; title: Third Person Object Pronouns . . . . . . . 260; title: First Person Object Pronouns . . . . . . . 268; title: Second Person Object Pronouns . . . . . . . 271; title: Possessive Pronouns Following a Verb . . . . . . 278; title: 14 Present Tense Verbs . . . . . . . . 288; title: Simple Present Tense . . . . . . . . 289; title: Verbs of the Type epʿal . . . . . . . . 291; title: Verbs of the Type Ipʿel . . . . . . . . 293; title: Hollow Verbs . . . . . . . . . 295; title: Present Continuous . . . . . . . . . 297; title: Using Lasa . . . . . . . . . 301; title: Negation in the Present Tense . . . . . . . 303; title: Verbs of the Type pōʿal . . . . . . . . 305; title: Aṯa and zalle in the Present . . . . . . . 308; title: Verbs of the Types paʿlal and paʿlel . . . . . . 311; title: Geminate Verbs . . . . . . . . . 313; title: Verbs of the Types apʿal and apʿel . . . . . . . 315; title: 15 Special Cases II . . . . . . . . . 318; title: Objects in the Present Tense . . . . . . . 319; title: Object Pronouns in the Present Tense . . . . . . 324; title: Conditional Sentences . . . . . . . . 333; title: xii; title: Verbs that End with a Vowel . . . . . . . 334; title: Infinitives . . . . . . . . . . 339; title: Future Tense . . . . . . . . . 345; title: Negation in the Future . . . . . . . . 351; title: 16 Other Verbal Structures . . . . . . . 354; title: Passive Verb Forms . . . . . . . . 355; title: Imperative Verbs . . . . . . . . 363; title: Object Pronouns of Imperative Verbs . . . . . . 370; title: Prohibition . . . . . . . . . 374; title: Derivatives . . . . . . . . . 376; title: Light Verbs . . . . . . . . . 380; title: Continuous Past Tense . . . . . . . . 384; title: Continuous Future Tense . . . . . . . . 385; title: Other Light Verbs . . . . . . . . . 386; title: 17 Common Idioms . . . . . . . . . 391; title: 18 Short Texts . . . . . . . . . 399; title: Letter to my Father . . . . . . . . 400; title: Don’t be Sad . . . . . . . . . 401; title: Leaving Jubaadin . . . . . . . . . 402; title: Sumac . . . . . . . . . . 403; title: Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . 404; title: Solving an Equation . . . . . . . . 405; title: The Dumb Hen . . . . . . . . . 406; title: 19 Fictional Stories . . . . . . . . 407; title: Ghoneh . . . . . . . . . . 408; title: The Moroccan . . . . . . . . . 409; title: xiii; title: The Hunter . . . . . . . . . 410; title: Ghozeh . . . . . . . . . . 411; title: 20 Translated Texts . . . . . . . . 412; title: The Old Man and the Sea . . . . . . . . 413; title: Hamlet . . . . . . . . . . 414; title: What Do I Tell Him . . . . . . . . . 416; title: Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . 418; title: 21 Religious Texts . . . . . . . . . 419; title: Al-Ikhlas . . . . . . . . . . 420; title: Al-Nas . . . . . . . . . . 421; title: Al-Asr . . . . . . . . . . 423; title: Al-Fatiha . . . . . . . . . . 424; title: 22 Poetry of Jubaadin . . . . . . . . 426; title: I Give her my Soul . . . . . . . . . 427; title: Our Town . . . . . . . . . 434; title: Parting Eyes . . . . . . . . . 438; title: I Promise You . . . . . . . . . 442; title: Next Eid . . . . . . . . . . 446; title: He Travelled . . . . . . . . . 450; title: Sugman . . . . . . . . . . 454; title: 23 Extinct Words . . . . . . . . . 481; title: 24 Etymological Dictionary . . . . . . . 486; title: Appendices; title: WNA Alphabet of Jubaadin . . . . . . . 672; title: Native Contributors . . . . . . . . 673; title: xiv; title: Figures and Diagrams; title: Fig. 1-1 Jubaadin’s mountain pass, škōka. 5; title: Fig. 1-2 Jubaadin’s Arkuba region in the afternoon. 5; title: Fig. 1-3 Jubaadin’s cemetery during the summer. 6; title: Fig. 1-4 One of Jubaadin’s hills. 6; title: Fig. 1-5 Jubaadin covered by snow and fog 7; title: Fig. 1-6 Jubaadin’s geographic location 7; title: Fig. 1-7 The Aramean Kingdoms 11; title: Fig. 1-8 Historical linguistic influences on the Aramaic and Arabic dialects of Syria. 11; title: Fig. 1-9 Major contributors to WNA vocabulary according to etymology. 19; title: Fig. 1-10 Minor contributors to WNA vocabulary. 20; title: Fig. 1-11 Evolution of Western Neo-Aramaic over time. 20; title: Fig. 1-12 Summer in Jubaadin. 21; title: Fig. 4-1 A quiet afternoon in Jubaadin. 81; title: Fig. 6-1 Rainbow 101; title: Fig. 10-1 Cats 169; title: Fig. 18-1 Safwat Silan 400; title: Fig. 18-2 Hens eating 406; title: .