ܒܫܝܢܐ ܐܬܝܬܘܢ ܠܕܦܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܣܘܪܥܦܐ ܕܡ̈ܠܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܬܐ

Welcome to the Syriac Verb Tutorial

Tired of memorizing conjugation tables on a thick textbook? Let's try something new! Pick a practice mode below to begin studying.

In English, the verb "to run" can only take on a few variations, such as ran, runs, and will run. In Syriac, the equivalent of "to run" is ܪܗܛ. And here is a tree diagram displaying the underlying process that goes into saying something as simple as "he ran" (ܪܗܶܛ):

A 5-layer tree diagram highlighting the complexity that goes into constructing a single verb conjugation.

Yup. When a verbal system uses 5 different properties to identify a single verb form (stem, tense, person, gender, and number), a single verb can have up to 186 different forms. And so far, the only way for us to practice these forms is to stare at giant conjugation tables and memorize them for hours. Now, we introduce the Syriac Verb Tutorial, an educational platform for you to master these verb forms in a faster and more effective manner. Want to get started? Let's go!

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