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ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ ܟܲܠܒ݂ܵܐ. ― īṯ lī kalḇā. ― I have a dog (literally, “There is to me a dog.”)
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܕ݇ܟ̰ܵܐ ܙܘܼܙܹ̈ܐ. ― īṯ wā lī ḥačā zūzē. ― I had some money. (literally, “There was to me some money.”)
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܚܵܬ݂ܵܐ ― īṯ lī ḥḏā ḥāṯā ― I have one sister.
to be (years) old
ܟܡܵܐ ܫܸ̈ܢܹܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܐܲܢ݇ܬ؟ ― kmā šinnē īṯ lūḵ at? ― How old are you? (literally, “How many years are there to you?”)
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܬܸܫܥܝܼܢ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ ܐܝܼܡܲܢ ܕܡܝܼܬ݂ ܠܹܗ. ― īṯ wā lēh tišˁīn šinnē īman d-mīṯ lēh. ― He was ninety years old when he died. (literally, “There was to him ninety years when he died.”)
Used to indicate a certain amount of time has passed since a certain event; ithasbeen… since…
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ ܬܪܹܝܢ ܝܲܘ̈ܡܹܐ ܦܠܝܼܚܬܵܐ ― īṯ lī trēn yawmē plīḥtā ― It has been two days since I worked.
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܹܗ ܫܲܒܬ݂ܵܐ ܦܠܝܼܛܵܐ ― īṯ wā lēh šabṯā plīṭā ― It had been a week since he had first left.
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܲܢ ܫܲܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܐ݇ܙ̈ܝܼܠܹܐ ܬܸܡܵܠܝ ― īṯ lan šattā zīlē timmāl ― Yesterday it has been a year since we went.
ܨܲܦܪܵܐ ܒܸܕ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܝܲܪܚܵܐ ― ṣaprā bid hāwē lī yarḥā ― Tomorrow it will be a month since (a particular event).
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܬܲܪܬܹܝܢ ܫܸ̈ܢܹܐ ܗܘܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ ― īṯ lāh tartēn šinnē hwīṯā ― It has been two years since it happened.
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܥܲܠܵܟ݂ܝ ܕܡܙܲܡܢܲܬܝ ܠܵܗ̇ ܘܐ݇ܚܪܹܢܵܐ ܠܲܝܬ ܕܥܵܒ݂ܕ݂ܲܬܝ ― īṯ ˁallāḵ dmzamnat lāh w-ḥrēnā layt dˁāḇḏat ― There is a duty on you to invite her, and nothing else for you to do.
Usage notes
(to have, to be possible): While ܐܝܼܬ݂(īṯ) is an adverb, it is used in much the same way as a present-tense verb. Its corresponding past tense is expressed by ܐܝܼܬ݂(īṯ) + ܗ݇ܘܵܐ/ܗ݇ܘܵܘ(wā) and its future tense is expressed by ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ(bit hāwē)/ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܵܐ(bit hāwyā)/ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ(bit hāwī); followed by its suffixes agreeing with the subject in person, gender, and number.
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ. ― īṯ lī ḥabūšā. ― I have an apple.
ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ. ― īṯ wā lī ḥabūšā. ― I had an apple.
ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܹܐ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ. ― bit hāwē lī ḥabūšā. ― I will have an apple.
ܒܸܬ ܗܵܘܝܼ ܠܝܼ ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ ܘܦܘܼܪܬܩܵܠܵܐ. ― bit hāwī lī ḥabūšā w-purtqālā. ― I will have an apple and an orange.
“I have” in English may be translated with either ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ(īṯ lī) or ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܝܼ(īṯ bī) depending on context. For “I have” in the sense of owning an item or other possession, physical or not, metaphorical or true, the form ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ(īṯ lī, literally “There is to me”) is used. In all other contexts of “I have,” the form ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܝܼ(īṯ bī, literally “There is in me”) is used. In some contexts, it is possible to use both forms with difference in meaning, for example: ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܝܼ ܣܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ― īṯ lī saḇrā ― I possess hope., ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܒܝܼ ܣܲܒ݂ܪܵܐ ― īṯ bī saḇrā ― There is hope in me.
This word does not inflect like a regular verb. It mostly occurs as an uninflected particle, though it can take type-II suffixes (as certain prepositions or plural nouns), agreeing with the subject in person, gender, and number. Its past tense is expressed by a following ܗܘܐ(wā), inflected in the third person and agreeing with the subject in gender and number.
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