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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Derived from a form of Aramaic אֲזַל (ʾăzal, “to go”).
Pronunciation
Particle
ܙܝܼ • (zī)
- (non-auxillary and inflected) Used to form an immediate future tense.
- ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܸܢ ܠܫܘܼܩܵܐ ― zīlin lšūqā ― I’m leaving now to the market.
- (auxillary or uninflected) Used to form a present progressive tense with a future aspect; going to
- ܙܝܼ ܐܵܡܪܹܢ ܠܹܗ ― zī āmrēn lēh ― I am going to tell him
- (with ܗ݇ܘܵܐ (wā)) Entails a past progressive action that preceded an ensuing occurrence or action in the past; was going to
ܙܝܼ ܐܵܬ݂ܹܝܢ ܗ݇ܘܵܐ ܐܸܠܵܐ ܪܲܕܵܝܬܝܼ ܫܩܝܼܠܵܐ ܠܗܘܿܢ- zī āṯēn wā illā raddāytī šqīlā lhōn
- I was going to come but they took my car.
Usage notes
- In dialects which use this word, this word corresponds to “going to” in English, while the word ܒܸܕ (bid) corresponds to “will”. For example- ܒܸܕ ܐܵܟ݂ܠܸܢ (bid āḵlin, “I will eat”) but ܙܝܼ ܐܵܟ݂ܠܸܢ (zī āḵlin, “I am going to eat”).
- In the second usage only, this particle may stay as ܙܝܼ (zī) or optionally be inflected as a verb in which it specifically means “I am going to”, “You are going to”, etc. For the example above, this would be ܐ݇ܙܝܼܠܸܢ ܐܵܟ݂ܠܹܢ (zīlin āḵlēn) with the same meaning.
Conjugation
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