Sylabus
1) Lesson 13:
13.1 The Absolute State
13.2 Numbers
13.3 Ordinals
13.4 The Infinitive: G-Verbs
13.5 Infinitives with Pronominal Objects
2) Lesson 14:
14.1 Imperfect and Imperative of G-Verbs: Sound Roots
14.2 Imperfect and Inflection on I-n Verbs
14.3 Imperfect of I-alap Verbs
14.4 Imperfect of I-y Verbs
14.5 Imperfect of III-Weak Verbs
14.6 Imperfect of Hollow Verbs
14.7 Imperfect of Geminate Verbs
14.8 Imperfect of II-alap Verbs
3) Lesson 15:
15.1 Uses of the Imperfect
15.2 The Imperfect with Enclitic Objects
15.3 Suffix Pronouns with III-Weak Imperfect
15.4 Imperatives with Suffix Pronouns
15.5 Imperatives of III-Weak Roots with Suffix Pronouns
15.6 Nouns in -u and -i
4) Lesson 16:
16.1 The Pael Conjugation
16.2 Pael Conjugation: Various Verb Types
5) Lesson 17:
17.1 The Aphel Conjugation
17.2 Aphel Conjugation: Various Verb Types
6) Lesson 18:
18.1 Medio-passive Verbs: Ethpeel, Ethpaal & Ettaphal Conjugations
18.2 The Ethpeel Conjugation
18.3 Metathesis in Ethpeel
18.4 Ethpeel with Various Verb Types
7) Lesson 19:
19.1 The Ethpaal Conjugation
19.2 Metathesis in Ethpaal
19.3 III-Weak Verbs in Ethpaal
8) Lesson 20:
20.1 The Ettaphal Conjugation
20.2 Adjectives/Nouns in -ana
20.3 Substantivation of Participles
20.4 Abstraction of Substantivized Participles
20.5 Other Verbal Forms
9) Peshitta Reading: Luke 24:13-35 (a Synoptic Reading of the Versions: Vetus Syra S and C, Peshitta, Harclean Version)
10) Peshitta Reading: Luke 24:13-35 (continuing)
11) Reading of a Syriac Legendary Narrative: The First Discovery of the True Cross
12) Reading of a Syriac Legendary Narrative: The First Discovery of the True Cross (continuing)
Anotace
"Syriac is the Aramaic dialect of Edessa, an important center of early Christianity in Mesopotamia. Edessene Syriac was rapidly accepted as the literary language of all non-Greek eastern Christianity and was the primary vehicle for the Christianization of large parts of central and south-central Asia" (Thackston, Introduction to Syriac, p. vii).
Students are introduced into a complete knowledge of the Syriac verbal paradigms and all categories of nouns. Basic rules of syntax are also explained.
Exercises focus on translation of the New Testament texts (Peshitta), and in the last part of semester also non biblical text are presented (simple prose and poetry).