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mawt mōt mawt mawt
bayt bēt bayt bayt
11) Imāla — >ē —
nağğārīn nağğārīn niğğērīn niğğārīn
12) Pronoun
independent 3 pl hənnen hinni hinni
suffixed 3 sg m d}arab-o d}arab-u d}arab-u
13) Interrogative
particle
where? wēn aynah}all fayn
when? ēmta aymat īmat
14) Weak verbs
IIIy nisa nisi nisi
III ‘ ‘əri qiri qara
I‘/IIIy ağa iğa iğa
In the second part of my paper I want to mention some peculiarities of the
Jewish dialect of Iskenderun which are not attested in the other dialects of the
Turkish province of Hatay or even in the Syro-Palestinian dialects in general.
Only in the Jewish dialect an always stressed suffixed demonstrative
pronoun -ā can be added to a noun:
15) bi yōmā bis}ūmu they fast on this day
bi santā in this year
bi lēltā in this night
badālā instead of this
After a preceding demonstrative pronoun followed by a noun with or
without article an additional demonstrative pronoun can be suffixed. In this case
the suffixed demonstrative pronoun has the form -āy:
bi hayy xs}ūs}āy for that reason
bi hal-xs}us}āy for that reason
bi hād s}ūrāy in this form
bi hal-baladāy in this village
hal-luġāy this language
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