Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Student Union of Canada

Founded in 1999, The Assyrian Chaldean Syriac Student Union (ACSSU) of Canada is an independent, not-for-profit student organization dedicated to encouraging higher education within our community, promoting our heritage, and raising awareness of human rights issues.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s words are “mbarsome/barsume” which is the verb “to smile” and “mbarsamtaa/barsamto” which is the noun “a smile”. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxUPhoFKMq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=teu0nbmu0w0r

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s words are “tpaathtaa/sh`alto” which is the noun “a sneeze” and “tpaathaa/sh`olo” which is the verb “to sneeze”. You may recognize the western words from last week “a cough/to cough”, this is because in Western Syriac the words for “cough” and “sneeze” are interchangeable. https://www.instagram.com/p/BofcRo-lkxj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=czw7zw2u7s8n

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s words are “sh’aaltaa/sh’olto” which is the noun “a cough” and “sh’aalaa/sh’olo” which is the verb “to cough”. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoNUKo6FeRq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19gs2xvrm3grl

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Let’s have some fun with conjugation today! Our first word is “nshaaqtaa/nshoqto” which is the noun for “kiss”. The second word is “nshaaqaa/nshoqo” which is the verb “to kiss”. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn7bcebF_5D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vv3hm2bu101m

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today's word is "shooraayaa/shuroyo" which means "beginning". https://www.instagram.com/p/BnpN5Rkgel2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k2m5qnefb932

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s word is “eelool/eelul” which means “September”. We here at ACSSU wish all the students going back to school an eelool breekhaa! https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXK8DolWPQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=q43jid5w7mxj

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s word is “eeqaaraa/eeqoro” which means “honour”. https://www.instagram.com/p/BnFJ827FIw7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jmyz9wf1fvp9

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s word is “dukhraanaa/dukhrono” which means “commemoration”.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s word is “kpaaraa/kforo” which means “denying”.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! This month’s words are brought to you by our friend at @asaofla Today’s word is “dkhaaraa/dkhoro” which means “remembering”

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s word is “nooraa/nuro” which means “fire”.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today we have two words for you! First is “yammaa/yamo” which means “sea”. The second word is “sipthaa d’yammaa/sfor yamo” which means “beach” (the literal translation is “lip of the sea”). Many Eastern speakers also use “marza d’yammaa” which is an old Iranian borrowing.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today’s word is “biTlaanaa/beTlono” which means “vacation”.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! This month’s words are brought to you by our friends at @ajm_ev Today’s word is “shimshaa/shemsho” which means “sun”.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Happy 4th of July to our Assyrian American friends! Today’s word is “arbaa/arb’o” which means “four”. Some Eastern speakers also use “arpaa”.

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today we have 3 words for you: "T`aamtaa/footuro" which means "breakfast", "kaawithraa/`raito" which means "lunch", and "khaaramshaa/Hshemto" which means "dinner". There are many different dialectal variations for these words. What do you use?

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Shlama/ܫܠܵܡܵܐ! Today's word is "mbashshole/busholo" which means "cooking"! ‘