Learning Syriac Together

This page is meant for people learning Syriac using Robinson’s Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar by J. F. Coakley (available at Amazon.com). Each link takes you, Syriac students, to a set of flashcards on Quizlet where you can study and memorize the vocabulary which Coakley provided at the end of each chapter, starting with chapter 4. I highly recommend that you memorize the vocabulary before doing the exercises at the end of each chapter.

Robinson’s Paradigms and Exercises in Syriac Grammar
Chapter 4 – Pronouns
Chapter 5 – Nouns and Adjectives
Chapter 6 – Pronominal Suffixes
Chapter 7 – Prepositions. The Words ܕܺܝܠ and ܐܺܝܬ
Chapter 8 – Verbs. The Perfect Tense
Chapter 9 – Nouns and Adjectives with Variable Vowels
Chapter 10 – Participles
Chapter 11 – More Nouns with Variable Vowels
Chapter 12 – Miscellaneous and Irregular Nouns
Chapter 13 – The Imperfect Tense
Chapter 14 – The Imperative and Infinitive. The Verb ܗ̱ܘܳܐ
Chapter 15 – The Ethpe‛el (ܐܶܬܦܥܶܠ)
Chapter 16 – The Pa‛el (ܦܰܥܶܠ) and Ethpa‛al (ܐܶܬܦܰܥܰܠ)
Chapter 17 – The Aph‛el (ܐܰܦܥܶܠ), Ettaph‛al (ܐܶܬܬܰܦܥܰܠ), and Other Conjugations
Chapter 18 – Objective Pronominal Suffixes, I
Chapter 19 – Objective Pronominal Suffixes, 2
Chapter 20 – Weak Verbs. Pe-Nun Verbs
Chapter 21 – Pe-Alaph Verbs
Chapter 22 – Pe-Yod Verbs
Chapter 23 – ‛E-Alaph Verbs
Chapter 24 – Hollow Verbs
Chapter 25 – Geminate Verbs
Chapter 26 – Lamad-Yod Verbs I: The Pe‛al (ܦܥܰܠ)
Chapter 27 – Lamad-Yod Verbs II: Other Conjugations
Chapter 28 – Pronominal Suffixes Attached to the Lamad-Yod Verbs
Chapter 29 – Numbers
Appendix D – Dates

Typos, unfortunately, do happen often. Therefore, we rely on you to report any mistake you might find studying the above flashcards. Thank you in advance.