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Alphabet-Flashcards Aramaic Alphabet and Aramaic Vowel Flashcards hdgba HDGBa h;D'G<Beau Ready to print and cut-out Introduction These Aramaic Alphabet and Aramaic Vowel fashcards provide an extremely effective way to learn the Aramaic Alphabet. If you print them out on your home printer and cut them out, you have a ready-made way to learn the Aramaic Alphabet and Vowels. How To Print This Document This PDF is designed to print easily on a duplex (double-sided) printer using US Letter size paper. If you have problems with misaligned pages or you have an A4 printer, then simply choose the Fit to Printable Area or Shrink to Printable Area page scaling options, and click the Auto-Rotate and Center option. This will ensure that pages are scaled appropriately to whatever paper size you are using when printed. If you have a single-sided printer rather than a duplex printer, then the printing process is (only) slightly more diffcult. The top of each page is clearly marked with Sheet 1, Sheet 2, etc. and marked according to whether it is the Front or Back of the sheet. You just need to re-insert each sheet as appropriate, so that printing is continued on the reverse side. How To Use The Flashcards Once you have printed the pages of this PDF, you should have a number of double-sided pages. Using a guillotine, paper cutter or scissors, simply cut the sheets into individual fashcards and discard the margins. You will be left with a stack of fashcards that you can use again and again. You can print them again if you lose any or if they get lost or worn. You will fnd that you learn some combinations of Aramaic letters and vowels very quickly. Others are more diffcult and you will keep forgetting them. This is where fashcards work better than any other method. Combinations which you have learned can be put on a separate stack for revision later, leaving you to concentrate on a smaller set containing combinations which you have trouble with and need to focus on more. You also need to keep shuffing the order of the fashcards to make sure that you see them in random order – otherwise you start memorizing the order of the letters and not the sounds! Using fashcards in this way, you will fnd that learning the Aramaic Alphabet and Aramaic Vowels does not take very long. You will be ready to progress to some of our other learning resources. However, make sure that you test yourself repeatedly every few days in case you have forgotten anything! Tip: First start learning using the Aramaic Alphabet fashcards on their own. After you have learned the Aramaic Alphabet, you should move on to the fashcards for both the Aramaic Alphabet and Aramaic Vowels. © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 2 Aramaic Alphabet Sheet 1 – Front b a g B d G h D z w x Z j J Y y © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 3 Aramaic Alphabet Sheet 1 – Back Beet (no dagesh) Alap (carries sound of the vowel) v Beet (with dagesh) Gamal (no dagesh) b g Gamal (with dagesh) Dalat (no dagesh) g d Dalat (with dagesh) Heh (no dagesh) d h Waw Zeyn (no dagesh) w z Zeyn (with dagesh) Chet (no dagesh) z h/ch Tet (with dagesh) Tet (no dagesh) t t Yud (no dagesh) Yud (with dagesh) y y © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 4 Aramaic Alphabet Sheet 2 – Front K k % $ l L M m n ~ ! N S s p [ © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 5 Aramaic Alphabet Sheet 2 – Back Kap (no dagesh) Kap (with dagesh) ch k Final Kap (no shva) Final Kap (with shva) ch ch Lamed (with dagesh) Lamed (no dagesh) l l Meem (no dagesh) Meem (with dagesh) m m Final Meem Noon (no dagesh) m n Noon (with dagesh) Final Noon n n Semkat (no dagesh) Semkat (with dagesh) s s Pe (no dagesh) Ayin (guttural sound) f © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 6 Aramaic Alphabet Sheet 3 – Front @ P C c q # r Q v t f V T F © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 7 Aramaic Alphabet Sheet 3 – Back Pe (with dagesh) Final Pe p f Tsadeh (no dagesh) Tsadeh (with dagesh) ts ts Final Tsadeh Kop (no dagesh) ts k Kop (with dagesh) Resh k r Taw (no dagesh) Sheen (no dagesh) th sh Sheen (with dagesh) Seen (no dagesh) sh s Seen (with dagesh) Taw (with dagesh) s th © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 8 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 1 – Front au ae ao ai a' a/ a] a; a\ a, bu be bo bi b' b, © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 9 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 1 – Back e oo ee o e a a a e a ve voo vee vo ve va © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 10 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 2 – Front B; b; Bu Be Bo Bi B' B, gU gE gO gI g" g< g: G: © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 11 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 2 – Back va ba be boo bee bo be ba ge goo gee go ge ga ga ga © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 12 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 3 – Front GU GE GO GI G" G< du de do di d' d, D; d; Du De © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 13 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 3 – Back ge goo gee go ge ga de doo dee do de da da da de doo © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 14 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 4 – Front Do Di D' D, hu he ho hi h' h, w: h; wU wE wO wI © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 15 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 4 – Back dee do de da he hoo hee ho he ha ha wa we woo wee o © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 16 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 5 – Front w" w< W z: zU zE zO zI z" z< ZU ZE ZO ZI Z" Z< © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 17 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 5 – Back we wa za oo ze zoo zee zo ze za ze zoo zee zo ze za © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 18 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 6 – Front Z: x; xu xe xo xi x' x, x] x/ x\ j; ju je jo ji © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 19 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 6 – Back ha/cha za he/che hoo/choo hee/chee ho/cho he/che ha/cha he/che ha/cha ta ha/cha te too tee to © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 20 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 7 – Front j' j, J' J, Ju Je Jo Ji J; y: yU yE yO yI y" y< © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 21 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 7 – Back te ta te ta te too tee to ya ta ye yoo yee yo ye ya © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 22 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 8 – Front YU YE YO YI Y" Y< Y: k; k' k, ku ke ko ki Ko Ki © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 23 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 8 – Back ye yoo yee yo ye ya cha ya che cha che choo chee cho kee ko © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 24 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 9 – Front K' K, Ku Ke K; l; l' l, lu le Ol li Lu Le OL Li © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 25 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 9 – Back ke ka ke koo la ka le la le loo lee lo le loo lee lo © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 26 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 10 – Front L' L, m; L; m' m, mu me mo mi M' M, Mu Me Mo Mi © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 27 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 10 – Back le la la ma me ma me moo mee mo me ma me moo mee mo © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 28 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 11 – Front M; n: nU nE nO nI n" n< NU NE NO NI N" N< N: s; © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 29 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 11 – Back na ma ne noo nee no ne na ne noo nee no ne na sa na © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 30 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 12 – Front s' s, su se so si S' S, Su Se So Si S; [; [o [i © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 31 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 12 – Back se sa se soo see so se sa se soo see so a (+guttural) sa ee (+guttural) o (+guttural) © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 32 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 13 – Front [' [, [u [e [] [/ [\ p; p' p, pu pe po pi Po Pi © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 33 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 13 – Back e (+guttural) a (+guttural) e (+guttural) oo (+guttural) e (+guttural) a (+guttural) fa a (+guttural) fe fa fe foo fee fo pee po © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 34 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 14 – Front P' P, Pu Pe P; c; c' c, cu ce co ci Cu Ce Co Ci © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 35 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 14 – Back pe pa pe poo tsa pa tse tsa tse tsoo tsee tso tse tsoo tsee tso © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 36 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 15 – Front C' C, C; q; q' q, qu qe qo qi Q' Q, Qu Qe Qo Qi © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 37 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 15 – Back tse tsa ka tsa ke ka ke koo kee ko ke ka ke koo kee ko © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 38 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 16 – Front Q; r; r' r, ru re ro ri v' v, vu ve Ov vi v; V; © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 39 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 16 – Back ra ka re ra re roo ree ro she sha she shoo shee sho sha sha © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 40 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 17 – Front V' V, Vu Ve OV Vi f' f, fu fe Of fi f; F; OF Fi © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 41 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 17 – Back she sha she shoo shee sho se sa se soo see so sa sa see so © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 42 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 18 – Front F' F, Fu Fe t' t, tu te to ti t; T; Tu Te To Ti © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 43 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 18 – Back se sa se soo the tha the thoo thee tho tha tha the thoo thee tho © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 44 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 19 – Front T' T, © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 45 Aramaic Vowels Sheet 19 – Back the tha © 2013 JesusSpokeAramaic.com Page 46 Additional Notes on using these Flashcards Remember that the reverse side of each fashcard, showing the English equivalent of each Aramaic letter and vowel combination, needs to be pronounced as though it was a Sound (consonant) followed by a Vowel.
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