SYRIAN COLLOQUIAL
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1. Verb type recognition game. Identify the types o f each pair of verbs (listed in past tense) and write their type numeral and common root, for example
I i I1 &-l-s
to finish i to finish s.th.
J-ir I I I1 & / &
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to teach I to learn
qaabal 1staqbal ne'zel/ nazzal
to meet i to receive (ie seek to meet) to go down / to let off (a bus)
ra@q 1 tra@uq
to accompany I to be accompanied
jaawab / stajwab
to reply i to interview
Mad%?/ E d 0 q
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to spend i to behave
durus / durras
to study J to teach to do I to use
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&I/
h-aq
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n q l / ntaqal
g b e h / &tabah kanaq / a a a n q
to acheivei to deserve to transport i to move house to resemble i to suspect to choke I to fight s.0.
dik I dcyyee
to become lost I to lose s.th.
hassun I thassun
to improve s.th. 1to improve to lend I to borrow
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L&J / & J J -I/&
to treat I to be treated to operate (something) / to work
/ &IJ
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to agree i to be in agreement
sarqf! tsarrd
shu~h&aI/&tag&
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