Lesson 41 - (ܟܒ) (ܒܥ) "To Want" (Past, Present, Future)

VERB: TO WANT
VERB ROOT: Kb (ܟܒ) / Ba' (ܒܥ)
TENSE: PAST/PRETERITE

Note: Kibin is the Chaldean word, Ba'in is the Assyrian
word, though there is some substantial crossover in
this case. We will begin with the past tense so you see
how they work. And need and want are basically the
same verb. I think there's another one, "'ayzin," but
that's so Arabic it's embarrassing.

[Singular]
I needed: kibin-wa / ba'in-wa
You (m) needed: kibit-wa / ba'it-wa
You (f) needed: kibat-wa / ba'at-wa
He needed: kibe-wa / ba'e-wa
She needed: kiba-wa / ba'a-wa

[Plural]
We needed - kibukh-wa / ba'ukh-wa
Ye needed - kibotun-wa / ba'otun-wa
They needed - kibaa-wa / ba'aa-wa

Come to think of it, I think "b'a" is used in Chaldean
to indicate "to ask," along with the more frequent
Arabic borrow-word "mbooqeree."


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VERB: TO WANT
VERB ROOT: Kb (ܟܒ) / Ba' (ܒܥ)
TENSE: PRESENT

[Singular]
I want - kibin
You (m) want - kibit
You (f) want - kibat
He wants - kibe
She wants - kiba

[Plural]
We want - kibukh
Ye want - kibotun
They want - kibaa

Example Sentence: I want a cold beer - kibin beero qareero

Additional Notes:
Ki-bukh-lan means "we want/need" as well. The "lan" at the end is called a "pleonastic dative" (pleonasm = repetition; dative = "to/for"). It's literally "we need for us."

Example Sentence: We want (some) of your curry tomorrow - kibukh-lan karry deeyookh sapra

VERB: TO WANT
VERB ROOT: Kb (ܟܒ) / Ba' (ܒܥ)
TENSE: FUTURE

The future is formed with the other form, as follows:

[Singular]
I will want - bid-ba'in
You (m) will want - bid-ba'it
You (f) will want - bid-ba'at
He will want - bid-ba'e
She will want - bid-ba'a

[Plural]
We will want - bid-ba'ukh
Ye will want - bid-ba'utun
They will want - bid-ba'ee