Function words are all the little words that don't mean much on their own, but are the grammatical glue that hold a sentence together. In Akkadian they include pronouns (which replace nouns), conjunctions (which connect phrases), and prepositions (which describe relationships between things). This list of function words only includes the words used in our Cuneiform exercises and Texts to read pages. It is no substitute for a good Akkadian dictionary.
- adi, "until"
- ana, "to, for, at"
- anāku, "I"
- aššum, "because (of)"
- attā, "you" (masculine nominative singular)
- attī, "you" (feminine nominative singular)
- eli, "on, over"; than" (comparative)
- ina, "in, from"
- ištu, "from"
- itti, "with"
- kâšim, "you" (dative singular)
- kâti, "you" (accusative singular)
- kīma, "as, like"
- nīnu, "we"
- niāšim, "us" (dative)
- niāti, "us" (accusative)
- ša, "of"; "who, which, that"
- šī, "she, that" (feminine nominative)
- šina, "they" (feminine nominative)
- šiāšim, "her, that" (feminine dative)
- šiāti, "her, that" (feminine accusative)
- šināšim, "them" (feminine dative)
- šināti, "them" (feminine accusative)
- šū, "he, that" (mmasculine nominative)
- šuāšim, "him, that" (masculine dative)
- šuāti, "him, that" (masculine accusative)
- šumma, "if"
- šunu, "they" (masculine nominative)
- šunūšim, "them" (masculine dative)
- šunūti, "them" (masculine accusative)
- u, "and"
- ū, "or"
- ul, "not"
- ultu, "from"
- yâšim, "me" (dative)
- yâti, "me" (accusative)