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ji … ve from; as of, since
ji bilî other than, aside from
ji bo for, for the sake of
ji nava from amongst
ji xeynî other than, aside from
li (… de) in, at, to
li cem together with
li ber in front of, before
li dijî against
li dora around
ligel together with
li gora according to
li pey after, behind
li pêş in front of
li rex beside
li ser on, above, about
mîna like
piştî after
ser on, to
ta until, up to
tevî along with
wek(e) like
As a rule, prepositions are followed by nouns and pronouns in the oblique
case. The exception is the preposition bi: when it is used to create an adverb
(like bi şermdarî ‘modestly’) or a compound adjective (like bi quwet
‘powerful’), the complement is in the nominative case.
Pêlên bayê hênik bi şermdarî derbasî
hundirê oda te dibûn.
Û bi rastî tu mîna gula ji lûla tufingê
derkeve, tu ji malê derketî
Waves of cool breeze were passing
modestly into your room.
And truly you went out of the house like
a bullet shot from the barrel of a rifle.
yek ji şaîr û nivîskarên herî bi quwet one of the most powerful poets and
writers
Since a circumposition envelopes the whole of its complement, it may extend
through a relative clause (for which see §30), as in the following:
Gelo mirov kane ji {berhemên ku bi
zimanên din têne nivîsandin} re bibêje
berhemên kurdî an jî edebiyata
kurdî?
Ew ê bixwaze bi {yekî ku nêrîna wî
nêzîkî nêrîna wê ye} re bizewice.
SUBSTANTIVES
I wonder if one can speak of works that
are written in other languages as Kurdish
works or Kurdish literature.
He would like to get married to someone
whose outlook is close to his own.
§ 8.1. Contracted Prepositions. Four prepositions have contracted forms
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