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(6) in all purpose clauses, usually introduced by ji bo ku ‘in order that’:<br />
Ez diçim xwendegehê ji bo ku ez<br />
bixwînim.<br />
I go to school in order to study.<br />
Ez dixwînim ji bo ku bibim mamoste. I’m studying in order to become a<br />
teacher.<br />
Ji bo ku tu ji nexweşiyê bifilitî, divê<br />
doktor li te binêre û bi nexweşiya te<br />
bizanîbe.<br />
In order for you to get rid of your illness,<br />
it is necessary for the doctor to have a<br />
look at you and diagnose your illness.<br />
(7) in clauses complementary to adjectives, where English usually has a<br />
complementary infinitive: 1<br />
Gelê me, gotin û kelîmeyên ku dizane<br />
jî ne amede ye ku ji sembol û herfan<br />
bixwîne.<br />
Our society is not ready to read even<br />
words it knows from symbols and<br />
letters.<br />
(8) In relative clauses introduced by indefinite relative pronouns like herkesê<br />
ku ‘anybody who’ &c.:<br />
Herkesê ku bi kurdî binivîse, di destpêkê<br />
de û heta demeke dirêj, ê pergî<br />
zehmetiyên mezin were.<br />
Anybody who writes in Kurdish will encounter<br />
major difficulties at the beginning<br />
and for a long time.<br />
(9) In relative and result clauses after negative expressions:<br />
Tiştek ne dihat xuya kirin ku mirov<br />
bibêje ev ê bikaribe bibe sedema ewte<br />
ewta kûçikên gund.<br />
Salên min ne ewqas zêde ne ku ez<br />
bibêjim, ez pir jiyame û min gelek<br />
dîtiye.<br />
Nothing could be made out that one<br />
might say it could be the reason for the<br />
barking of the dogs of the village.<br />
My years are not so many that I could<br />
say I have lived a lot and seen much.<br />
1 But not in clauses dependent upon adjectives that describe situations or actions<br />
that actually pertain or have taken place, which are in the indicative mood, as:<br />
Ez xwe bextiyar dibînim ku mamostetiya<br />
gundeki weha bûye para min.<br />
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I count myself lucky that a teaching job<br />
in such a village has been my lot.