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Ya meriv ê israr bike û bi kurdî binivîse,
yan jî meriv ê zimanekî din ku ji
kurdî gelekî pêşketîtir e, tercîh bike.
“Ya rebî, ezê çi bikim?” min di dilê
xwe de got.
Either a person will insist and write in
Kurdish, or a person will prefer another
language that is much more advanced
than Kurdish.
“O Lord, what will I do?” I said to myself.
§ 16.2. Xwestin, ‘To Want.’ The Kurmanji verb for “to want” is xwestin
(present stem xwaz-). Verbal complements are in the present subjective. A
full inflection of the present tense of ‘to want to go’ is as follows:
ez dixwazim biçim em dixwazin biçin
tu dixwazî biçî hun dixwazin biçin
ew dixwaze biçe ew dixwazin biçin
When the subject of xwestin and the subject of the following subjunctive
complement are the same, the subjunctive follows in the same person, as in
the following examples.
Ez naxwazim vê behsê dirêj bikim. I don’t want to prolong this discussion.
Ew dixwaze ji avakirina Cumhûriyetê
re bibe piştgir û alîkar.
THE VERB
He wants to become a supporter and
helper in the founding of the republic.
When the subjects are different, however, the conjunction ku usually intervenes,
and the subject of the subjunctive verb must be expressed.
Bavê wî dixwaze ku ew bixwîne. His father wants him to study.
Bavê min dixwaze ku ez bixwînim. My father wants me to study.
See note on the past tense of xwestin at §18.3 below.
§ 16.3. Karîn, ‘To Be Able.’ The verb ‘to be able’ is karîn (present stem
kar-). Karîn is regularly conjugated in the present, often without the diprefix,
and it is followed by a subjunctive complement. The negative present
is formed with ni- instead of na-. Below is given the full present conjugation,
affirmative and negative, of ‘I can go/I can’t go’:
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