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kirin ‘to discuss something,’ and bal kişandin ‘to attract attention,’ which<br />
can be extended as bala … kişandin ‘to attract the attention of someone’),<br />
the verb agrees in number (singular or plural) with with the last element<br />
(not necessarily the last word) in the extension, i.e. if the last element in the<br />
extension is plural, it attracts a plural verb, as in the following:<br />
Wî ji min re behsa serpêhatiyên xwe<br />
kirin.<br />
He discussed his adventures with me.<br />
Here the extended patient is behsa serpêhatiyên xwe ‘discussion of his<br />
adventures,’ and the past verb kirin agrees in the plural with the last element<br />
in the sequence, serpêhatiyên xwe ‘his adventures.’<br />
Wêneyên min bala rojname û<br />
hunermendan kişandin.<br />
My pictures attracted the attention of<br />
newspapers and artists.<br />
In this example the extended patient is bala rojname û hunermendan ‘the<br />
attention of newspapers and artists,’ and the plural verb kişandin agrees<br />
with the last element in the sequence, the plural hunermendan ‘artists.’<br />
Kemalîstên tirk fermana bi dardakirina<br />
Emîn Elî Bedirxan û hersê<br />
kurên wî jî derxistin.<br />
THE VERB<br />
The Turkish Kemalists issued an order to<br />
hang Emin Ali Bedirkhan and all three<br />
of his sons.<br />
In this example the extended patient is fermana bi dardakirina Emîn Elî<br />
Bedirxan û hersê kurên wî ‘an order to hang Emin Ali Bedirkhan and all<br />
three of his sons,’ and the plural verb derxistin agrees with the last element<br />
in the extended patient, hersê kurên wî ‘all three of his sons.’<br />
§ 18.4. The Past Tense of Xwestin. The past tense of a transitive verb like<br />
xwestin is ergative, but the following subjunctive complement is not.<br />
Therefore, even when the subject of the two verbs is the same, the two pronouns—one<br />
oblique for the ergative and the other nominative for the subjunctive—must<br />
be expressed, and optionally ku may intervene between the<br />
two verbs. An example is the conjugation of the phrase “I wanted to say”:<br />
min xwest (ku) ez bibêjim me xwest (ku) em bibêjin<br />
te xwest (ku) tu bibêjî we xwest (ku) hun bibêjin<br />
wî xwest (ku) ew bibêje wan xwest (ku) ew bibêjin<br />
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