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CONSONANT-FINAL STEM VOWEL-FINAL STEM<br />
bí- stem -ama bí- stem -ana bí- stem -ma bí- stem -na<br />
bí- stem -ayî bí- stem -ana bí- stem -ya bí- stem -na<br />
bí- stem -a bí- stem -ana bí- stem -ya bí- stem -na<br />
The past conditional of intransitives is intransitive and non-ergative; the<br />
past conditional of transitives is ergative.<br />
INTRANSITIVE ERGATIVE<br />
ez bihatama em bihatana wî bidîtama wî bidîtana<br />
tu bihatayî hun bihatana wî bidîtayî wî bidîtana<br />
ew bihata ew bihatana wî bidîta wî bidîtana<br />
ez nehatama em nehatana wî nedîtama wî nedîtana<br />
The past conditional of bûn does not normally have the bi- prefix when it<br />
means ‘be.’ Its conjugation is as follows:<br />
ez bûma em bûna<br />
tu bûya hun bûna<br />
ew bûya ew bûna<br />
In compound verbs and when it means ‘become,’ the past conditional of<br />
bûn does have the bi- prefix.<br />
Nêçirvanekî herî dilêr jî newirî bû bi<br />
roj di nav re derbas bibûya.<br />
Wê ferqiyeta herdu zaravayên kurdî<br />
yên mezin hêdî hêdî hindiktir bibûya.<br />
KURMANJI KURDISH<br />
Even a really intrepid hunter would not<br />
have dared to pass through in the daytime.<br />
The difference between the two large<br />
Kurdish dialects would gradually have<br />
decreased.<br />
The past conditional is used (1) as the complement to the past perfect<br />
tense of karîn, which is, as has been stated, the normal equivalent to the<br />
English past tense of ‘be able.’ While the present tense of karîn is followed<br />
by the present subjunctive, in some dialects the past perfect is followed by<br />
the past conditional. See the following examples.<br />
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