—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings

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