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b-în-it
IRR-bring.PRS-3SG
‘He didn’t need to go and bring it.’
4.4.3.7.3.3 Non-past temporal adverbial clauses
Verbs in temporal adverbial clauses within non-past sentences also must have the
irrealis prefix. This is consistent with the irrealis examples we have seen; some action has
yet to come to pass. Verbs in time clauses of past tense sentences will not have the
irrealis prefix.
The examples below are typical of sentences with a non-past tense temporal
adverbial clause. Such clauses usually occur at the beginning of a sentence.
(100) dem-ê te bi-vê-t, ez dê bu te (Şirîn and Buşra 2006:245)
time-OBL.F 2O IRR-want.PRS-3SG 1D will for 2O
în-im
bring.PRS-1SG
‘I will bring it when you want.’ or ‘When you want, I’ll bring it.’
(101) wext-ê tu bi-zan-î, bêj-e min (Şirîn and Buşra 2006:245)
time-OBL.F 2D IRR-know.PRS-2SG say.PRS-IMP.SG 1O
‘When you know, tell me.’
(102) roj-a ez b-êm, ez dê bêj-im (Şirîn and Buşra 2006:245)
daytime.OBL.PL 1D IRR.come.PRS.1SG, 1D will tell.PRS-1SG
te
2O
‘When I come at daytime, I will tell you.’
4.4.3.7.3.4 Non-past conditional clauses
Similar to the time clause examples above, non-past conditional clauses occur at
the beginning of a sentence. The examples (103) through (107) are speculative utterances
that utilize the word eger (or heker), ‘if.’ As the speaker is expressing a lack of
knowledge about something happening, these too fall under the category of irrealis.
Note that in (106) the prefix bi- is not used. It may be that the speaker feels the
action to occur is imminent, making it a conditional predictive statement. Example (107)
has an imperative in the independent clause and no bi- prefix in the dependent clause,