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96<br />

ez têhnî ne b-im<br />

1D thirsty not COP.PRS-1SG<br />

‘Please give me water so that I won’t be thirsty.’<br />

(110) te çi tişt nîne da av-ê (Şirîn and Buşra 2006:226)<br />

2O that thing not.have.PRS so.that water.OBL.F<br />

pê bi-kêş-î<br />

with.3O(M/F) IRR-draw.PRS.2SG<br />

‘You don’t have anything for drawing water.’<br />

(111) ez hat-im mal-a te da_ku ez ders-ê nîş-a te<br />

1D come.PST-1SG home-EZ.F 2O so.that 1D class-EZ.M teach-EZ.F 2O<br />

bi-d-im<br />

IRR-do.PST-1SG<br />

‘I came to your house in order to give you a lesson.’<br />

4.4.3.7.3.6 Past tense subjunctive clauses<br />

Some subjunctive moods express “things that couldn’t have or didn’t happen but<br />

could have or would have happened if circumstances had been different” (Şirîn and Buşra<br />

2006:333). Each of the examples shown in (112) through (117) require an additional<br />

word following the conjugated verb, as illustrated in Table 13. Those that utilize a<br />

conditional clause or a modal adjective exhibit the irrealis marker in the independent<br />

clause. Through such combinations one can express counterfactual statements, as shown<br />

in (112) through (115), and various types of conditional and hypothetical statements, as<br />

shown in (116) and (117).<br />

Table 13. Past tense subjunctive constructions<br />

person & number<br />

1SG<br />

2SG<br />

3SG<br />

1PL<br />

2PL & 3PL<br />

suffix & word<br />

-î bam<br />

-î baî<br />

-î ba<br />

-î baîn<br />

-î ban<br />

Like verb suffixes, the subjunctive word used in these expressions must match the<br />

person and number of the subject in nominative-accusative sentences. In ergative-

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