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to the subject via the ezafe yê on hestî. However, Nalbend put min in a prepositional
phrase, li min, ‘in me,’ and the line remains understandable to the reader. I say more on
this aspect of using a prepositional phrase in lieu of a personal pronoun attached via the
ezafe particle in § 5.4.1.1.12.
(199) li min ḧelîa-n leş u hestî (AN1:45-47)
in 1O melt.PST-3PL flesh and bone
‘My flesh and bone melted.’
me gut mar=e ez-ê geztî
1OP say.PST-3SG snake=COP.PRS.3SG 1D-EZ.M bite.PST.PTCP
‘We thought it’s a snake that has bitten me.’
bi remz-a bazin-êt dest-î
by signal-EZ.F bracelet-EZ.PL hand-OBL.M
‘By means of the signal of the hand bracelets.’
Nalbend also utilizes VS order in a similar way in his poem Xoşe Wekî Cenetê,
ˈIt’s Wonderful Like Heaven.’ In line 54, he put the compound subject cerg u dil, ‘liver
and heart,’ at the end of the line in order to rhyme dil with the words mil, shoulder,’ and
sil, ‘angry,’ in lines 53 and 55, shown here in (200).
(200) zend u til u bask u mil (AN2:53-55)
forearm and finger and arm and shoulder
‘Forearm and finger and arm and shoulder’
sutî li min cerg u dil
burn.PST.PTCP in 1O liver and heart
‘The liver and heart in me are burnt.’
Alternative translation: ‘My liver and heart are burnt.’
av rîl wan şêr-e sil
water rîl 3OP lions angry
‘Water rîl 75 them the lion is angry.’
In line 64 of the same poem, the subject, pilingê nehîn, ‘courageous tiger,’ comes after
the verb, hatî, ‘has come.’ Nehîn, ‘courageous,’ rhymes with the rest of the final lines in
the each quatrain (not shown). All end in -în.
75 Meaning unknown.