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SRMs is outside the scope of this paper. But to prove that banê bêla is the object of the
sentence, I inquired what would be the phrase if the sentence was in the future tense. The
response was, Em banê bêlaî dê gerêîn. Here there is a masculine oblique marker, -î, on
bêla, proving that the NP banê bêla is the object of the sentence.
In line 8 of Bêla, Sindî put the object alayek ji renkê nêrgizan, ‘a flag of the color
of narcissus,’ at the beginning of the clause, before the subject, min, 1O. The narcissus,
nêrgiz, is one of the most beloved flowers in Kurdistan. The flag being of its color seems
to be representative of the Kurdish homeland and/or the Kurdish people. Perhaps this is
what Sindî is highlighting in this line. Whatever Sindî’s reason, the reader still
understands what is being said, and we can assume that any pragmatic or poetic purposes
are having their effects.
(226) min dar ala-yek ren-î (BS6:7, 8)
1O tree flag-INDF plant.PST-3SG
‘I planted a flag-tree.’
ala-yek ji renk-ê nêrgiz-an min pêve-kir-Ø
flag-INDF of color-EZ.M narcissus-OBL.PL 1O stick.on-do.PST-3SG
‘I stuck (on it) a flag of the color of narcissuses.’
Nalbend used OSV order in two of his poems. In line 64 of Duhî Spêdê Liser
Banî, ‘Yesterday Morning On The Rooftop,’ shown in (227), the normal constituent
order would read bela bû Xudê ew da bû, with the object, ew, 3D, after the subject, Xudê,
‘God.’ However, in this instance, Nalbend put ew before Xudê.
(227) bela bû-Ø ew Xud-ê da_bû-Ø 88 (AN1:64)
trouble COP.PST-3SG 3D God-OBL.M create.PST-3SG
‘Trouble was, God created her.’
Nalbend also uses OSV order in his poem, Kiçkek Me Divêt, ‘We Want A Girl.’
In (228), the object, kiçkek, ‘a girl,’ was positioned before the subject, me, 1OP.
(228) kiçk-ek me di-vêt-Ø ji nû gehişt-î (AN5:1)
girl-INDF 1OP IPFV-want.PRS-3SG from new maturity-OBL.M
‘We want a girl that has become of age.’
88 The verb dabû here is short for peyda bû.