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determine whether verb-initial utterances are as common as those with normal constituent
order.
(232) ‘ud u sentur bi-stirîn-e xuş awaz-a min (BS5:13)
oud and hammer.dulcimer IRR-play-IMP.SG nice melody-EZ.F 1O
ne-hat-Ø
NEG-come.PST-3SG
‘Play your oud and hammer dulcimer―my nice music did not come.’
(233) xewin-ek-ê bi-d-e min ez pê bi-jî-m (MT2: quote 91 )
dream-INDF-OBL.F IRR-give-IMP.SG 1O 1D by.it IRR-live.PRS-1SG
‘Give me a dream to live with.’
(234) ruḧ-a min digel xu bi-b-e (DD:24)
soul-EZ.F 1O with REFL IRR-take-IMP.SG
‘Take my soul with you’
(235) tazî ya Qazî ji_bîr ne-k-in bo bi-k-in (BS4:23)
funeral EZ.F Qazî remember NEG-do-IMP.PL for (him) IRR-do-IMP.PL
şînî her sal
mourning every year
‘Don’t forget the funeral of Qazî; mourn for him every year.’
5.4.1.1.7 Position of non-verbal elements in complex verbs
As discussed in Chapter 3, many complex verbs are composed of a non-verbal
element followed by a light verb. Sindî, Nalbend and Cegerxwîn all took the liberty of
positioning the non-verbal element after the light verb. In example (236), the light verb
bikin comes before the nominal element şînî. Together they mean ‘mourn.’ Though şînî
may look as if it is an object, as it ends with an î, my consultant informed me that the
word şînî without the î would mean ˈblue,’ not ‘mourning.’ 92 Hence, the î on şînî is part
of the word, which is part of a compound verb. In (236), the nominal element occurs after
the light verb, an uncommon order.
91 This example comes from a quote from a Swedish poet, Gunnar Ekelof, which Teyb included at the top
of the page on which the poem Xewinek, ‘A Dream,’ begins.
92 The word şîn (without an î on the end) with the light verb biben means ‘grow.’ This complex verb is used
in line 11 of Sindî’s poem Bîrewerîa Barzanî Yê Nemir, ‘Memories of Immortal Barzanî.’