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(306) şêr ew=in u sef dirrî-n (AN2:60)
lion 3D=COP.PRS.3PL and line turn.PST-3PL
‘They are lions and they turn in lines.’
(307) ewê dil bir-Ø ceger ker_kir-Ø (AN1:30)
3D heart take.PST-3SG liver break.apart.PST-3SG
‘She took the heart and broke apart the liver.’
As is the often the case with poetry, the poet has a tendency to condense
language. In line 13 from Sindî’s Mirê Peyvan, shown in (308), the translator decided to
use ‘and’ in the translation, whereas the conjunction, u, had not been used in the text.
(308) te sîng_da ber reşebay-an bi xizmet (BS7:13)
2O lead.PST-2SG in.front.of storm-OBL.PL with service
çû-y=e ezman-î
go.PST-2SG=DIR language-OBL.M
‘You led (put your chest) in front of the storms and you served the language.’
In some situations a poet may leave out a conjunction between nouns in a
compound subject. In (309), there is no u between Qudsî and Mistefa, while it was used
between ‘zat and Xeîrî, and Xeîrî and Qudsî, the other nouns making up the subject.
Perhaps Sindî left out the conjunction because of syllable count.
(309) ‘zet u Xeîrî u Qudsî Mistefa ew çar bira (BS4:27)
Ezat and Xayrî and Qudsî Mustafa 3D four brothers
‘Ezat, Xayrî, Qudsî and Mustafa―those four brothers,’
Another word that poets often have freedom to include or exclude is ku, which is
most often translated as the relativizer ‘that’ or ‘which.’ It can also function as a relative
pronoun. In line 14 from Bîrewerîa Barzanî Yê Nemir, ‘Memories of Immortal Barzanî,’
shown in (310), Sindî did not include ku between the two phrases. In this sentence, the
object fermanek, ‘an order,’ functions as the head of the modifying clause, sutîye li me
ceger, i.e. ‘an order burned the liver in us.’
(310) wî wesa ferman-ek day-î sut-î-y-Ø-e li (BS1:14)
3OM like.that order.INDF give.PST-3SG burn:PST-PRF-be:PST-3SG in
me ceger
1OP liver
‘He gave an order like that, the liver in us has burned.’