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bu nezer
for sight
‘Because Kurdishness doesn’t die, (like how) the eyes are a friend of one’s sight.’
ku kemal-a te gehişt=e geş stêr-a (BS1:35)
that perfection-EZ.F 2O reach.PRS.3SG=DIR bright star-EZ.F
Muşter-î
Jupiter-OBL.M
‘That your perfection arrives at the bright star of Jupiter.’
(312) hêşta zaru bû-Ø dem-ê ku dît-î-Ø-ye (BS1:40)
still child COP.PST-3SG when-OBL.F that see:PST-PRF-be:PST-3SG
kuvan u kul
sadness and grief
‘He was still a child when he saw sadness and grief.’
In some situations the word ku is necessary for proper understanding. According
to my consultant, ku is required in the second line of (313).
(313) kulîlk-a pîr u lawan=e (AN1:71-72)
flower-EZ.F old and young=COP.PRS.3SG
‘She is the flower of the old and the young’
ku derman-a me xesta bû-Ø
which medicine-EZ.F 1OP sick COP.PST-3SG
‘which was the medicine for us who were sick.’
5.4.1.3.6 Placement of temporal adverbs
Temporal adverbs may appear in a number of locations in a sentence. According
to my consultant, all of the sentences in (314) and (315) are permissible and common in
the speech variety of northern Iraq. The most common positions are immediately before
or after the subject.
(314) evro ez dê çi-m=a Dohuk-ê
today 1D will go.PRS-3SG=DIR Dohuk-OBL.M
Ez evro dê çima Dohukê.
Ez dê evro çima Dohukê.
Ez dê çima Dohukê evro.
‘I will go to Dohuk today.’
(315) her roj Şivan sêv-ek-ê xw-it
every day Shivan apple-INDF-OBL.M eat.PRS-3SG