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connects the modifying reflexive pronoun xwe, which refers to the subject, Sîlev, a female
name. In the prepositional phrase ji dikana mamê min, ‘from my uncle’s store,’ there are
two head nouns, dikan, ‘store,’ and mam, ‘uncle.’ Mam is a head noun modified by min,
1O. The noun phrase mamê min modifies dikan. In this instance an ezafe for secondary
construct, -yê, is not used, as the second ezafe is used to connect the modifier min to
mam, not dikan.
(27) Sîlev-ê pertûk-êt xwe kirr-în ji dikan-a mam-ê min
Seeluv-OBL.F book-EZ.PL REFL buy.PST-3PL from store-EZ.F uncle-EZ.M 1O
‘Seeluv bought her books from my uncle’s store.’
To add another noun, pronoun or adjective to modify a head noun, an ezafe for a
secondary construct must be used. In the following example wî, ‘him,’ is a possessive
pronoun modifying çav, ‘eye.’ The plural ezafe -êt connects the modifier to the head
noun. A second modifier of çav is the word şîn, ‘blue,’ and it is connected by means of
the ezafe for a secondary construct, -yêt. Thus, both wan and şîn modify çav.
(28) çav-êt wî yêt şîn
eye-EZ.PL
‘his blue eyes’
3OM EZ2.PL blue
Regarding situations that require use of an ezafe for secondary constructs, Thackston
writes:
The extenders [ezafes for secondary constructs] are used (1) to add a
modifying noun to a noun-adjective construct, (2) to link an adjective
modifying the first noun in a noun-noun construct, and (3) to add an
additional adjective to a noun-adjective construct. (Thackston 2006:15)
In the instance of example (28), an ezafe for a secondary construct is required because an
adjective is being added to a noun-noun construct.
As mentioned above, an ezafe can also be used to connect a modifying
prepositional phrase (PP). In the following example the PP ji tenîra xwe, ‘from her bread
over,’ modifies nan, ‘bread.’
(29) Vîan dê nan-ê ji tenîr-a xwe d-et te
Veeyan will bread-EZ.M from bread.oven-EZ.F REFL give.PRS-3SG 2O
‘Veeyan will give you bread from her bread oven.’