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The discussion above summarizes the uses of the ezafe conjunctive particle relevant to
the corpus of poems.
4.4.2.4.2 Indefinite state particle
Nouns that are considered to have an indefinite state take the suffix -ek. Without
this particle a noun is assumed to be in a definite state. The -ek suffix is always attached
before adding an oblique case marker or ezafe conjunctive particle. In example (30) we
know that qelem, ‘pen,’ has an indefinite state because it has the suffix -ek. In (31) the
store, dikan, that Ẍafor (the man’s name) will build, being in the indefinite state, has the -
ek marker. It is followed by the singular feminine ezafe particle, -a, which connects the
modifier nuî, ‘new,’ to the head noun.
(30) Amîna-yê qelem-ek kirrî-Ø?
Ameena-OBL.F pen-INDF have.PRS.3SG
‘Did Ameena buy a pen?’
(31) Ẍafor dê dikan-ek-a nuî ava_kit-Ø
Ghafor will store-INDF-EZ.F new build.PRS-3SG
‘Ghafor will build a new store.’
4.4.2.4.3 Specific reference marker
Speakers of the Bahdini subdialect of Northern Kurdish also have a noun particle
that is used by a speaker when wanting the hearer to know that he or she has something
specific in mind. For example, you desire to purchase a specific type of chair. Entering a
store it would be appropriate for you to say to the store owner:
(32) Min kurskîk-ek-he di-vê-t
1O chair-INDF-SRM IPFV-want.PRS-3SG
‘I want (to buy) a chair.’
The owner of the store now knows that even though you don’t know exactly which chair
you want, you do have a specific type of chair in mind. This specific reference marker
(SRM) -he, or -e, must, like the oblique case marker, always follow an indefinite state
sufffix (Şirîn and Buşra 2006:186).