a-practical-kurdish-grammar

100 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
'if he, she, it should have feared', etc.
254. The 'apodosis', or clause containing the conclusion,
is put in the imperfect indicative. Example iL-y., ^\Jb\
^Ujd* (»l) (agar amin bi-tirsa ba-m, hal-da-hat-(i)m) 'if I
feared (should have feared) I would have fled'.
255. The prefix > (bi) may be omitted, without altering
the meaning; but it is more perfect Kurdish to employ it.
Examples: We very often hear, ç\ ^y ^y\ _p\ (agar amin
tirsa ba-m), but it is better to say, ^\ \^y (j*\ y I (agar
amin bi-tirsa ba-m). This rule holds good in all the tenses
of the conditional and optative moods.
256. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
particle J or \j for the prefix \ (bi). Example:
( L. Jj '^l^Kagar amin na-tirsa ba-m) 'if I feared not',
or 'if I should not have feared', etc.
Perfect or Pluperfect Tense
Singular Plural
Ai y ^y Cy\ (amin bi-tir-
%a. \)\x ba-m) if I had feared
(_$\) y U^ y I (atii bi-tirsa
bii ba-i) if thou hadst feared
\ y. ^J^. 3^ (aû bi-tirsa
bû ba-) if he, she, it had feared
j^il y \^y 4.«! (ama bi-tirsa
bii ba-in) if we had feared
o\> y \^y _jX;l(angö bi-tir¬
sa bii ba-n) if you had feared
ö\ y \^y jljKawan bi-tir¬
sa bii ba-n) if they had feared
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257. This tense has also a perfect sense. Examples: _^
(»1 jj L> p ^1 (agar amin bi-tirsa bu ba-m) 'if I should
have feared'; (^l y L^ Jl y I (agar atu bi-tirsa bii ba-î) 'if
thou shouldest have feared', etc.