a-practical-kurdish-grammar

102 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
4)L'^ jl (aii bi-tirsa-
ya) would that he, she, it
feared
you feared
A}\i\j'y jljl (awan bi-tir¬
sa- (i)n-aya) would that
they feared
261. The conjunction l y (birya) 'would that', and occa¬
sionally -6 }J- (khozga), of about the same meaning, are
usually employed before the optative. Examples: l j
4jiUU'^ y\ (birya amin bi-tirsa-m-aya) 'would that I feared';
4)ljUip 4«! \y (birya ama bi-tirsa-in-aya) 'would that
we feared', etc.
262. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
particle J or li for the prefix ; (bi). Example: ^j^l \iy
AAaXj-y (birya amin na-tirsa-m-aya) 'would that I had not
feared', etc.
Pluperfect Tense
Singular Plural
4jUl)L'JJ -^1 (amin bi-tir- 4jiIj1jL.^ 4/.I (ama bi-tir
sa ba-m-aya) would that I
had feared
4«l\)L