a-practical-kurdish-grammar

114 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
with the negative of the present tense of 'to become'. Ex¬
amples: A-J (j^l(amin na-b-(i)m) 'I shall not be', or 'I shall
not become' , ^^ y\ (atu na-b-i) 'thou wilt not be', or 'thou
wilt not become'; J jl (aii na-b-e) 'he, she, it will not be',
or 'he, she, it will not become', etc.
Singular
Imperfect Tense
^yi /j^|(amin da-bii-m) I was being, becoming,' used
to be
Sy^ J I (atii da-bii-i) thou wast being, becoming, used
Plural
to be
yi ji\ (au da-bû) he, she, it was being, becoming, used
to be
öiy^ "^l (ama da-bii-in) we were being, becoming, used
to be
oyi _jXJ I (ango da-bû-n) you were being, becoming, used
to be
oyi ijljl (awan da-bii-n) they were being, becoming, used
to be
Imperfect Tense, negatively
280. The negative is formed by simply prefixing the neg¬
ative particle i or \; . . Example çyX ^\ (amin na-da-
bu-m) 'I was not being', *I was not becoming', or 'I did not
use to be', etc.