a-practical-kurdish-grammar

Singular
VERBS 115
Preterite Tense
^y y\ (amin bii-m) I was, or I become
(_$ J y\ (atu bli-i) thou wast, or thou becamest
Plural
y j\ (au hû-) he, she, it was, or he, she, it became
.y y 4»1 (ama bii-in) we were, or we became
oy isJKangö bû-n) you were, or you became
oy u'jl (awan bû-n) they were, or they become
281 The preterite tense of the verb 'to be', when employed
as an auxiliary with transitive verbs, takes the 'suffix pro¬
nouns' as personal ending. Examples py , Cjy > Sy
O^y , ö^y > ö'^y "^his explanation belongs under
transitive verbs, btit to make the point clearer, it is men¬
tioned here where comparison is near.
282. There is a more emphatic form of the preterite, de¬
noting 'existence'. (See 276.) It is conjugated thus:
Singular
^yt y\ (amin ha-bû-m) I was, or I ex'isted
(^^» y\ (atu ha-bû-i) thou wast, or thou didst exist
Plural
y^ 3\ (au ha-bû-) he, she, it was, or he, she, it existed
j,yA aJ\ (ama ha-bû-în) we were, or we existed
OyA _^ I (ango ha-bû-n) you were, or you existed
öy^ ûljKawan ha-bû-n) they were, or they existed
Preterite Tense, negatively
283. The negative is formed by simply prefixing î or \; ,