a-practical-kurdish-grammar

116 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
or by substituting them for the prefix a (ha). Example:
fi^yj y>\ (amin na-bû-m) 'I was not', 'I did not become', or 'I
did not exist', etc.
Singular
Perfect Tense
çjy fy>\ (amin bii-w-(i)m) I have been, or I have become
S3y. y^ (^tû bii-w-i) thou hast been, or thou hast become
Plural
ejy j\ (au bii-wa) he, she, it has been, or he, she, it has
become
Öi3y. "*-*' (ama bii-w-in) we have been, or we have become
Ojy Sj\ (ango bti-w-(i)n) you have been, or you have be¬
come
Ö3y ö\j\(^'^^^ bti-w-(i)n) they have been, or they have
become
Perfect Tense, negatively
284. The negative is formed by simply prefixing the neg¬
ative particle j or \j . Examples. "3^ y^ (amin na-bii-w-
(i)m) 'I have not been', S3y y^ (atii na-bû-w-i) 'thou hast
not been' , ejy jl (aii na-bii-w-a) 'he, she, it has not been', etc.
Singular
Pluperfect Tense
fi'yy y\ (amin bii bii-m I had been, or I had become
ijyy y\ (atii bii bii-i) thou hadst been, or thou hadst be¬
come
yy. jl (aii bu bii-) he, she, it had been, or he, she, it had
become