a-practical-kurdish-grammar

Plural
VERBS
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^yyy 4*1 (ama bû bû-in) we had been, or we had become
^y y ^\ (ango bu bû-n) you had been, or you had become
oy y 0^3^ (awan bu bû-n) they had been, or they had be¬
come
285. The pluperfect tense is sometimes written more con¬
tracted. Examples: çyj (hû-hû-m) , ^y^ (bu-bû-i, y> (bu-
bû-), iy_yJ (bu-bû-in), öy. (buvbû-n), öyf. (bu-bu-n).
Pluperfect Tense, negatively
286. The negative is formed by simply prefixing the neg¬
ative particle ) or l) . Examples : çy y y^ (amin na-bû
bû-m) or çyj y\ (amin na-bu-bû-m) 'I had not been', or 'I
had not become', etc.
Singular
^ ^|(aminb-(i)m)
^ y\ (atu b-i)
Jl j\ (au b-e)
Plural
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Present Tense
I may be
thou mayest be
he, she, it may be
j