a-practical-kurdish-grammar

118 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
(jJ jlj' (awan b-(i)n) ^^o ö^jUawan bi-b-(i)n)
they may be they may become
287. All the tenses of the subjunctive mood usually employ
one of the conjunctions a\^j (ranga), j,5JL) (bashkam),
l»JOi dashkam), or ^SSj (balki), which all mean 'perhaps',
to emphasize the 'intentional' or 'dubitive' sense. Examples:
t f
l»j y>) A\jj (ranga amin b-(i)m) 'I may be' (lit. 'perhaps I
may be') (_jj y\ 4Xij (ranga atii b-i) 'thou mayest be' (lit.
'perhaps thou mayest be'), etc.
288. Conditional sentences are formed by employing the
conjunction y | (agar) 'if. Examples : j iJU y\ y\
»ii y 4) LjJ^^JD (agar atii chak b-i, katebeki ba tii dadam)
'if you (sing.) be good, I shall give you a book'; y |
^y ^1 ^, e^J ^'l (agar ango lera b-(i)n, amin na-
tirs-(i)m) 'if you be here, I shall not fear', etc.
289. Conclusive clauses are usually introduced by one of
the conjunction 43 (ka), ll* hata), or^) bb (hatakii), which
all mean 'that', so that', 'in order that'. Examples
j»j ^^1 45 ^li ^ (kie dal-len ka amin b-(i)m) 'who do they
say that I may be?'; (^ -j p \Ia oyda ^ jXi> jl (aii
sanirakai halgr-a hatakii rahat b-i) 'take this pillow so that
you (sing) may be comfortable'.
290. Necessitative sentences are formed by employing the
auxiliary ji (dabe) 'must'. Examples: j^ ojŞ ji jljl
(awan dabe lera b-(i)n) 'they must be here';j Ijji (dabe
wa be) 'it must be so'.
291. When employed with the conjunction 4J (ka), the