a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 119
present subjunctive very often serves as an infinitive. Ex¬
amples: ffLyi 43 |»j\* y^ (amin hat-(i)m ka bi-bin-(i)m) 'I
came to see' ; (^.^ "^ vIjIa j\ (au hat ka bi-khwen-e) 'he
came to read'; ^ ^ a^^^yi y\ (amm da-khwen-(i)m ka
fer b-(i)m) 'I read to learn', or 'I read that I may learn'.
Singular
Perfect Tense
*j y y\ (amin bu b-(i)m) I may have been, or I may have
become
J y y\ (atu bu b-i) thou mayest have been, or become
j> y j\ (au bu b-e) he° she, it may have been, or be¬
Plural
come
yi y '^\ (ama bu b-in) we may have been, or we may have
become
^jj y jk'>\ (ango bu b-(i)n) you may have been, or be¬
come
y y ijljKawan bu b-(i)n) they may have been, or be¬
come.
292. In this tense, the verb 'to become', occasionally pre¬
fixes another > (bi), consistent with its form in the present
subjunctive. Examples: ^. y ^'^ y^ -^J (ranga amin chak
bu bi-b-(i)m) 'I may have become well' ; csti y y}y- Ji^ 3^
(au dabe kharaptir bu bi-b-e) 'he must have become worse'.
Usually, however, both verbs employ the form given above.
293. The same conjunctions are employed with the per¬
fect subjunctive as are employed with the present subjunctive.