a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 123
ö\ y. öb^ (awan bi-bii ba-n) if they have been, or if they
have become
302. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
particle ', or \, for the prefix , > (bi), or if the latter is not
used, simply prefix the negative particle. Example: ^S I
f-\i y y\ (agar amin na-bii ba-m) 'if I have not been',
or 'if I have not become', etc.
Singular
Pluperfect Tense
^\i y y y\ (amin bi-bu bii ba-m) if I had been, or if I had
become
;_^\, y y y\ (atu bi-bu bu ba-j) if thou hadst been, or if
Plural
thou hadst become
\ y y.j\ (au bi-bfi bii ba-) if he, she, it had been, or if
he, she, it had become
/^\) _jj ^ 4.0I (ama bi-bii bii ba-in) if we had been, or if wc
had become
ö\) y y XjKangö bi-bû bû ba-n) if yx)U had been, or if
you had become
ö\i y y öh^ (awan bi-bii bu ba-n) if they had been, or if
they had become
303. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
particle > or \> for the prefix J (bi), or if the latter is not
employed, by simply prefixing the negative particle. Ex¬
amples: ^\) y y -y] p \ {agar amin na-bit bii ba-m) 'if I
had not been', or 'if I had not become'; S\ y y y\ y I