a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 125
ted, by simply prefixing the negative particle. Example:
4)U\J y\ \iy (bir-ya amin na-ba-m-aya) 'would that I were
not', or 'would that I became not', etc.
306. By employing the conjunction _p l(agar) 'if, instead
of the \y (birya), we obtain a conditional sense of all the
tenses of the optative mood. Example :4j^UL ^^1 ^3 1 (agar
amin bi-ba-m-aya) 'if I were', or 'if I became', etc.
Singular
Perfect Tense
^V, . ^\ (amin bi-bû-m-aya) would that I were, or would
Plural
that I had been
4,l._^ /1 (atu bi-bû-i-yaya) would thou wert, or would
that thou hadst been
4,1.^ jl (ail bi-bii-yaya) would that he, she, it were, or
would that he, she, it had been
4,b^ ^4-1 (ama bi-bû-in-aya) would that.we were, or would
that we had been
A>}y ^\ (ango bi-bû-n-aya) would that you were, or would
that you had been
4,\; ^ ö^i^ (awan bi-bii-n-aya) would that they were, or
would that they had been
307. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
particle > or t for the prefix > (bi), or if the latter is
omitted, by simply prefixing the negative particle. Example:
4.1.^ y\ Vji (bir-ya amin na-bû-m-aya) 'would that I were
not', or 'would that I had not been', etc.