a-practical-kurdish-grammar

144 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
ACTIVE VOICE
INDICATIVE MOOD
Present Tense
Singular Plural
^i y\ (amin da-lle-m) t>;;'-^ '^' (ama da-lle-in)
I say, etc. we say, etc.
Note. The future is the same as the present.
Imperfect Tense
Singular Plural
iJlS^i ^|(amin da-m-giit) JlJ> jUi 4.0I (ama da-man-giit)'
I was saying, etc.
Preterite Tense
Singular Plural
^ j.«l (amin kiit-(i)m)
I said, etc.
we were saying, etc.
j\,«JD 4ol(ama, l'dit-(e)-man)
we said, etc.
Note. When the personal ending is suffixed, the accent on that
ending causes the _J (k) to be sounded naturally; but in the imper¬
fect tense no personal ending is employed, and consequently there is
no accent, and therefore thp 3 (k) is pronounced and even written
ci?(g).
Perfect Tense
Singular Plural
4« Ji j^l (amin kutii-m-a) 4J U^ 4«! (ama kutii-man-a)
I have said, etc. we have said, etc.
Pluperfect Tense
Singular Plural
Cj> >zS y\ (amin kut-(e) O^y "-^ '^' (ama kut-(e)
bû-m) I had said, etc. bii-man) we had said, etc.