a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 167
ngiien-a) 'cause thou to offend !'. The same holds good in the
present subjunctive, and other forms of the verb, where the
prefix J (bi) is employed.
332. All the causative verbs, and nearly all the other tran¬
sitives, take 4 (a) as the imperative ending, which can be
clearly seen from the above list.
Irregularity of the Verb (J-^J (wistin)
'to want', 'to wish'
333. This verb is different from all others in this respect,
that it usually takes the 'suffix pronouns' for personal endings
in the present tense. Examples : Sy> (da-m-awe) 'I want',
e^jCo (da-t-awe) 'thou wantest', ^Sy? (da-i-awe) 'he, she,
it wants', t5jjU,> (da-man-awc) 'we want', c^jjui (da-tan-
awe) or S33^ (da-û-awe) 'you want', and (^jjlo (da-yan-
awe) 'they want'. It is perfectly regular in all its other tenses,
except in the present tense indicative, as shown above, and in
the present subjunctive. Examples: c5j*; (bi-m-awe) 'I
may or might want', i^jO; (bi-t-awe) 'thou mayest or might¬
est want', e$jo (bi-i-awe) 'he, she, it nxay or might want',
S30^ (bi-man-awe) 'we may or might want', S30^.
(bi-tan-awe) 'you may or might want', S30^. (bi-yan-awe)
'they may or might want'.
The Impersonal 'must'
334. The impersonal verb 'must', emj^loyed as auxiliary
in forming necessitative sentences, is yi (dabe) for the pres¬
ent tense, and \i (daba) or yi dabii) for the past tenses.
(See 241 and 258.)