a-practical-kurdish-grammar

if I had been prepared, or
if I should have been pre¬
pared, etc.
Singular
4iUl^ _^U(hazir bi-ki-
ra-m-aya)
would that I were prepared,
etc.
Singular
4) U\i I isj -^^.-(hazir bi-ki-
VERBS 175
if we had been prepared, or
if we should have been pre¬
pared, etc.
OPTATIVE MOOD
Preterite or Perfect Tense
ra ba^n-aya)
would that I had been pre¬
pared, etc.
Plural
Pluperfect Tense
4.L)\^ _^ U (hazir bi-ki-
ra-in-aya)
would that we were pre¬
pared, etc.
Plural
4)Li\) l_^)^>W(hazir bi-ki-
ra ba-in-aya)
would that we had been pre¬
pared, etc.
IMPERATIVE MOOD
Singular (2nd pers.) Plural (2nd. pers.)
cjC< ^\^(haz\rh\-k\-r-a) I j.^ _^>U(hazir bi-ki-re-n)
be thou prepared ! etc. I be ye prepared ! etc.
PARTICIPLES
339. The preterite participle \p ^W(hazir ki-ra) 'pre¬
pared', forms the basis for all the past tenses. The perfect
participle j\^ _^\>.(hazir ki-ra-u) 'prepared', is used ad¬
jectively, and may also be used substantively. Examples:
j\ X^^>\>.^>..>jlj(piaweki hazir ki-ra-ii) 'a prepared man';