a-practical-kurdish-grammar

186 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
O^y u^ (dill siitan) or
j\>^ dj> j(zig siitan) to pity
j*-^J Cj^j*" (khösh wistin) to love
341. The dialectic differences play a great part in these
verbs, as the dialectic peculiarity may either appear in the
noun or the adjective employed, or the auxiliary verb may not
be the same. Examples: One dialect may prefer to employ
jip C'*J>- (hurmat kirdin) for 'to honor', 'to obey', an¬
other dialect may prefer to use yp C..^^,- (hurmat girtin) ;
one dialect may use ^ (gham), (Arab.) for ^p^ (kham),
(Kurd.), and one may employ o^y J- (kham keshan) and
another may employ jijl^i- ^ (kham khwardin) 'to worry',
etc. One dialect may employ the auxiliary without the suffix
03 (wa). Examples: ji_p j>l (blaii kirdin) 'to scatter',
and another dialect may nearly invariably add the suffix and
say oyiy j% (blaii kirdin-a-wa).
These dialectic differences, however, are not essential, and
they will gradually disappear as the better and purer Kurdish
forms become better known and more established.
Conjugation of the Verb 'to have'
342. There is no distinct verb in Kurdish corresponding
to our verb 'to have'; but possession is expressed by combin¬
ing the 'suffix pronouns' (see 162, 203) with the stems of
the various tenses of the verb 'to be' or the verb 'to exist'.
There are two forms, the 'independent form', or when the
verb stands alone, and the 'dependent forrii', or when the verb
is used in a sentence. Examples:. 4^*. (ha-m-a") 'I have'