a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 191
yy JU (mal-(i)m bû-bû)or yy^ p^ (mal-(i)m ha-
bii-bû) 'I had had a house', yy jir'L. (ma!-(i)m na-bu-bu)
'I had not had a house', etc.
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD
Present Tense
Singular Plural
(_j-»J (bi-m-be)
I may or might have
j_^Cj(bi-t-be)
thou mayest have
yy (b-i-be)
he, she, it may or might have
JjUj (bi-man-be)
we may or might have
^jb (bi-tan-be) or
yy (bi-û-be)
you may or might have
^ jLj(bi-yan-be)
they may or might have
351. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
parricle j or \j for the prefix j (bi). Example: ^^ 430j
(ranga na-m-be) 'I may or might not have', etc. The positive
and negative 'dependent forms' are y or ^y and ^ . Ex¬
amples: y JU 4X!j (ranga mal-(i)m be) or^ ^JU -66j
(ranga mal-(i)m ha-be) 'I may or might have a house',
y p>JU 4X;j(ranga mal-(i)m na-be) 'I may or might not
have a house', etc.
352. The prefix a (ha) may be substituted for the prefix
J (bi). Examples: ^_y^ (ha-m-he), yC^ (ha-t-ht),
yy (ha-i-be), etc. ; but the prefix > (bi) is the better form.
Perfect Tense
Singular Plural
. yy*i (h'i-m-hû-hc) \ j_j)yjU (bi-man-bû-be)
I may have had 1 we may have had