a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 195
prefix { or A . Example: 4jLj \y (birya na-m-ba-ya)
'would that I had not', etc. The positive and negative 'de¬
pendent forms' are 4)_L) or 4) La and 4jL) . Examples:
4jiLj j^IU \jy (birya mal-i) m bi-ba-ya) or 4) La JU ^j j
(birya mal-(i)m ha-ba-ya) 'would that I had a house', IJU 1» j
1 . . . ir ->
4)U) (birya mal-(i)m na-ba-ya) 'would that I had not a
house', etc.
Perfect Tense
Singular Plural
4(\>y>*j (bi-m-bii-ya-ya)
would that I had had
..3l^'. (bi-t-bii-ya-ya)
would that thou hadst had
.y.iS- (h-i-bii-ya-ya
would that he, she, it had had
4jlyjUj (bi-man-bii-ya-
ya) would that we had had.
4)\)yjLi (bi-tan-bii-ya-
ya) would that you had had
.y. uU (bi-yan-bii-ya- ''"
ya) would that they had had
Note. The prefix (ha) may be employed instead of (bi).
359. The negaltive is formed by substituting ', or \i for
the prefix j or a . Example: aj\,^.^ \,y (birya na-m-
bti-ya-ya) 'would that I had not had', etc. The positive and
negative 'dependent forms' are Aj\}y or 4)I^a and 4j\> J
Examples: A>\>y JU \iy (birya mal-(i)m bi-bû-ya-ya) or
..3'^ (»-'U \_y (birya mal-(i)m ha-bû-ya-ya) 'would that
I had had a house', AA^y ^^lU \i_y (birya mal-(i)m na-
bii-ya-ya) 'would that I had not had a house', etc.
Pluperfect Tense
Singular Plural
..3:*'. (bi-m-bii-ba-ya)
would that I had had
4)l»yjU) (bi-man-bii-ba-ya)
would that we had had