a-practical-kurdish-grammar

196 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
4)\)yC.j (bi-t-bii-ba-ya)
would that thou hadst had
aAyy (b-i-bii-ba-ya)
would that he, she, it had had
4)\)yjL) (bi-tan-bii-ba-ya)
would that you had had
4jl)yjL) (bi-yan-bii-ba-ya)
would that thev had had
Note. The prefix a (ha) may be employed instead of J (bi).
360. The negative is formed by substituting the negative
particle j or li for the prefix > or a . Example: by
4j^\)^,^ (birya na-m-bii-ba-ya) 'would that I had not had', etc.
The positive and negative 'depdiident forms' are A>\iy or
4)\)j.jb and Ai\iy . Examples: A^y _]U I j
(birya mal-(i)m bi-bii-ba-ya) or AjL^^j* JU \>y (birya
mal-(i)m ha-bii-ba-ya) 'would that I had had a house',
Aihy )U uy (birya mal-(i)m na-bu-ba-ya) 'would
that I had not had a house', etc.
Note. The perfect and pluperfect have different forms, but the
same signification.
Singular
y*i\ (ba bi-m-be)
4) Of (bi-t ba)
y y^i (ba b-i be)
IMPERATIVE MOOD
let me have I
have thou !
let him, her, it have!
Plural
J jw>\> (ba bi-man be)
4) jL) (bi-tan ba)
let us have !
J jL) 1) (ba bi-yan be)
have ye\
let them have !
Note. The prefix a (ha) may be employed.instead of ; (bi).
(See 352.)
.361. The negative is the same as the negative of the pres¬
ent subjunctive, prefixed by the exhortative particle \j'(ba)