a-practical-kurdish-grammar

234 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
the same as in Latin, ie., subject, object, and verb. Example:
^yi U" y^ (amin nan dakhom) 'I eat bread; dljb
Sy L5^;^"^(P'^"^1^ haspeki kri) 'A man bought a horse'.
"The Accusative generally precedes the dative. Example:
S3 ^. eJi J o^^Jla (.
t,$j,l^ (chiin-a khware) 'they went down', 'they descended'
(lit. they went to the below).
Dependent Sentences are generally introduced by the con¬
junction 43 (ka), which, however, may be omitted. Ex¬
ample: J oy y\ ^ *y ^jlj y\ (amin razi bum)
(ka) atu lera bi) T was willing (that) you should be here'.