a-practical-kurdish-grammar

ARTICLES 35
amples: \^\ j\ (au agha) 'the landlord' (lit. 'this or that
landlord'), may also be written 4jlc.l jl (au agha-ya) ; - oVj (walat
chilön-a) 'How is the country ?' ; jC^j dilt (khalk rahat-a) 'the
people are quiet' ; ^^ :,'^ (kurd faqir-a) 'the Kurds are
poor (humble)'.
84. Other substantives are so definite in themselves, that
no Definite Article is necessary. Examples: oU ^U
(hakim hat) 'the Governor came' ; ^c,^j ^^,SC>- (hakim roi)
'the Doctor went'; 4i^ ^\^ (khanim nakhösh-a) 'the lady
IS sick'; 4j^o^ JU ^>:l,.!'(sahib mal lera pia) 'the landlord
is not here', etc.
85. The Indefinite Article is generally expressed by em¬
ploying the numeral So (ek) as a suffix.
Examples : S^j^ (kûr-ek) 'a boy' ; ^^ (kich-ek) 'a
g'"'!'; ^j\'_ (pi-aw-ek) 'a man'; ^d.l.jlj:> (draw-ek) 'a coin';
tilW- (cha-y-ek) 'a tea'; " ciXlJ (ta-y-ek) 'a bale', etc. <
86. Final < , in a substantive, is usually assimilated by