a-practical-kurdish-grammar

DECLENSION 43
109. The Locative Case is formed by employing one of
the prepositions oi (da) or 4j (ba) 'in', with the postposi¬
tion \:> (da), or ^ (la-sar) 'on', or any other prepositions
denoting place or position, like ^ (neû), _jjJ (la-neû)
b ^> (da-neû-da) 'in' or 'among', or b ^J 4j (ba neû-da)
'through', etc.
Examples: U3iU c:> (da malaka-i-da) 'in the house,;
IjlJU jb (d-aCi mala-I-da) 'in the house', or 'in this or that
hou.se'; IjiJCjL oi (da malek-T-da) 'in a house'. Without
the definite arricle suffix: UJU o (da mal-e-da) 'in the house';
Uj 4) (ba re-da) or \JS^_j -^.(ba regai-da) 'in^ the road';
ill ^ (la-sar ban-i) 'on the roof; ^\j\ _y_J (la-neû
awana-i) 'among them (these or those)'; 1jJ\j_jj ^ (da), may follow direcriy after
the word preceded by the preposition, or it^ may be placed
after the whole clause. Ex.: \j!>\y>- jojp jjj ^J>'^JU oi
(da malek-i zör gaûra wa jûan-da) 'In a very large and beau¬
tiful house'. And it may either be written separately or con¬
nected to the preceding word. Example: \jJy>roi (da
chöl-i da), orijb , J,:^ûi(da chöl-i-da) in the desert'.
111. The suffix oj (wa), with the vowel _ (a) as a con¬
nective, is sometimes used instead of the postposition \:>
(da). Examples: e_j.:^j Aj (ba re-a-wa) 'in the road;
o^l^ly J _j^(chû neû barazan-a-wa) 'entered (went) into
the swine'. A peculiar meaning is somerimes expressed by
the use of the suffix oj (wa). Examples: ^ "j}^ ^. (^^