a-practical-kurdish-grammar

60 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
(da ba da-yek) '10%'; ^J j dl oi 4j oi (da ba da-yek ö neû)
'15%'; Öi oi ji-h ei (da ba do da-yek) '20%', etc. The
third system : ^.J j ei > (sat ba yek '1%'; _}i 4j Jl/»
(sat ba do) '2%'; ^S ^h J.^ (sat ba se) '3%'; j\^^Xf>
(sat ba chûar) '4%'; t^ 4) X^ (sat ba penj) '5%', etc. And
in this connection the Ji.^may also be written ^Ji^ (sati).
Distributives
155. The distributive numbers in Kurdish are formed by
employing the cardinals in pairs, with or without using the
preposition ai (ba) 'by', or the prepositional suffix 4 (a)
'to', as a connective. Examples: dl dl (yek yek),dl 4) dli
(yek ba yek), or dl 4^ (yek-a yek) 'one by one'; j^ j:>
(dii dû), or ji (do ba do) 'two by two'; Ojî^ C'»>'
(jut jtit), or Cjy^Ai Cjy>-(jût ba jut) 'pair by pair' ; ^-d- ^
(se se), or ^^ Ai ^^ (se ba se) 'three by three', etc.
156. VOCABULARY
Jij*- (chiiar) four i_.* (hasp) horse
OsJU (manga) cow d'J^ (haiit) seven
y> (mar) sheep J^i^ (hauwal) first
3^ (neû) half C>y>- (jut) pair