a-practical-kurdish-grammar

68 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
tan) 'you iyourselves' ; ' tj\$>- y O'j' (awan bo khoyan) 'they
themselves'; ^ W-^b^ (awana chakin) 'these are good';
|,-Lw':> ^y 1jV (awanai dastenim) 'I shall take these'; 'gljl
^j J W (awaachatirin) 'those are better' ; I ^^ y rJ Ijl (awani
dagrim) 'I shall catch those''.
172. The separate personal proriouns, 3rd. person singular
and plural, are employed as demonstratives.
Singular Plural
ojl (awa) this
jl (au) that
«'jy'"(höwa) that yonder
4;|jl (awana) these
jljl (awan) those
4>\_j»& (howana)
Declension of the Demonstrative Pronoun
those yonder
173. The demonstrative pronouns jl (awa) and |4J\_5l
(awana) are thus declined :
Singular Plural
Nom. oj\ - (-awa) this
Gen. (S3 ij,\ (i wai) of this
Dat. {S3 ^. (ba wai) to this
Ace. S^ - (- awai) this
Loc. IjbJ oi (da wai da)
Abl. S3 ^ (la wai)
in this
from this
Nom. 4J\_j^ - (-awana)
Gen. f^^3 (S^ (i wanai)
these
of these
Dat. (_^>lj 43 (ba wanai)
Ace. (y'j' - (-awanai)
to these
these
Loc. IJLJ l_j ei (da wanai-da)
Abl. (J^3 ^ (la wanai)
in these
firom these