a-practical-kurdish-grammar

PRONOUNS 69
Voc. ojl (^l (aîawaî) Voc. 4Jljl (^1 (ai awana)
'O this! O these!
Note 1.For the declension of jl (au) and jljl (awan), see 159.
But as a demonstrative, ^j\j\ usually takes the case-ending (_$ (i).
Note 2. öjjSi (howa) and 4J\_jy> (howana) are declined like
.ejl(awa) and 4Jljl(awana).
174. The demonstratives ej\ , aj\j\ and ö\j] , are only
employed substantively, and stand alone. Examples : jj3 "3^
}/>- (awa zor kharap-a) 'this is very bad'; ^^i I J_^ (jjS
(awai qabul nakam) 'I do not accept this'.
175. The demonstrative ^\ (aii) is often employed sub¬
stantively, like the ejl , but it is usually placed before a
substantive and employed adjectively for both the singular
and plural. Examples : 4J 3^ «1 (aii chak nia) 'that is not
good'; 4j ejy. ej^ y (afi kiira gaiira ya) 'that boy is big';
(^!_jX>- 45 Uj jI (aii kichana chkölan) 'those girls are
small'; 4J\j»- 4 j! (au kateba jiian-a) 'this book is beau¬
tiful';