a-practical-kurdish-grammar

VERBS 89
the conjugation of the intransitive verb is, that it employs
the first or enclitic form of personal endings in all its tenses.
And these endings are always directly suffixed to the various
tense stems.
Conjugation of the 'regular intransitive verb', o^y" (tirsan)
'to fear'
ACTIVE VOICE
Infinitive jLy (tirsan) Imperative ^^ (bi-tirs-e)
fear' 'fear thou !'
INDICATIVE MOOD
Present Tense
Singular Plural
f^yi y\ (amin da-rirs-(i)
m) I fear
^^yi y\ (atii da-tirs-i)
thou fearest
^ Ji i\ (au da-tirs-e) he,
she, it fears
fj^Ji A^\ (ama da-tirs-in)
we fear
y^Ji /jl (ango da-tirs-(i)-
n) you fear
,":> jljl (awan da-tirs-
(i)n) they fear
216. The present tense is based on the imperative stem.
By substituting the present tense prefix i (da), for the im¬
perative prefix > (bi), we have the 3rd person singular, pres¬
ent tense.
217. The same verb is sometimes employed with a finalfj
(e) to its stem. Examples: ^J> (da-rirse-m), ç^^J^
(da-tirse-i), ^J^y^ (da-tirse-), öt:::^J^ (da-tinse-in),
Or'J^ (da-tirse-n), Öy-J> (da-tirse-n).