a-practical-kurdish-grammar

Singular
^\^J /y\ (amin tirsa-m) I
feared
iS^-xy y\ (atii tirsa-i) thou
feardest
\^J jl (aii tirsa-) he,
she, it feared
VERBS
Preterite Tense
Plural
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(^L. J 4.,| (ama tirsa-in) we
feared
öL.y ^l (angö tirsa-n)
you feared
(jLy jljl (awan rirsa-n)
they feared
227. The preterite tense is based on the infinitive stem. By
dropping the finalj (n) of the infinitive, we have the preterite
parriciple, which is identical with the 3rd person singular,
preterite tense.
228. The general characteristic of the preterite tense of all
verbs is the employment of the naked preterite participle,
without any prefix or suffix except the personal endings, and
even that is omitted in the 3rd person singular.
229. The negative is formed by simply prefixing the neg¬
ative particle J or li . Examples : ^'^y y°^ (amm-na-tirsa-
m) 'I feared not'; ^\^y y\ (atu na-tirsa-i) 'thou feardest
not'; L.^ jl (au na-tirsa-) 'he, she, it feared not', etc.
Perfect Tense
Singular Plural
pL._J ^1 (amin tirsau-m) ^ jUy 4.1 (ama tirsaw-in
I have feared we have
(_$jUy y\ (atii tirsaw-i)
thou hast
feared
feared
jjLy ^1 (ango tirsaû-n)
you have