Difference between revisions of "Central Kurdish and English/Contrastive Grammar"

Revision as of 11:06, 30 April 2021

In Sorani Kurdish, definiteness is marked by a suffix at the end of a noun instead of a separate determiner.

(ckb) پیاوەکە → (eng) the man
(ckb) پیاو<n><def><sg> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> man<n><sg>

(ckb) پیاوێک → (eng) a man
(ckb) پیاو<n><ind><sg> → (eng) a<det><ind><sg> man<n><sg>

(ckb) سەگەکان → (eng) the dogs
(ckb) سەگ<n><def><pl> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> dog<n><pl>

(ckb) سەگێک → (eng) a dog
(ckb) سەگ<n><ind><sg> → (eng) a<det><ind><sp> dog<n><sg>

(ckb) ئەو نەهات → (eng) He did not come.
(ckb) ئەو<n><def><sg> هاتن<v><iv><past><neg><p3><sg> → (eng) he<prn><subj><p3><m><sg> do<vaux><past> not<adv> come<vblex><inf>

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 * {{transferTest|ckb|eng|ئەو نەهات|He did not come.}}
 *: {{transferMorphTest|ckb|eng|ئەو{{tag|n}}{{tag|def}}{{tag|sg}} هاتن{{tag|v}}{{tag|iv}}{{tag|past}}{{tag|neg}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}|he{{tag|prn}}{{tag|subj}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|m}}{{tag|sg}} do{{tag|vaux}}{{tag|past}} not{{tag|adv}} come{{tag|vblex}}{{tag|inf}}}}
-he/prpers<prn><subj><p3><m><sg>$ ^did/do<vaux><past>/do<vblex><past>/do<vbdo><past>$ ^not/not<adv>$ ^come/come<vblex><inf>/come<vblex><pres>/come<vblex><pp>/come<vblex><imp>$^./.<sent>$