Central Kurdish and English/Contrastive Grammar

ckb-eng

Definiteness Marker

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><sg> → (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>

Verb Negation

• (ckb) کوڕەکە نەهات → (eng) The boy did not come.

  (ckb) کوڕەکە نەهات<n><ind><sg> → (eng) a<det><ind><sp> dog<n><sg>