English
Do you want to learn KEŁHURÎ? Kurdish Grammar makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Kełhurî variant of Southern Kurdish – whether as a holiday-goer, culture- or language enthusiast, partner, student, or employee. All contents are romanized, thus easily accessible to anyone used to the Latin alphabet.
The overview tables for grammar and important verbs help to learn quickly and easily – with or without prior knowledge. This in addition to conjugation formulas and many examples gives you the opportunity to actively learn Kełhurî and spare you from longwinded, boring explanatory texts! You can use this book as a resource for the first steps and to improve your existing Kełhurî.
A special thanks to Muhemed Riza Yûsifî, Manuchehr Mohamadi, Hama Adil and Nesa for their continued support in creating this book.
CONTENTS
Peculiarities of the Kalhori Language
The Kalhori Alphabet
PRONOUNS:
Personal Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns
Interrogative Pronouns
Demonstrative Pronouns
Reciprocal Pronoun
Reflexive Pronoun
Diminutive Affixes
Declension of Nouns
PRESENT TENSES:
Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive Tense
Imperative
Hebîên/ Nîbîên /Ha / Dîrbîên
Modal Verbs
Subjunctive Mood with Modal Verbs
PAST TENSES:
Simple Past Tense
Past Progressive Tense
Pluperfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
FUTURE TENSE:
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD:
Subjunctive in the Present Tense
Subjunctive in the Conditonal Perfect
Irrealis Mood in the Past Tense
Subjunctive Mood with “ba”
Conditonal Clauses
PASSIVE VOICE:
In the Present Tenses
In the Simple Past Tense
In the Past Progressive Tense
In the Present Perfect Tense
In the Pluperfect
ADVERBS:
1.The Most Common Temporal Adverbs
2. The Most Common Modal Adverbs
3. The Most Common Local Adverbs
PREPOSITION AND CIRCUMPOSITION
ADJECTIVES:
1. As a Modifier
2. As an Adverb
3. As Predicate with the Verb „to be“
4. Formation of the Adjective from Nouns
5. Formation of the Adjective from Verbs (Participle)
6. Substantiation of the Adjectives
7. Comparative
CONJUNCTIONS AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
Conjunctions in Kalhori
Subordinate Clauses in Kalhori
STRUCTURE OF THE KALHORI VERBS:
The Simple VerbsThe Compound Verbs
The Separable-Compound Verbs
The Separable Verbs
NUMBERS:
Cardinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers & Fractions
Writing of the Date
VERB STEMS