Description

Do you want to learn HEWRAMΠ(GORANÎ)? Kurdish Grammar makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Hewramî (Goranî) language – 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 Hewramî 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 Hewramî.

Peculiarities of the Hewramî Language. 5
The Hewramî Alphabet 9
PRONOUNS. 10
Personal Pronouns & Copula. 10
“to be” Verb in the Present tense. 11
“to be” Verb in the Past tense. 11
Possessive Adjectives & Pronouns. 12
Possessive Suffixes (Enclitics) & Ezafe Suffixes. 12
Interrogative Pronouns. 14
Reciprocal Pronoun. 15
Demonstrative Pronouns. 15
Reflexive Pronoun. 16
The Suffixes of Diminution. 17
Declension of Nouns. 18
PRESENT TENSES. 22
Simple Present Tense & Present Progressive Tense. 22
Pronominal objects in the Present tense. 40
Imperative. 41
Hebiyay / Nîbiyay / Îna. 42
Modal Verbs in the Present Tense. 44
Subjunctive Mood with Modal Verbs (in the Present Tense) 47
Modal verbs in the Past Tense. 49
PAST TENSES. 52
Simple Past Tense. 52
Comparision of present and past tenses (Ergativity) 62
Past Progressive Tense. 64
Pluperfect Tense 74
Present Perfect Tense 83
FUTURE TENSE. 90
SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD 91
Subjunctive in the Present Tense. 91
Subjunctive in the Conditonal Perfect 92
Irrealis Mood in the Past Tense. 97
Conditional Clauses. 100
PASSIVE VOICE 101
In the Present Tenses. 101
In the Simple Past Tense. 103
In the Present Progressive Tense. 105
In the Present Perfect Tense. 106
In the Past Perfect Tense. 108
ADVERBS. 110
1.The Most Common Temporal Adverbs. 110
2. The Most Common Modal Adverbs. 112
3. The Most Common Local Adverbs. 113
PREPOSITION AND CIRCUMPOSITION.. 114
ADJECTIVES 116
1. Adjective as a Modifier 116
2. Substantiation of the Adjectives. 116
3. Formation of the Adjective from Nouns. 116
4. Adjective as Predicate with the Verb „to be“. 117
5. Adjective as an Adverb. 117
6. Formation of the Adjective from Verbs (Participle) 117
7. Comparative 118
CONJUNCTIONS AND SUBORDINATE CLAUSES. 118
Conjunctions in Hewramî 118
Subordinate Clauses in Hewramî . 121
STRUCTURE OF THE HEWRAMÎ VERBS. 122
The Simple Verbs. 122
The Compound Verbs. 123
The Compound Verbs with Prepositions. 123
The Separable Compound Verbs. 125
NUMBERS. 125
Cardinal Numbers. 125
Ordinal Numbers & Fractions. 126
Writing of the Date. 126
VERB STEMS 114
Verb stems for the Passive voice 127
Abbreviations 132