I just want to share one observation I made about Kurdish verbs. Quiet a few verbs in Sorani-Kurdish are combinations of a 'main verb' and a second word.
To give you an idea what I mean, here a list of Sorani-Verbs; in some cases the verb was obviously shortened. I am writing the Sorani-Kurdish words in Latin script (Sorani is usually written in Arabic script) , so the proper spelling might be a little bit off.
Bida! Give!
Sar Bida! Visit!
Pishani (Bi)da! Show!
Para Bida! Pay!
Iarmati Bida! Help!
Haul Bida! Try!
Zuab Bida! Respond!
Baz Bida! Jump!
Example #2:
Bika! Do!
Tatsruba Bika! Test!
Supas Bika! Thank!
Safar Bika! Travel!
Pirsiar Bika! Ask!
Peida Bika! Find!
Malla Bika! Swim!
Ish/Kar Bika! Work!
Iari Bika! Play!
Daua Bika! Order!
Dast Pe Bika! Start!
Cauare Bika! Expect!
Bir Bika! Think!
Bauir Bika! Believe!
Caki (Bi)ka! Fix!
Chrap (B)ika! Brake!
Tekall (B)ika! Mix!
Tam (B)ika! Taste!
Seir (B)ika! Look!
Ra (Bi)ka! Run!
Drust (B)ika! Make!
Fer (B)ika! Teach!
Example #3:
(U)asta! Stand!
Ra uasta! Stand (still)!
Halsta! Stand up!
Buasta! Wait!
Example #4:
Bigra! Grab! Hold!
Uar (b)igra! Receive!
Hal (b)igra! Pick up!
Ra (b)igra! Stop!
Gue bigra! Listen!
Example #5:
Biga! Arrive!
Te biga! Understand!
Example #6:
Biba! Be! Become!
Fer Ba! Learn!
Some interesting aspects of this exercise:
The stem of the word 'to run' is 'ra' in Sorani Kurdish.
Ra (Bi)ka! Run! (literally "Do run!")
Ra (b)igra! Stop! (literally "Hold run!")
Ra uasta! Stand (still)! (literally "Stand run!")
My personal favorite is:
Dast Pe Bika! Start! (literally "Do hand foot!") :-)
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