(دۆخى نه‌رێى ده‌مكاته‌كان له ‌نێوان زمانى كوردى و ئينگليزيدا)

Abstract

This study attempts to discuss and compare the negative status of the tenses in Kurdish and English languages. All the tenses rules, structures and the changes that occur to them are described and analyzed. These are done in three sections: the first section deals with the Kurdish tenses and the negative status of each tense separately in terms of concept and definition. Further, the changes that take place to each tense due to conversion to negation are well explained. Each tense’s overall structures and changes are presented in specific tables alone. In the second section, each and very tense is detailed accompanied by providing necessary examples. The changes that occur to each tense because of converting it to negative are also presented. The third section is about comparing the tenses in Kurdish and English to highlight the intersecting and similar areas as well as manifesting the differences and divergence between the two languages’ tenses. Finally, the study has reached some conclusions.