The agent's clitic is missing from the object.

ckb.verb.agent-missing · Error · Agreement

In the past tense of a transitive verb the agent is marked by a clitic, and it sits on the first word before the verb: من نانم خوارد, "I ate bread".

Examples

Wrong	Right
من نان خوارد	من نانم خوارد
ئێمە نان خوارد	ئێمە نانمان خوارد

Lessons

• Lesson 14: The past tense II: transitive verbs and ergativity
• Lesson 22: Clitic placement and ergative syntax in depth
• Lesson 23: The written standard and common errors

Related rules

• The agent is marked twice.
• In the written standard the clitic goes on the object, not the verb.
• An intransitive verb takes a verb ending, not a clitic.
• This verb is irregular here.
• In the negative past the clitic follows نە.