An intransitive verb has a subject in the direct form.

kmr.verb.oblique-intransitive-subject · Error · Agreement

Only transitive verbs switch in the past. With an intransitive verb the subject stays direct: Ez hatim, "I came".

Examples

Wrong	Right
Min hatim.	Ez hatim.
Te hatî.	Tu hatî.

Lessons

• Lesson 13: The past tense I: intransitive verbs
• Lesson 23: The written standard and common errors

Related rules

• After ê or dê the verb is in the subjunctive.
• zanîn and karîn are negated with ni-.
• This prefix contracts with the verb's stem.
• This verb does not agree with its subject.
• After a preverb the bi- of the subjunctive is dropped.