This prefix contracts with the verb's stem.

kmr.verb.prefix-contraction · Error · Word form

Stems that start in ê or î merge with the prefix: di + êm gives têm, na + êm gives nayêm, bi + êm gives bêm. Stems in a merge too: na + axivim gives naxivim.

Examples

Wrong	Right
diêm	têm
naêm	nayêm

Lessons

• Lesson 10: The present tense
• Lesson 21: Irregular and special verbs

Related rules

• After ê or dê the verb is in the subjunctive.
• zanîn and karîn are negated with ni-.
• An intransitive verb has a subject in the direct form.
• This verb does not agree with its subject.
• After a preverb the bi- of the subjunctive is dropped.