Kurdish
Kurdish is the language of the kurdish people which live in the region Kurdistan which consists of four countries Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The language is related to the Indo-european language.
Pronunciation guide
Vowels
Consonants
Common diphthongs
Phrase list
Basics
- Hello.
- helaw ( helaw )
- Hello. (informal)
- . ( hello )
- How are you?
- Choni? ( Tu Chawa ye? )
- Fine, thank you.
- Bashum ( bash um )
- What is your name?
- Nave te chiye ( Nowe te chaya? )
- My name is ______ .
- Nave min______ ye . ( Nowe min _____ye. )
- Nice to meet you.
- Khosh hallim benasinit. ( Khosh hallim benaseenit. )
- Please.
- Zahmatnebe. ( Zahmatnebee )
- Thank you.
- Spas. ( Spas )
- You're welcome.
- Keremke ( )
- Yes.
- Bale. ( Aa )
- No.
- Na. ( Na )
- Excuse me. (getting attention)
- . ( )
- Excuse me. (begging pardon)
- Be Zahmad . ( )
- I'm sorry.
- Afu ( )
- Goodbye
- hwahafeis ( )
- Goodbye (informal)
- Charra ( )
- I can't speak name of language [well].
- [ ]. ( [ ])
- Do you speak English?
- ? ( Tu Inglizi Di zane ? )
- Is there someone here who speaks English?
- ? ( ?)
- Help!
- Ez mehtacem! (c pronounced as j) ( !)
- Look out!
- ! ( !)
- Good morning.
- beyani bas. ( Sibeha Te Be Kheir be )
- Good evening.
- evar bas ( )
- Good night.
- . ( Sheva te Khwesh be )
- Good night (to sleep)
- . ( Shaw shad )
- I don't understand.
- Ez fahm na kim/ Ez te na gehem( Ez fahm na kim )
- Where is the toilet?
- Hemam li ku ye? ( Hemam li ku ye? )
- Right now.
- esta/nucer
Problems
Numbers
1 - ye
2 - du
3 - seh
4 - chwar/char
5 - penj
6 - shesh
7 - haft
8 - hesht
9 - noh
10 - deh
11 - yozde/yanzde
12 - dozde/dowanzde
13 - sezde
14 - chorde/chwarde
15 - pozde/panzde
16 - shozde/shanzde
17 - hafde
18 - heshde
19 - nozde/nazde
20 - beest
Time
Clock time
Duration
Days
Monday - Dusham
Tuesday - Sisham ('i' pronounced as 'i' in bitter)
Wednesday - Chorsham
Thursday - Pisham ('i' again as in bitter)
Friday - Jam'a/ Xotbe ('pronounced as slight pause) (X pronounced as kh or gargling R)
Saturday - Shambee
Sunday - Iksham
Months
Writing time and date
Colors
Red:Sor , Yellow:Zerd , Green:Soz , Black:Resh , White:Sippi , Blue:Sheen , Purple:More , Pink:Pumber. , Gold: Zer
Transportation
Bus and train
Bus : Pass Train : Kitar / Shamenafer
Directions
Taxi
Lodging
Money
Eating
Bars
Shopping
Driving
Authority
This page was last edited at 02:26, on 16 January 2009 by Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. Based on work by Todd VerBeek, Wikitravel user(s) The Yeti and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel.