Kurdish phrasebook
Kurdish is the language of the kurdish people who live in the region known as Kurdistan that comprises of four countries Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria. The language is an Indo-European language. This phrase book is for the Kurmanji dialect which covers most of Bhadinan area of Iraqi Kurdistan and Kurdistan of southern Turkey.
Phrase list
Basics
- Hello.
- Slaw / Silav [si-lav] in Kurmanci
- Hello. (informal)
- Roj bash. ( rozh bash )
- How are you?
- To chon ye? (singular)
- How are you?
- Tu cawa yi? (singular) [tu chawa yi]
- How are you?
- Hun chawa nen? (plural)
- Fine, thank you.
- Spas, ez ji bashem!
- What is your name?
- Nawe to che ye ( Nowe te cheya? )
- My name is ______ .
- Nawe min ______ ye . ( Nowe min _____ye. )
- Nice to meet you.
- Khosh hallim benasinit. ( Khosh hallim benaseenit. )
- Please.
- Zahmatnebe. ( Zahmatnebee )
- Thank you.
- Spas. ( Spas )
- Thank you very much
- Gelek spas
- You're welcome.
- Keremke ( )
- Yes.
- Ere & Bale. ( Aa )
- No.
- Na. ( Na )
- Excuse me. (getting attention)
- Af bike. ( )
- Excuse me. (begging pardon)
- Be Zahmad . ( )
- I'm sorry.
- Afu (bibore )
- Goodbye
- Be xatere te ( )
- Goodbye (informal)
- Charra ( )
- I can't speak name of language.
- Ez ne karim .... xeber debim.
- Do you speak Kurdish?
- Tu Kurdi zane ?
- Who speaks English here?
- Ku di zaney Ingilizi wira? ( ?)
- Help!
- Hawar! ( !)
- Look out!
- ! ( !)
- Good morning.
- Roj Bash. ( Rozh Bash )
- Good evening.
- Ewar Bash ( )
- Good night.
- Shev Xwesh. ( Shev Hesh )
- Good night (to sleep)
- . ( Shaw bas )
- I don't understand you.
- Ez te 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
- I Love you
- Ez te hezdikhem (North Kurdish) & Men hoshem dewey (South Kurdish)
- Do you have .... ?
- .... te heye ?
- I am hungry.
- Ez berche me.
- I am a foreigner.
- Ez xerib im.
- Please notice
- In kurdish language, pronouncation of "x" is not like in english. It sounds like "r" in german. Simply a thick "h" which comes from deep throat.
Numbers
½ - nims
0 - sifir
-1 - dibin sifirin de yek
1 - yek
2 - du
2½ - dula nims
3 - se
4 - char
5 - penc
6 - shesh
7 - haft
8 - hesht
9 - nuh
10 - deh
11 - yazdeh
12 - duazdeh
13 - sezdeh
14 - chardeh
15 - pencdeh
16 - shesdeh
17 - hafdeh
18 - hesdeh
19 - nuzdeh
20 - bisd
50 - pencih
60 - sheshdi
90 - noavad
100 - sad
200 - dusad
300 - sesad
400 - charsad
500 - pencsad
600 - sheshsad
700 - haftsad
800 - heshtsad
900 - nuhsad
1000 - hezar
2000 - du hezar
Time
Days
Monday - Dushem
Tuesday - Seshem
Wednesday - Charsem
Thursday - Pencsem
Friday - Ini
Saturday - Semi
Sunday - Yeksem
Colors
Red:Sor
, Yellow:Zard
, Green:Saoz
, Black:Resh
, White:sepid
, Blue:kaow
Transportation
Bus and train
Bus : Pass Train : Kitar / Shamenafer
Directions
right: rast Left: cep Turn:bsurewe Go Straight: rast bro Street: sheqam Lane:kolan neighborhood: gerek city: shar Market : bazar
Money
Para or dinar
Eating
Xwardan