Kurdish phrasebook
旅遊會話手冊
Kurdish (Kurdî / کوردی) is the language of the Kurdish people who live in the region known as Kurdistan, which includes parts of four countries Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, as well as a small part of Armenia near the Turkish border.
Pronunciation guide
Vowels
Consonants
Common diphthongs
Phrase list
Basics Hello. Merheba. Rojbaş. (singular) Roja te bixêr. (plural) Roja we bixêr. (singular) Dema te xweş bit. (plural) Dema we xweş bit. How are you? (singular) (Tu) çawa yî? (plural) Hûn çawa ne? Fine, thank you. (singular) ((Ez) baş im,) (tu) sax bî. (plural) ((Ez) baş im,) (hûn) sax bin. What is your name? Navê te çi ye? My name is ______ . Navê min ______ e/ye. Nice to meet you. Ez gelek kêfxweş bûm. Please. Zehmet nebe. Thank you. Spas. : Destxweş bî! Thank you very much Gelek spas! You're welcome. Spasxweş! : Ser çava! Yes. Erê. No. Na. Excuse me. (getting attention) Ca bala xwe bide min! : Ji min re binêre! Excuse me. (begging pardon) Li min bibore/bibihure! I'm sorry. Li min bibore/bibihure! Goodbye! (singular) Bi xatirê te! (from him who leaves) (plural) Bi xatirê we! (from him who leaves) Oxir bit! (to him who leaves) Oxira xêrê bit! (to him who leaves) (singular) Oxira te ya xêrê bit! (to him who leaves) (plural) Oxira we ya xêrê bit! (to him who leaves) (singular) (Tu) bi xêr biçî! (to him who leaves) (plural) (Hûn) bi xêr biçin! (to him who leaves) I don't speak Kurdish. Ez (bi) kurdî nizanim. Ez (bi) kirmancî nizanim. Do you speak English? (Ma) tu (bi) inglîzî dizanî? Do you speak Kurdish? (Ma) tu (bi) kurdî dizanî? (Ma) tu (bi) kirmancî dizanî? Who speaks English here? / Who here speaks English? (Ma) li vê derê kî bi inglîzî dizanit? (Ma) li vî cihî kî bi inglîzî dizanit? (Ma) kî li vê derê bi inglîzî dizanit? (Ma) kî li vî cihî bi inglîzî dizanit? Help! Hawar! Look out! Berê xwe bide! Good morning. Rojbaş! : Beyanîbaş! Good evening. Êvarbaş! Good night. Şevbaş! : Şevxweş! Good night (to sleep) Şevxweş! I don't understand you. Ez te fehm nakim. Where is the toilet? (Ma) tuwalet li kû ye? (Ma) tuwalet li kî(j) derê ye? (Ma) tuwalet li kî(j) cihî ye? Right now. Anihe. I love you. (Ez) hez ji te dikim. (pronounced: Es heş te tkim.) (Ez) hez ji we dikim. (pronounced: Es hej we tkim.) Do you have .... ? -a/-ê/-ên/-êt te/we/hewe .... heye/hene/heyin? : Te/we/hewe ... heye/hene/heyin? I am hungry. Ez birçî me. I am a foreigner. Ez biyanî me. : Ez xerîb im. : Ez ne ji vir im.
Please notice In the Kurdish language, the pronunciation of "x" is not lik
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