'''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