hello / hi / hey - ‫ دروود‬/ ‫ سەالم‬/ ‫ساڵم‬
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A lot / Very / Much / Very much - ‫ فرە‬/ ‫فریە‬
Few / Little / Some - ‫کەم‬
A little - ‫ تکێ‬/ ‫ جگێ‬/ ‫ تیکێ‬/ ‫کەمێ‬
Less - ‫کەمتر‬
Better - ‫ خووتر‬/ ‫ خاستر‬/ ‫بێتر‬
Worse - ‫ گەنتر‬/ ‫بەدتر‬
To understand - ‫ گرتن‬/ ‫ ڕەسین‬/ ‫ فەمستن‬/ ‫فەهمستن‬
I understand (present) - ‫فەهمم‬
You understand (present) - ‫فەهمی‬
He / She / It understands (present) - ‫فەهمێ‬
We understand (present) - ‫فەهمیمن‬
You understand (plural) (present) - ‫فەهمن‬
They understand (present) - ‫فەهمن‬
I understood (past) - ‫فەهمستم‬
You understood (past) - ‫فەهمستی‬
He / She / It understood (past) - ‫فەهمست‬
We understood (past) - ‫فەهمستیمن‬
You understood (plural) (past) - ‫فەهمستن‬
They understood (past) - ‫فەهمستن‬
To say / To tell - ‫وتن‬
I say / I tell (present) - ‫ئۊشم‬
You say / I tell (present) - ‫ئۊشی‬
He / She / It says / tells (present) - ‫ئۊشێ‬
We say / We tell (present) - ‫ئۊشیمن‬
You say / You tell (plural) (present) - ‫ئۊشن‬
They say / They tell (present) - ‫ئۊشن‬
I said / I told (past) - ‫وتم‬
You said / I told (past) - ‫وتی‬
He / She / It said / told (past) - ‫وت‬
We said / We told (past) - ‫وتیمن‬
You said / You told (plural) (past) - ‫وتن‬
They said / They told (past) - ‫وتن‬
Tell me! - ‫ وەم بۊش‬/ !‫!بۊشەم‬
I tell you - ‫ وەت ئۊشم‬/ ‫ئۊشمەت‬
You tell me - ‫وەم ئۊشی‬
I tell you something important - ‫چێشت گرنگێ وەت ئۊشم‬
I want yo tell you something - ‫خوازم چێشێ وەت بۊشم‬
I understand you - ‫فەهممەت‬
Do you understand me? - ‫ م فەهمی؟‬/ ‫فەهمیتەم؟‬
I understand everything - ‫کول چێشت فەهمم‬
I don't understand anything - ‫هۊچ نیەفەهمم‬
I understand Kurdish very well - ‫م کوردی فریە خاس فەهمم‬
I know how to speak Kuridsh - ‫م زانم چۊ کوردی قسیە بکەم‬
I know how to do it - ‫زانم چۊ هەێ کارە بکەم‬
I know what to do - ‫زانم چە بکەم‬
What do you do? - ‫چە کەی؟‬
What are you doing? - ‫چە کەی؟‬
What are you doing? (slang, literally means what do you do what don't you do) - ‫چە کەی چە نیەکەی؟‬
Nothing - ‫هۊچ‬
Not much - ‫هۊچ‬
Everything - ‫کول چێشت‬
All - ‫ تەمام‬/ ‫ گیشت‬/ ‫کول‬
Only / Just - ‫ تەنیا‬/ ‫فەقەت‬
Well (when you think, well, …) - ‫خو‬
Okay / So (when you kind of say okay that you got it till here and you're waiting for the person to
continue) - ‫خو‬
Well I don't know - ‫خو م نیەزانم‬
I know a lot of things - ‫م چێشت فریەێ زانم‬
I don't know someone about it - ‫دەبارەێ چێشێ نیەزانم‬
Do you know how to speak Kurdish like us? - ‫زانی جوور ئیمە چۊ کوردی قسیە بکەی؟‬
Yes, I understand well - ‫ م خاس فەهمم‬،‫بەڵێ‬
No, I don't understand well - ‫ م خاس نیەفەهمم‬،‫نە‬
Not (used for negating the verbs in present tense) - ‫…نیە‬
Not (used for negating the verbs in present tense) - ‫…نە‬
Not - ‫نە‬
Or - ‫یا‬
Friend - ‫ هاوڕێ‬/ ‫ هامڕێ‬/ ‫ڕەفیق‬
Friends - ‫ هامڕێەێل‬/ ‫ڕەفیقەێل‬
Guys - ‫بەچچەێل‬
Ladies and gentlemen - ‫ژنەێل و پیاگەێل‬
Which? - ‫کام؟‬
Which one? / Which one of them? - ‫کامێان؟‬
To know - ‫زانستن‬
I know (present) - ‫زانم‬
You know (present) - ‫زانی‬
He / She / It knows (present) - ‫زانێ‬
We know (present) - ‫زانیمن‬
You know (plural) (present) - ‫زانن‬
They know (present) - ‫زانن‬
I knew (past) - ‫زانستم‬
You knew (past) - ‫زانستی‬
He / She / It knew (past) - ‫زانست‬
We knew (past) - ‫زانستیمن‬
You knew (plural) (past) - ‫زانستن‬
They knew (past) - ‫زانستن‬
To want / To want - ‫ تواستن‬/ ‫خواستن‬
I want (present) - ‫ توام‬/ ‫خوازم‬
You want (present) - ‫ توای‬/ ‫خوازی‬
He / She / It wants (present) - ‫ تواێ‬/ ‫خوازێ‬
We want (present) - ‫ توایمن‬/ ‫خوازیمن‬
You want (plural) (present) - ‫ تواین‬/ ‫خوازن‬
They want (present) - ‫ توان‬/ ‫خوازن‬
I wanted (past) - ‫ تواستم‬/ ‫خواستم‬
You wanted (past) - ‫ تواستی‬/ ‫خواستی‬
He / She / It wanted (past) - ‫ تواست‬/ ‫خواست‬
We wanted (past) - ‫ تواستیم‬/ ‫خواستیمن‬
You wanted (plural) (past) - ‫ تواستین‬/ ‫خواستن‬
They wanted (past) - ‫ تواستن‬/ ‫خواستن‬
To go - ‫چگن‬
I go (present) - ‫چم‬