Kurdish (Behdînî) Lessons

[Irrisim]

!بی خێر هاتن (Bi xêr hatin!)
Welcome to the first lesson of Behdînî-Kurdish, as I write more lessons, they'll be posted in this topic.
Behdînî [beĥdînî] is a dialect closely related to Kurmancî. It is the main dialect of Dohuk and Zakho in Iraqi-Kurdistan.
These lessons are made for those who can already read kurdish.
There is one slight difference however, û in Behdînî is not pronounced like the Turkish ü but as "oo" in boot. Ğ is equal to the arabic ghain, and ĥ being the equal of arabic hard H ( ح )
Enjoy!
You are very welcome to post feeback on my lessons in this topic, it's important that the lessons get as best as possible.

Lesson 1: Meeting with Maryam
Sarbaz: Rojbaş! Çawanî başî?
Hello! How are you?
Maryam: Rojbaş, xoşewîst. Başim, supas. Û tu?
Hello, darling. I'm fine, thank you. And you?
Sarbaz: Gelek başim, ĥemduliļah.
I'm very fine, thanks to God (ĥemduliļah is borrowed from arabic)
Maryam: Tu yî têh ye Kurdîstan?
Are you going to Kurdistan?
Sarbaz: E.*
Yes.
Maryam: Kanê?
Where?
Sarbaz: Hm.. Doĥuq.
Hm.. Dohuk.
Maryam: OK. Newroz Piroz!
OK. Congratulations on the newroz (iranian new year)
Sarbaz: Supas. Pirozbit.
Thank you. Congratulations.
Maryam: Bye.
Bye.
Sarbaz: Bye.
Bye.

* beļê is a very formal way of saying yes, when talking to friends and family, "e" is used.

[Irrisim]

Hi again!
It's come to my attention that not that many people actually viewed this topic, or at least didn't bring back feedback.
Well - here I am with my second lesson... You better learn from this, coz' this is the only online course for Behdini (yeah, I'm so proud)

Lesson 2: Telephone conversation
Şirîn: Elu?
Hello?
Aĥmed: Slav. Ez hevaļa da. Aĥmed.
Hi. It's me, your friend Ahmed.
Şirîn: Aaah. Meŗĥeba hevaļ!
Oh. Hello friend!
Aĥmed: Tu çik kay?
What are you doing?
Şirîn: Çi ne. Û tu?
Nothing. And you?
Aĥmed: Ez çi ne kam.
I'm doing nothing either.
Şirîn: Ahh, ez gelek dilxoş!
Oh, I'm so happy!
Aĥmed: Heh.. Boçî?
Heh.. Why?
Şirîn: 'Îdmilata mina şeş roji dî ...
It's my birthday in six days ...
Aĥmed: Oh, pîroz bit.
Oh, congratulations.
Şirîn: Supas
Thank you.

Note: Ļ/ļ is pronounced a thick L or what people call liquid L. If this character can't be written on regular keyboard, LL is used.. It is similar to the russian L.
Ŗ/ŗ is the same as the Spanish RR.

[irisma]

Hey Irrisim, Can you please continue with your lessons?

x Iris

[Irrisim]

Hey Irrisim, Can you please continue with your lessons?

x Iris

Hi.
I'm so sorry , but I'm working on it as hard as I can, it's just, my schedule is very tight - but don't worry, more lessons are coming up

Allah ĥafiz!

[irisma]

Ok that´s allright. Thank you I´ll wait.

[Mert]

As soon as i had gone to the supermarket, i bought a cola.


may you translate this sentence into Kurdish? furthermore may you explain its elements?

[Irrisim]

I don't think I'll be able to help you with translations, as I'm not fluent in this language either, I'm still a learner

Here's a useful phrase used by elder people when talking to children: Boçî tu silav ne kay?, which means "why didn't you greet?".

[alijsh]

I don't think I'll be able to help you with translations, as I'm not fluent in this language either, I'm still a learner

Here's a useful phrase used by elder people when talking to children: Boçî tu silav ne kay?, which means "why didn't you greet?".

Great job! Where are you learning from? As a native Persian speaker learning Kurdish is easy for me but I don't know where I can learn it. Do you know any online course?

[Irrisim]

Khosh amadid, dost
You can order a set of learning materials for Behdînî on http://www.dcklci.com/dictionary/orderform.pdf

Enjoy! =)

[alijsh]

sepâsgozâram. I can't afford the price of this course. Do you know any free course?

[Irrisim]

Gellek sopas*

As far as I'm concerned, there are, unfortunately, no free resources for Behdînî online.
Yeah, I can't afford to buy the complete set either
But you don't have to buy the complete set, as you can see on the link I sent you, you can order the books individually.

[alijsh]

Eventually I'll find a Kurdish friend and then I'll learn from him.

By the way, here http://www.azargoshnasp.net/languages/languagemain.htm has some materials. Take a look.

Do you know Persian?

[Irrisim]

Thank you for the link, Ali. I'm very much in love with Iranian languages.
My knowledge of Persian is limited, I have about 4 books or so for learning the Persian language and culture - but I had to stop last year because I went to study in Damascus, I hope - however, that I will soon be able to continue with my Persian learning, inshallah.