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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby eskandar » 2018-12-19, 0:29

Yes, that's correct.
Please correct my mistakes in any language.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2018-12-21, 21:33

vijayjohn wrote:3. Zarok digihêjin hev, yekî dikin bûk, yekî jî dikin zava, li malan tevan digerin û tiştên digirin. :?:

What do you mean by "tiştên digirin"? Girîn means "to cry", as in to weep, to shed tears.
If you mean "to shout", you should use bang kirin.

What does digihêjin mean, btw? Is it the same as digihîjin?

Yes. The infinitive is gihîştin.
"Gihîştin hev" means "to get together", https://glosbe.com/ku/tr/gih%C3%AE%C5%9Ftin%20hev

Take a look here at how many alternative forms it has:
https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/gihi%C5%9Ftin#Herwiha

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2018-12-21, 21:47

Exercise 3 on page 87
Sibe cejn e, îro li malê kar pir e. Mal tê malaştin, kinc tên şûştin, derdor tê paqijkirin. Xwarinên taybet tên amadekirin. Ji bo cejnê kilor tên pehtin. Hin ji me diçin sûkê, pêdiviyên malê tên kirîn.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-01-02, 14:39

Exercise 4 on page 88
1. d
2. f
3. e
4. b
5. c
6. g
7. a

Exercise 5 on page 89
1. r
2. ç
3. ç
4. r
5. r
6. ç
7. r
8. ç
9. r
10. ç

Exercise 6 on page 89
1. Dibistaneke nû hatiye avakirin.
2. Di sala 1898'an de Rojnameya Kurdistanê hat derxistin.
3. Li kolanan destmal dihatin firotin.
4. Îşev firaq nehatine şûştin.
5. Civîna komeleyê hat taloqkirin.
6. Ev name çima nehatin şandin?

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-01-08, 8:15

voron wrote:
vijayjohn wrote:3. Zarok digihêjin hev, yekî dikin bûk, yekî jî dikin zava, li malan tevan digerin û tiştên digirin. :?:

What do you mean by "tiştên digirin"? Girîn means "to cry", as in to weep, to shed tears.
If you mean "to shout", you should use bang kirin.

I honestly don't know what I meant. :oops: I think maybe I meant tiştên digerin? I was trying to summarize that whole paragraph about what the kids do, but I have no idea how to do that. :P

I decided to attempt exercise #3 on p. 91:

1. Îsal dê Newroz li Parka Newrozê bê pîrozkirin.
2. Dê hunermendê navdar Nîzametîn Arîç bê vexwendin.
3. Dê bi hezaran belavok bên belavkirin.
4. Li gelek cihan dê afîş û pankart bên daliqandin.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-02-17, 21:19

Exercise #4 on p.92

Bi vê mebestê dê şahî bê lidarxistin. Berî şahiyê dê bi hunermendan re hevdîtin bên kirin. Dê bernameyeke xweş bê amade kirin. Dê cihek bê girtin. Ji bo vexwendina mêvanan dê vexwendname bên belav kirin. Di şahiyê de dê Xelata Ziman a Feqî Huseyn Sagniç jî bê dan. Dê dîmengirek bên kirin û bername bê kişandin.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-02-18, 5:58

Exercise #5 on p. 93

1. Kurdên êzidî sersalê yekemîn çarşema avrêla pîroz dikin.
2. Li sersalê navê "Cejna Tawisî Melek" ya "Çarşema Sor" dikin.
3. Hêkên ku hatine kelandin tên rengandin û deriyên malan tên xemilandin.
4. Roja cejnê cotkar hêkên şikandî li nav zeviyan belav dikin ji ber ku bawer dikin ku dê xêr û bêr bikeve nav çandiniya wan.
5. Kevaniyên malan di cejnê de hêk û mast belav dikin.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-02-18, 14:02

Exercise #7 p.94
1. Diyariya ku Hêlînê da min pir giranbiha bû.
2. Hevalê ku me duh dît li te pirsî.
3. Kêfa min pir ji wêneyê re ku te xêz kiriye, hat.
4. Min pirtûka ku te qala wê dikir, xwend.
5. Mamosteya ku dersa kurdî dide hevala min e.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-02-18, 18:23

Exercise #2 on p. 95

1. Ji bo pîrozbahiya Newrozê gelek amadekarî têne kirin.
2. Yek Gulan wekî cejna kedkar tê pîrozkirin.
3. Karker ji bo azadî û wekhevî têdikoşin.
4. Me ji bo pîrozbahiya cejnê belavok amade kirin.
5. Berî cejnê bavê min ji bo pêdiviya malê çû bajêr.
6. Şaredarî ji bo têkûzkirina diyariyên :?: bajêr baş xebitî.
7. Di sersalê de min ji hevala xwe re vexwendname kirî.
8. Li qada Cejna Newrozê ji bo aştiyê binesazî hatin belavkirin. :?:
9. Di cejnan de çêkirina kiloran kevneşopî ye. :?:
10. Me di cejnan de cîraxan li malê hemû dişûştin. :?:

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-03-27, 11:49

Hey Vijay, just to let you know, I am going to continue doing Hînker, but from a paper copy which I am going to order one of these days.

I think I will do exercises directly in the book with a pencil, and then attach screenshots. It doesn't make any difference for you, does it?

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-03-27, 12:30

No, that's fine! You can go ahead and do that. :)

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Postby księżycowy » 2019-03-27, 14:22

I am so stealing that idea.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-03-27, 21:40

księżycowy wrote:I am so stealing that idea.

Whatever helps you to revive your German and Polish threads. It's sad you don't update them anymore. :cry:

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby księżycowy » 2019-03-28, 10:12

Yeah, some stuff has been going on behind the scenes that's distracted me for a bit, but I'm trying to get back into the swing of things.

Thanks voron. :)

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-04-03, 1:14

My book arrived! And here are my answers for the exercises on p.96:
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Vijay, I'll correct your answers for the exercise on p.95 tomorrow when I am at the computer. I am writing this from my phone.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-04-03, 3:27

Temam, spas! :)

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-04-04, 18:50

vijayjohn wrote:Exercise #2 on p. 95

1. Ji bo pîrozbahiya Newrozê gelek amadekarî têne kirin.
2. Yek Gulan wekî cejna kedkaran tê pîrozkirin.
3. Karker ji bo azadî û wekhevi têdikoşin.
4. Me ji bo pîrozbahiya cejnê belavok vexwendname amade kirin.
5. Berî cejnê bavê min ji bo pêdiviyaên malê çû bajêr.
6. Şaredarî ji bo têkûzkirina diyariyên binesaziya bajêr baş xebitî.
7. Di sersalê de min ji hevala xwe re vexwendname diyarî kirî.
8. Li qada Cejna Newrozê ji bo aştiyê binesazî belavok hatin belavkirin.
9. Di cejnan de çêkirina kiloran kevneşopî ye.
10. Me di cejnan de cîraxan li malê hemû dişûştin. (no plural ending because of ergativity)

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-04-05, 10:01

This has become my favourite Kurdish radio recently:
http://gundifm.com

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby vijayjohn » 2019-04-08, 21:45

Okay, I'll try Exercise #3 on p. 97, although I think I'm too rusty by now to have much confidence regarding whether these sentences are grammatical and/or this is the right way to do the exercise:

Li çar aliyên cîhanê 1'ê Rezberê wekî Roja Aştiyê ya Cîhanê tê pîrozkirin. Di 1'ê rezbera sala 1939'an de Artêşa Nazî ya Almanyayê Polonya tê dagirkirin. Bi vê dagirkirinê Şerê Cîhanê yê Duyemîn tê dest pê kirin. Di vî şerî de zêdetirî 50 milyon mirovî hev û du tên kuştin. Piştî şeş salan di roja 1'ê rezbera sala 1945'an de aliyên şer peymana aştiyê tê morkirin.

Piştî şer, Konseya Ewlekariyê ya Neteweyên Yekbûyî ji bo aştiyeke gerdûnî û mayînde 1'ê Rezberê wekî "Roja Aştiyê ya Cîhanê" tê îlankirin. Her sal mirov Roja Aştiyê ya Cîhanê bi çalakiyên cur bi cur tê pîrozkirin.

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Re: Kurmanji Study Group

Postby voron » 2019-04-21, 12:50

vijayjohn wrote:Okay, I'll try Exercise #3 on p. 97

You missed a couple of things in your answers. The exercise asks to put the story in the passive voice, and yes, you put the verbs in the passive voice, but you should have used a proper tense (you used present throughout; past of "tê" is "hat"), and you should have deleted the subjects.

Would you mind trying again? You must be busy these days as your contract is coming to an end, but we have no deadlines in this study group, so take your time. :)


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