Kurmanji Study Group

[vijayjohn]

Haha, okay! Let me try that again (and thanks)! (And I'm generally not busy during my weekends ).

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

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

[voron]

Di vî şerî de zêdetirî 50 milyon mirovî hev û du hatin kuştin.

'Hev û du' means 'each other' so it should be removed.

And I'm not sure about the case of "mirov". I don't understand why it is singular in the original sentence. Numbers normally require plural, so I would expect "zêdetirî 50 milyon mirovan".

hat dest pê kirin

hat destpêkirin

[voron]

Ex.4 on p.97


Ex.1 on p.98


Ex.2 on p.99


Ex.3 on p.99

[vijayjohn]

Incidentally, we just finished Chapter 5 with the last exercise I did! Yay! Now we only have three chapters left!

Here's my attempt at exercise #4 on p. 101:

1. Ev nexşe kedeke zêde dixwaze. - Canbêzar
2. Tê wateya hezar gulî. - Gulhezar
3. Ev nexşê navê xwe ji berhevkirina gulan digire. - Gulçîn
4. Wateya wê nexşeyê pakbûn û xwerûbûn e. - Şamarî
5. Kulîlkeke herêma Geverê ya bi rengên zer û spî û sor. - Lûleper
6. Tê wateya xwerû, xweser û tewrande. - Hevçêker

[voron]

Incidentally, we just finished Chapter 5 with the last exercise I did! Yay! Now we only have three chapters left!

And your answers look correct to me! Here are my answers to the next exercise:

[vijayjohn]

Exercise #6 on p. 102:

3
1
7
4
5
6
11
10
8
9
2

Also, I was just looking ahead in the book and found the chorus of this song at the beginning of the next chapter!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oGiZwuiVjE
Full lyrics: http://kurtce-muzik.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... nzeri.html

[voron]

Also, I was just looking ahead in the book and found the chorus of this song at the beginning of the next chapter!

That's cool that you found out that there is a song with this lyrics!

Full lyrics: http://kurtce-muzik.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... nzeri.html

This website is blocked in Turkey:


I can open it with VPN or find the lyrics on another website. I just wanted to show that blocking of Kurdish media in Turkey is real.

[vijayjohn]

Heh, you have no idea how many things I can't open even without any government restrictions...

Also, I was just looking ahead in the book and found the chorus of this song at the beginning of the next chapter!

That's cool that you found out that there is a song with this lyrics!

Thanks! Yeah, I try to find songs like that if I can.

[voron]

Your answers to the previous exercise coincide with mine.

Exercise 7 on p.103

[vijayjohn]

Okay, here's my attempt at Exercise #9 on p. 104:

1. didin
2. bidim
3. da
4. bide

[voron]

I found this cool website with recordings and transcripts of various Kurdish dialects from Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Finally, we can study with authentic materials, not the standard which is to some extent artificial.

http://kurdish.humanities.manchester.ac ... mples-map/