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Kurdish Adjectives

Welcome to the second Kurdish lesson about adjectives. This time we will first learn about colors, followed by grammar rules, then weather expressions, finally a conversation in Kurdish to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.

black
black Audio ره‌ش [resh]
grey
grey Audio خۆڵه‌مێشی [kholameshy]
white
white Audio سپی [speey]
blue
blue Audio شین [sheen]
green
green Audio سه‌وز [sawz]
yellow
yellow Audio زه‌رد [zerd]
red
red Audio سور [swr]
brown
brown Audio قاوه‌یی [qawayee]

Adjectives Grammar Rules

In general adjectives are words which describe or modify another person or object in a given sentence. For example: a beautiful flower the adjective is [beautiful] because it describes the noun [flower]. The following examples use adjectives in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar Rules - Kurdish + Pronunciation
my house is white
[noun + adjective] خانووەکەم سپییە Audio [khanwakam speeya]
your country is big
[noun + adjective] ووڵاتەکەت گەروەیە Audio [wlatakat gawraya]
new books are expensive
[plural + adjective] کتێبە نوێکان گرانن Audio [kteba nwekan grann]
we are happy here
[pronoun + verb + adjective] ئێمە شادمانین لێرە Audio [ema shadmaneen lera]
she has three small dogs
[adjective + plural] ئەو سێ سەگی بچکۆلەی هەیە Audio [aw se sagy haya]
this language is very easy
[adverb + adjective] ئەم زمانە زۆر ئاسانە Audio [am zmana zor asana]
I have a small green house
[adjective + adjective] من خانوویەکی سەوزی بچکۆلەم هەیە Audio [mn khanwyaky sawzy bchkolam haya]

We're not done yet! The following is a list of more adjectives for you, often used when referring to weather conditions. I think it would be wise to memorize them.

cold
cold Audio سارد [sard]
hot
hot Audio گه‌رم [garm]
cloudy
cloudy Audio هه‌وراوی [hawrawy]
rainy
rainy Audio باراناوی [baranawy]
snowy
snowy Audio بەفراوی [bafrawy]
sunny
sunny Audio خۆره‌تاو [khorataw]
windy
windy Audio بای هەیە [bay haya]
warm
warm Audio شلەتێن [shlaten]

Conversation in Kurdish

Now we finally reach the most exciting part, the practice of the daily expressions used in almost every conversation. I recommend memorizing these phrases, because you will need them for sure.

English - Kurdish - Pronunciation
hi چۆنی [chony?] Audio
how are you? لە چییای؟ [le chyay?] Audio
I'm good, thank you من باشم، سوپاست دەکەم [mn bashim, swpast dakam] Audio
and you? ئەی تۆ؟ [ay to?] Audio
what is your name? ناوت چییە؟ [nawt chya?] Audio
my name is Maya من ناوم مایایە [mn nawm mayaya] Audio
nice to meet you خۆشحاڵم بە ناسینت [khoshhalm be nasint] Audio

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