Kurdish Numbers

Welcome to the sixth Kurdish lesson about numbers. This time we will learn about cardinal and ordinal numbers, followed by grammar rules, then animal names, finally a conversation in Kurdish to help you practice your daily phrases. Click on the sound icon to hear the words.

Cardinal and Ordinal - Kurdish - Pronunciation
one یه‌ک [yek]
first یه‌که‌م [yekem]
two دوو [dw]
second دووه‌م [dwwem]
three سێ [se]
third سێیه‌م [seyem]
four چوار [chwar]
fourth چواره‌م [chwarem]
five پێنج [penj]
fifth پێنجه‌م [penjem]
six شه‌ش [shesh]
sixth شه‌شه‌م [sheshem]
seven حه‌وت [hewt]
seventh حه‌وته‌م [hewtem]
eight هه‌شت [hesht]
eighth هه‌شته‌م [heshtem]
nine نۆ [no]
ninth نۆیه‌م [boyem]
ten ده‌ [de]
tenth ده‌یه‌م [deyem]
eleven یازده‌ [yazde]
eleventh یازده‌یه‌م [yazdeyem]
twelve دوازده‌ [dwazde]
twelfth دوازده‌یه‌م [dwazdeyem]
thirteen سیازده‌ [syazde]
thirteenth سیازده‌یه‌م [syazdyem]
fourteen چوارده‌ [chwarde]
once یه‌کجار [chwardeyem]
fifteen پازده‌ [pazde]
twice دووجار [dwjar]
sixteen شازده‌ [shazde]
Monday دوو شه‌ممه‌ [dw shemme]
seventeen حه‌ڤده‌ [havde]
Tuesday سێ شه‌ممه‌ [se shemme]
eighteen هه‌ژده‌ [hezhde]
Wednesday چوار شه‌ممه‌ [chwar shemme]
nineteen نۆزده‌ [nozde]
Thursday پێنج شه‌ممه‌ [penj shemme]
twenty بیست [bist]
Friday هه‌ینی [haniy]
seventy one حەفتاو یەک [haftaw yek]
Saturday شه‌ممه‌ [shemme]
one hundred سه‌د [sed]
Sunday یه‌ک شه‌ممه‌ [yek shemme]

Numbers Grammar Rules

Kurdish cardinal numbers refer to the counting numbers, because they show quantity. For example: I speak two languages. Ordinal numbers on the other hand tell the order of things and their rank: my first language is Kurdish. The examples below use numbers in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Kurdish + Pronunciation
I have three dogs [number + noun] من سێ سەگم هەیە [mn se segm heye]
my daughter has two cats [number + noun] کچەکەم دوو پشیلەی هەیە [kchekem dw pshilay heye]
she speaks seven languages [verb + number] ئەو بە سێ زمان قسە دەکات [aw be se zman qse dekat]
my brother has one son [number + singular noun] براکەم یەک کوڕی هەیە [brakem yek kwry heye]
this is my second lesson [ordinal number + noun] ئەمە وانەی دووهەممە [ame waney dwhemme]
did you read the third book? [ordinal number + noun] ئایا کتێبی سێهەمت خوێندەوە؟ [aye kteby sehemt khwendewe?]

We're not done yet! The following is a list of animals.

cow مانگا [manga]

goat بزن [bzn]

donkey که‌ر [ker]

horse ئه‌سپ [asp]

dog سه‌گ [seg]

cat پشیله‌ [pshile]

mouse مشک [mshk]

bird باڵنده‌ [balinde]

Conversation in Kurdish

Now we finally reach the last part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Kurdish - Pronunciation
Where are you from? تۆ خەڵکی کوێیت؟ [to khelky kwey?]
I'm from the U.S من خەڵکی ووڵاتە یەکگرتووەکانی ئەمەریکام [mn khelky wlate yekgrtwekany amerikam]
I'm American من ئەمەریکیم [mn amerikeem]
Where do you live? تۆ لە کوێ دەژیت؟ [to le kwe dezheet?]
I live in the U.S من لە ووڵاتە یەکگرتووەکانی ئەمەریکا دەژیم [mn le wlate yekgrtwekany amerika dezheem]
What do you do for a living? ئیشی چی دەکەی بۆ ژیانی ڕۆژانەت؟ [eshy chy dekey bo zhiany rozhanet?]
I'm a student من خوێندکارم [mn khwendkarm]

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