Kurdish Grammar

The Kurdish grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Kurdish and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: وە هەروەها  [we herweha]	Under: له ‌ژێر  [le zher]
Before: پێش  [pesh]	After: پاش  [pash]
Inside: له‌ ناو  [le naw]	Outside: له‌ ده‌ره‌وه‌  [le derewe]
With: له‌گه‌ڵ  [legel]	But: به‌ڵام  [belam]
For: بۆ  [bo]	From: له‌  [le]
To: تا  [ta]	In: له‌  [le]

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: چی؟  [chy?]	Who?: کێ؟  [ke?]
How?: چۆن؟  [chon?]	Why?: بۆچی؟  [bochy?]
Where?: لە کوێ؟  [le kwe?]

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: هه‌رگیز  [hargeez]	Rarely: به‌ ئه‌سته‌م  [be astem]
Sometimes: جاربه‌جار  [jarbejar]	Usually: زۆربه‌ی کات  [zorbey kat]
Always: هه‌میشه‌  [hemeeshe]	Very: زۆر  [zor ]

Most commonly used pronouns in Kurdish:

I: من  [mn]	You: تۆ  [to]
He: ئەو (بۆ کوڕ)  [aw (for boys)]	She: ئەو (بۆ کچ)  [aw (for girls)]
We: ئێمه‌  [eme]	They: ئه‌وان  [awan]

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: -م  [m]	Your: -ت  [t]
His: -ی  [y]	Her: -ی  [y]
Our: -مان  [man]	Their: -یان  [yan]

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: من بە ئینگلیزی قسە دەکەم  [mn be englizy qse dekem]

You speak French: تۆ بە فەرەنسی قسە دەکەیت  [to be ferensy qse dekeyt]

He speaks German: ئەو بە ئەڵمانی قسە دەکات  [aw be almany qse dekat]

She speaks Italian: ئەو بە ئیتالی قسە دەکات  [aw be etaly qse dekat]

I visited France: من سەردانی فەرەنسام کرد  [mn serdany ferensam krd]

I will drink milk: من شیر دەخۆمەوە  [mn sheer dekhomewe]

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: من لێت تێ دەگەم  [mn let te degem]

I don't understand you: من لێت تێ ناگەم  [mn let te nagem]

I don't speak French: من بە فەرەنسی قسە ناکەم  [mn be ferensy qse nakem]

This is my house: ئەمە ماڵی منە  [ame maly mne]

That restaurant is far: ئەو چێشتخانەیە دوورە  [aw cheshtkhaneye dwre]

No problem: کێشە نییە  [keshe nya]

The above Kurdish grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Kurdish vocabulary to obtain some popular Kurdish phrases.