How to say: "we are friends" in kurdish ?

[Paz]

Hello everyone,

Glad to find this website !

I ' d like to know how to say phrases like : "We are friends " or "We are/I am your friend" in kurdish ?

Also if you could help me with the pronounciation of those phrases I would really appreciate this.

Thank you in advance for any help

[talsor]

Hello everyone,

Glad to find this website !

I ' d like to know how to say phrases like : "We are friends " or "We are/I am your friend" in kurdish ?

Also if you could help me with the pronounciation of those phrases I would really appreciate this.

Thank you in advance for any help

You just say as you write it exactly .

In Sorani
Ema beraderin

In Kurmanji
Em hevalin

[kurdimemin_diako]

Sorani :
ême refêqîn

[Kulka]

dont forget about the word "hawre"

[talsor]

Sorani :
ême refêqîn

No the word refêqîn is derived from refêq which is Arabic .

[kurd-sthanam]

we are friends: em hevalin / em hevalê hevin
i am your friend: ez hevalê/hevala te/we me (hevalê: masculin, hevala: feminine-----te: singular, we: plural)
we are your friends: em hevalên te/we ne

[kurd-sthanam]

is berader not brother? i heard also what kulka sad (hawre)

[Kulka]

brother is just bra or in a non-family meaning the ending "aka" is added, like if i am saying to any of my brothers, i use the expression - brakam. "Bradar" is different word.
there are also other interesting expressions, if two girls are very close friends we can say they are "dastaxushkn", for boys "dastabran".

[kurd-sthanam]

nice i learn kurdish from you. in kurmanji close boy/men friends are "hogir". it is also used as boy name. is -aka not added just to do it more sweet or little? (in kurmanji: brayé min - braké min)

berader is brother in persian.

[Kulka]

i know the name you mentioned, i saw it before. about "aka" you are right, like :
gyan - gyanakam
chaw - chawakam...

but i think it would be more proper if i learn from native speakers, not opposite
but also from my experience i know that when i used to study english i learned better when i was helping others to learn - its a good method

[Barış]

dont forget about the word "hawre"

I agree...

So now I'm wondering does this phrase ''Mn haz akam bbin ba hawre'' mean ''I like that we are friends'' ?


@ Paz, Welcome to RBK!

[Kulka]

as for me it means "i want to be your friend" - literary: i want us to be friends or i like that we became friends. yes, brothers or not?

[Barış]

Thanks Kulka xan.
Anyway, I don't quite understand what ya meant by '' yes, brothers or not?''

[Kulka]

- "yes, brothers or not" - i meant - my brothers here confirm or not what i wrote - coz they are profesional about the language, not me

[Barış]

Well, me thinks brother=bra in Soranî and Kurmancî...