Apê me ye - Babê me ye - dil û cergê me ye!
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:31 pm
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Apê me ye - Babê me ye - dil û cergê me ye!
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 10:31 pmPosted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:21 pmvery nice Diri, but what?
Re: Apê me ye - Babê me ye - dil û cergê me ye!
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:10 pmApê me ye - Babê me ye - dil û cergê me ye! ??? what??? i didnt understand a THING .. 
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 8:30 pmyou are my uncle, you are my father, you are my heart and. . . liver?? 
perhaps in english the last part is best rendered: "you are my heart and soul."
it's not that i have anything against livers, mind you. i'm all for them. they just don't translate poetically into english.
perhaps in english the last part is best rendered: "you are my heart and soul."
it's not that i have anything against livers, mind you. i'm all for them. they just don't translate poetically into english.
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:44 pmcheryl wrote:you are my uncle, you are my father, you are my heart and. . . liver??
perhaps in english the last part is best rendered: "you are my heart and soul."
it's not that i have anything against livers, mind you. i'm all for them. they just don't translate poetically into english.
LOL! Great Cheryl! Impressive! I mean, VERY SURPRISING, of course!
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But you must switch out two words - it should be "You are our uncle, you are our father, you are our heart and liver"... But I am still impressed...
A LOT! 
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 9:45 pmPS - Chichalok - PLEASE have a look at the site that Heval wanted you to learn Kurdish from...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:15 pmDiri wrote:cheryl wrote:you are my uncle, you are my father, you are my heart and. . . liver??
perhaps in english the last part is best rendered: "you are my heart and soul."
it's not that i have anything against livers, mind you. i'm all for them. they just don't translate poetically into english.
LOL! Great Cheryl! Impressive! I mean, VERY SURPRISING, of course!
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But you must switch out two words - it should be "You are our uncle, you are our father, you are our heart and liver"... But I am still impressed...
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
of course you are correct!
but i know the difference between "me" and "min." this is the fault of tomjez
Posted: Sat Nov 05, 2005 11:36 pmWhy Tomjez? 
Did he give you a "French/Breton lecture in Kurdish"?
Did he give you a "French/Breton lecture in Kurdish"?
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:10 amDiri wrote:Why Tomjez?
Did he give you a "French/Breton lecture in Kurdish"?
no, but now he probably will
i am teasing. my mind was taken over today with the question he raised about the 2004 elections and i had just posted a reply to that, so i was not thinking of "me" vs. "min."
by the way, i would add that if one knows the latin alphabet, the latin alphabet for kurdish is very easy to learn. i learned it even before i had a good idea of what kurdish even sounded like.
i know that probably sounds weird. . .
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:49 amDiri wrote:PS - Chichalok - PLEASE have a look at the site that Heval wanted you to learn Kurdish from...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
what is APE .. i call uncle "mam" not ape ... ??
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:32 pmChiChalok wrote:Diri wrote:PS - Chichalok - PLEASE have a look at the site that Heval wanted you to learn Kurdish from...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
what is APE .. i call uncle "mam" not ape ... ??
It isn't "ape" - it is "ap" - and it is a Northern Kurdish expression...
Other words you may or may not use:
"Mam" û "Ap" = uncle on fathers side...
"Xal" = uncle on mothers side...
"Met" = aunt on fathers side...
"Xaltîk" û "Xaltê" = aunt on mothers side...
"Pismam"/"Kurmam" = uncles son on fathers side...
"Dotmam"/"Kichmam" = uncles daughter on fathers side...
"Kurxal" = uncles son on mothers side...
"Kichxal" = uncles daughter on mothers side...
"Birazî" = "nephew" for the fathers brother/sister...
"Xarzî" = nephew for the mothers brother/sister...
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:07 pmDiri wrote:ChiChalok wrote:Diri wrote:PS - Chichalok - PLEASE have a look at the site that Heval wanted you to learn Kurdish from...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
what is APE .. i call uncle "mam" not ape ... ??
"Xal" = uncle on mothers side...
Actually Kak Diri, in Hewraman, we use Lal or Lalo to describe an uncle on mothers side... (Xal is actually Arabic.)
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:03 pmheval wrote:Diri wrote:ChiChalok wrote:Diri wrote:PS - Chichalok - PLEASE have a look at the site that Heval wanted you to learn Kurdish from...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
what is APE .. i call uncle "mam" not ape ... ??
"Xal" = uncle on mothers side...
Actually Kak Diri, in Hewraman, we use Lal or Lalo to describe an uncle on mothers side... (Xal is actually Arabic.)
Well... Lal, where I come from means "dumb" - as in he/she can't speak...
Xal may be Arabic, though... As it is a Semitic word...
But that is the word we use - and I have never heard of any other word for it - not "Lal" or "Lalo" (which then would be a more "buddy-ish" name)...
Are there more names that others or my brother, Heval disagree with?
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:19 amDiri wrote:
Well... Lal, where I come from means "dumb" - as in he/she can't speak...
Xal may be Arabic, though... As it is a Semitic word...
But that is the word we use - and I have never heard of any other word for it - not "Lal" or "Lalo" (which then would be a more "buddy-ish" name)...
Are there more names that others or my brother, Heval disagree with?
Well, actually, I should correct myself brother. We have never used the word "Lal" to refer to our uncles. We only use the word, "Lalo" - like my uncle, Lalo Ali
I do not think there is another word for uncle on your mother's side in Kurdî so I'm sticking with my Hewramî roots on this one Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:40 amDiri wrote:ChiChalok wrote:Diri wrote:PS - Chichalok - PLEASE have a look at the site that Heval wanted you to learn Kurdish from...
This wasn't HARD at all - I speak so to say, the same Kurdish as YOU do - and this is standard Kurmancî...
what is APE .. i call uncle "mam" not ape ... ??
It isn't "ape" - it is "ap" - and it is a Northern Kurdish expression...
Other words you may or may not use:
"Mam" û "Ap" = uncle on fathers side...
"Xal" = uncle on mothers side...
"Met" = aunt on fathers side...
"Xaltîk" û "Xaltê" = aunt on mothers side...
"Pismam"/"Kurmam" = uncles son on fathers side...
"Dotmam"/"Kichmam" = uncles daughter on fathers side...
"Kurxal" = uncles son on mothers side...
"Kichxal" = uncles daughter on mothers side...
"Birazî" = "nephew" for the fathers brother/sister...
"Xarzî" = nephew for the mothers brother/sister...
well i call my dad's brother ... mam
my mom's brother .. xal