Hi!

[knad]

Hi,
I'm new on here
I'm going to Kurdistan, hopefully in about 3 weeks time, to meet my husbands family for the first time!! I'm so excited!
But.....I'm also a little bit nervous too :/
How is everyone?

[New Corduene]

Hi,
I'm new on here
I'm going to Kurdistan, hopefully in about 3 weeks time, to meet my husbands family for the first time!! I'm so excited!
But.....I'm also a little bit nervous too :/
How is everyone?

Hola! Welcome to RBK.

Your husband's family!? Seems like there is a nice little story behind that, would you care to fill us in?
Are you going to S. Kurdistan (Iraqi Kurdistan)? Are you a Kurd yourself or not? If not, where are you from? Give us a general overview of how you perceive the Kurds? Just say somethin'.

[Kulka]

Welcome,

in my opinion there is nothing to worry about - you are going to the most wonderful country in the world and you are going to meet the people from the greatest nation in the world - i wish i could get in the airplain and do that right now....

[knad]

Hi
Im not Kurdish, im English, my husband and i are happily married we have been through so much over the last couple of years, i mean A LOT! and im so proud we got through it all and are still smiling

He is from Kurdistan, northern Iraq, and he hasn't been home for 13 years now! All due to immigration. His family cant wait for the next couple of weeks to pass, and neither can we! They are as equally excited as i am to meet them, which is lovely. I really hope they like me.

I am trying to learn sorani too, i have the 'talk now' cd for the laptop, but im thinking this is going to take a long time :/ I wish there were lessons around my area, that would help a lot.

Sorry, just crammed all that in to a couple of sentences, dont really know where to start lol.

Kate x

[Kulka]

ok, thats fine that you try to learn sorani - it might be helpful in Kurdistan. but i would like to encourage you to learn some easier stuff first - Kurdistan is a country, occupied by some ... (doesnt matter how i call them) and its devided between those who occupy it. northern part - which is called Bakuri Kurdistan is occupied by turks, eastern part - rojhalati Kurdistan is occupied by pershains (iraninas), western part - Rojawai Kurdistan is occupied by arabs from syria, south part - Bashuri Kurdistan - get wide autonomy at the moment and although its within iraqi borders, in fact its quasi-independent country, with parliament, law, president (well... doesnt matter), language etc. this south part is where you are going - you wrote "northern iraq" - if you take a look at the name of our forum - roj Bash Kurdistan, just below that you can see what is written there. When you will go to Kurdistan you will have a chance to see with your own eyes, thats its not only slogan - south Kurdistan is definately not iraq - you will check it yourself. as i always want to present the situation of Kurdistan to people to make them to know how it really looks like - thats why i wrote that for you as well. its important that the world should know about real situation of Kurdistan and Kurdish nation - like breaking human rights, prosecutions, murders. I think for you - as your husband is Kurd - its good to know that things and to spread them to others.
in case you will be interested in anything about Kurdistan - just ask here and we will answer.

[kurdimemin_diako]

welcome here .
Kurds are good for foreigns ! have a good holiday here !

[knad]

ok, thats fine that you try to learn sorani - it might be helpful in Kurdistan. but i would like to encourage you to learn some easier stuff first - Kurdistan is a country, occupied by some ... (doesnt matter how i call them) and its devided between those who occupy it. northern part - which is called Bakuri Kurdistan is occupied by turks, eastern part - rojhalati Kurdistan is occupied by pershains (iraninas), western part - Rojawai Kurdistan is occupied by arabs from syria, south part - Bashuri Kurdistan - get wide autonomy at the moment and although its within iraqi borders, in fact its quasi-independent country, with parliament, law, president (well... doesnt matter), language etc. this south part is where you are going - you wrote "northern iraq" - if you take a look at the name of our forum - roj Bash Kurdistan, just below that you can see what is written there. When you will go to Kurdistan you will have a chance to see with your own eyes, thats its not only slogan - south Kurdistan is definately not iraq - you will check it yourself. as i always want to present the situation of Kurdistan to people to make them to know how it really looks like - thats why i wrote that for you as well. its important that the world should know about real situation of Kurdistan and Kurdish nation - like breaking human rights, prosecutions, murders. I think for you - as your husband is Kurd - its good to know that things and to spread them to others.
in case you will be interested in anything about Kurdistan - just ask here and we will answer.

thanks for your reply. i am well aware of the situation, as i have been with my husband a number of years. I wrote northern iraq as i wasnt sure that everybody on here was kurdish. I have read much about kurdistan, and my husband of course wants our son to be aware of his heritage, so we often talk. My husbands father was tortured by sadams men, sadly he is no longer around.

My main 'help' issue is with the sorani really, as im trying to teach our son, and myself at the same time lol. Do you know of any good software or classes/ tutors??

[knad]

p.s like you kulka, i tell everybody i can about the kurdish situation, my family did not know too much until i told them, and told them, and told them lol. now they also know

with my friends its the same, i want everyone to know.

respect to kurdistan x

[New Corduene]

Hi
Im not Kurdish, im English, my husband and i are happily married we have been through so much over the last couple of years, i mean A LOT! and im so proud we got through it all and are still smiling

He is from Kurdistan, northern Iraq, and he hasn't been home for 13 years now! All due to immigration. His family cant wait for the next couple of weeks to pass, and neither can we! They are as equally excited as i am to meet them, which is lovely. I really hope they like me.

I am trying to learn sorani too, i have the 'talk now' cd for the laptop, but im thinking this is going to take a long time :/ I wish there were lessons around my area, that would help a lot.

Sorry, just crammed all that in to a couple of sentences, dont really know where to start lol.

Kate x

13 Years!? Wow, that must've been really hard on him, and his family also!

Anyways, I wish you all the best in your life, and also on your little vacation.

thanks for your reply. i am well aware of the situation, as i have been with my husband a number of years. I wrote northern iraq as i wasnt sure that everybody on here was kurdish. I have read much about kurdistan, and my husband of course wants our son to be aware of his heritage, so we often talk. My husbands father was tortured by sadams men, sadly he is no longer around.

My main 'help' issue is with the sorani really, as im trying to teach our son, and myself at the same time lol. Do you know of any good software or classes/ tutors??

Regarding Kurdish/Sorani. Tell you the truth, I personally don't know what sources for teaching are available, but Miss. Kulka here also is trying to learn and she has several PDF files for that purpose, I believe she can share them with you in hopes that you learn something from 'em!

[Kulka]

many Kurds who went abroad, specially to UK often didnt visite home for years - its very common and of course sad. i have no idea how strong these people are to stay away from all things which are close to their hearts for so long...


yes, learning sorani at the moment is classified as "mission impossible'. but the websites which i know are as goes:

http://www.lexilogos.com/clavier/sorani.htm - online keyboard
http://clik2rock.org/data/KurdishGrammar.pdf - quite good
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Sor ... rammar.pdf - quite wired - i dont reccomend
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Sor ... bulary.pdf - more or less good dictionary, but not perfect
http://lexin.nada.kth.se/lang/trio/sk/sydkurdiska.htm
http://fieldsupport.dliflc.edu/products ... fault.html
http://gloss.dliflc.edu/search.aspx - choose the kurdish sorani from the list of languages, the level of difficulty etc.

but teacher is necessary. i think its your husband responsibility, so push him to do the job

[knad]

but teacher is necessary. i think its your husband responsibility, so push him to do the job [/quote]




haha, yes i think it's his job too! it's very hard to learn independantly, especially when it comes to pronounciations! the talk now cd is great for my son, he's just six years old, and its useful for teaching numbers, colours, short phrases such as 'where is the bank', 'thankyou', 'excuse me' etc, which are brilliant for him, as im sure he will pick up sorani quite easily once over there, through play with all his cousins. Me, however, yes i need a teacher, but my husband is working two jobs at the moment...so this is why im trying to learn as much as i can on my own.

Thanks Kulka, i will check those out

[Londoner]

welcome to the site dear Knad. I am sure every thing will work in your favour.

[Kulka]

i have that cd - i played with it one time - but its really for kids, although some of the games there are pretty difficult - not exactly because of the language, but because you have to have good memory in general.

what i can say - pronunciation is more or less ok, but grammar is wonderful - comparing to english, which is as simple as it only can be - sorani is ... - lets say rich - in lot of different grammar stuff. sometimes even native speakers Kurds dont know whats going on