🛒 Course 14: Kirîn û Firotanê
1. Peyvên (Vocabulary): Shopping Items
🛍️ Di Firotanê de (At the Store)
🍎 Xwarinên Taze (Fresh Foods)
📦 Tiştên Rojane (Daily Items)
💰 Peyvên Biha (Price Words)
2. Rêziman: Articles & Quantities
Learn how to use articles and express quantities when shopping!
⚠️ Important!
In Kurdish, definite articles (the) are SUFFIXES added AFTER the noun, not separate words before!
They change based on the noun's gender (masculine/feminine).
📌 Definite Articles (the)
Masculine nouns:
• Add -ê to the noun
Examples:
- sîv → sîvê (apple → the apple)
- nan → nanê (bread → the bread)
- pirtûk → pirtûkê (book → the book)
Feminine nouns:
• Add -a to the noun
Examples:
- mal → mala (house → the house)
- çante → çanteya (bag → the bag)
- kitêb → kitêba (book → the book)
Plural nouns (both genders):
• Add -ên to the plural noun
Examples:
- sîv → sîvan → sîvanên (apples → the apples)
- nan → nanên (breads → the breads)
📌 Indefinite Articles (a/an)
1. Using "yek" (one):
• yek comes BEFORE the noun
Examples:
- yek sîv (a/one apple)
- yek nan (a/one bread)
2. Using suffix "-ek":
• Add -ek to the end of the noun
Examples:
- sîv → sîvek (an apple)
- pirtûk → pirtûkek (a book)
🔢 Simple Quantities
• Yek = One
• Du = Two
• Sê = Three
• Çar = Four
• Pênc = Five
Quantity Expressions:
• Hindik = A little / A few
• Gelek = Many / A lot
• Pir = Very / Much
• Kîlo = Kilo
• Gram = Gram
🛒 Shopping Phrases with Determiners
• Ez du sîv dixwazim. (I want two apples.)
• Biha sîvên çend e? (How much are the apples?)
• Ez hindik nan dixwazim. (I want a little bread.)
• Ez yek kîlo kartol dixwazim. (I want one kilo of potatoes.)
• Çanteyê bide min. (Give me the bag.)
Complete with the correct determiner or quantity:
3. Guhdarîkirin (Listening): At the Market
Listen to people shopping at the market:
🎙️ Dialogue 1: Buying Fruits
🎙️ Dialogue 2: Bargaining
Answer these questions:
4. Xwendin (Reading): Receipt & Labels
Read this shopping receipt and price labels:
📄 FIŞA KIRÎNÊ (RECEIPT)
Firotanê Bazar Kurdistan
Dîrok: 07/02/2026
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Sîv - 2 kîlo10 lîre
Bacan - 1 kîlo3 lîre
Kartol - 3 kîlo6 lîre
Nan - 2 dane4 lîre
Penîr - 500 gram8 lîre
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TEVAHÎ (TOTAL):31 lîre
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Spas! Vegerî!
(Thank you! Come back!)
🏷️ Etîketên Biha (Price Labels)
Answer these questions about the receipt:
5. Nivîsandin (Writing): Shopping List
Write a shopping list with items and quantities. Include determiners!
💡 Example:
Lîsteya min a kirînê:
• Du kîlo sîv - 10 lîre
• Yek kîlo bacan - 3 lîre
• Sê nan - 6 lîre
• Hindik penîr - 8 lîre
• Çanteyê - 2 lîre
Tevahî: 29 lîre
6. Axaftin (Speaking): Bargaining Practice
Practice bargaining and shopping conversations:
Scenario 1: Ask the price
How do you ask "How much are the apples?"
Scenario 2: Say it's too expensive
How do you say "It's too much!"?
Scenario 3: Ask for less price
How do you say "Make it less"?
Scenario 4: Order with quantity
How do you say "I want two kilos"?
Scenario 5: Ask for something else
How do you say "Anything else?"?
7. Dubare (Review): Determiner Practice
Add the correct determiner to each word:
🎉 Pîroz be! Congratulations!
You've completed Course 14: Shopping & Store!
You can now shop, bargain, and use determiners correctly!