🔄 Course 23: Dubare Giştî (General Review)
1. Dubare Peyvên (Vocabulary Review)
Review essential vocabulary from all A1 themes:
👋 Greetings & Basics
🛒 Shopping & Food
🗺️ Directions & Places
⏰ Time & Activities
2. Dubare Rêziman (Grammar Review)
1️⃣ Present Tense (Niha)
Ez ... dikim = I do/make
Ez dixwazim = I want
Ez dikarim = I can
Example: Ez dixwazim çay vexwim. = I want to drink tea.
2️⃣ Past Tense (Borî)
Ez çûm = I went
Ez xwarim = I ate
Ez dîtim = I saw
Example: Duh ez çûm bazarê. = Yesterday I went to the market.
3️⃣ Questions (Pirsên)
Navê te çi ye? = What's your name?
Çiqas e? = How much is it?
Li ku ye? = Where is it?
Saet çend e? = What time is it?
4️⃣ Numbers & Quantities
Gelek = Many/Much
Kêm = Few/Little
Pir = Very/Too much
5️⃣ Connectors (Girêdan)
Lê = But
Paşê = Then
Piştre = Later
Ji ber ku = Because
3. Guhdarîkirin (Listening): Axaftina Hêdî
Listen to these slow, clear dialogues from everyday life:
4. Xwendin (Reading): Roja Jiyanê
📖 Rojeke di Jiyana Leyla de
Ez Leyla me. Ez li Hewlêrê dijîm. Her roj ez rabûm saet 7ê. Ez xwe şûştim û cilên xwe li xwe dikim. Paşê ez çûm metbexê. Ez taştê xwarim dixwim - nan, panîr û çay.
Saet 8:30ê ez derdiçim malê. Ez bi otobûsê diçim karê. Rêya min nîv saet e. Li karê ez bi hevkarên xwe re kar dikim. Em li kompûterê kar dikin. Nîvro em li xwarinxaneyê dixwin.
Piştî karê, saet 5ê, ez vedigerim malê. Carinan ez diçim bazarê û tiştên hewce dikirîm. Êvarê ez bi malbatê re li malê me. Em pêkve televîzyonê temaşe dikin an jî em dipeyivin.
Berî ku ez biçim razanê, ez pirtûkek dixwînim an jî bi hevalan re dipeyivim. Ez saet 11ê diçim nivînê. Jiyana min hêsan û xweş e!
5. Nivîsandin (Writing): Mini Nivîsek
Write a mini text (8-10 sentences) about your daily life. Include:
• What time you wake up
• What you eat for breakfast
• Where you go (work/school)
• What you do in the evening
• What time you sleep
Ez rabûm saet... / Ez dixwazim... / Ez diçim... / Paşê ez... / Êvarê ez... / Ez saet...ê diçim nivînê
6. Axaftin (Speaking): Sê Lîstikên Rolê
Practice three real-life scenarios with role-plays:
🛒 Role-play 1: Li Dikanê (At the Store)
Situation: You want to buy fruits
Step 1: Greet the seller
Step 2: The seller asks "Çi dixwazî?" (What do you want?)
Step 3: Ask the price
🍽️ Role-play 2: Li Xwarinxaneyê (At the Restaurant)
Situation: You're ordering food
Step 1: Call the waiter
Step 2: Order your food
Step 3: Ask for the bill
🗺️ Role-play 3: Rê Pirsîn (Asking Directions)
Situation: You're looking for the post office
Step 1: Get someone's attention politely
Step 2: Ask where the post office is
Step 3: Thank the person
🎯 Total Role-play Score
7. Çand (Culture): Jiyana Rojane ya Kurdî
🏘️ Daily Life in Kurdistan
🛒 Shopping Culture
Traditional markets (bazar) remain central to Kurdish life. People prefer buying fresh produce daily from local vendors. Bargaining is common and expected. Shopkeepers often offer tea to regular customers. Modern supermarkets exist in cities, but many still prefer the personal touch of traditional shops where vendors know customers by name and family.
🍽️ Food & Hospitality
Meals are social events in Kurdish culture. Restaurants serve as gathering places for friends and family. It's common to spend hours at a meal, talking and drinking tea. Sharing food is important - ordering multiple dishes to share is normal. Refusing food or drink can be seen as impolite. The phrase "Bi xêr hatî" (welcome) is heard constantly in restaurants and homes.
🚶 Getting Around
Walking is common in Kurdish cities and villages. People are generally helpful with directions and often walk with you part of the way. Taxis are affordable and widely used. In cities, shared taxis (servîs) follow set routes. Public buses connect neighborhoods. Many people know their neighborhoods intimately and can give detailed directions using landmarks rather than street names.
☕ Café Culture
Qehwexane (cafés) are essential to Kurdish social life. Men traditionally gather at cafés to drink tea, play games, and discuss news. Modern cafés now welcome everyone and serve as workspaces and meeting places. Tea (çay) is the drink of choice, served in small glasses. Spending hours at a café is normal and expected - rushing is not part of the culture.
8. Dubare Dawî (Final Review)
Complete these mixed exercises covering all A1 skills:
1. Translate to Kurdish:
"Hello, I want to buy bread. How much is it?"
2. Complete the dialogue:
A: Tu çawa yî?
B: _____ (Say you're good, thanks)
3. Write a sentence using past tense:
Topic: What you did yesterday
4. Ask for directions in Kurdish:
"Excuse me, where is the bank?"
🎉 Pîroz be! Congratulations!
You've completed Course 23: General Review!
You've reviewed all A1 level Kurdish skills!
You can now:
✓ Have basic conversations in daily situations
✓ Shop, order food, and ask for directions
✓ Talk about your daily life in present and past
✓ Understand slow, clear Kurdish speech
✓ Read and write simple texts