💰 Course 4: Hejmar û Pere (Numbers & Money)
1. Peyv (Vocabulary): Numbers & Money
Numbers 0-10 (Hejmar 0-10)
Numbers 11-100 (Hejmar 11-100)
💡 How to Form Compound Numbers (21-99):
Pattern: Tens + û + Units
Examples:
• Twenty-one = Bîst û yek
• Thirty-five = Sî û pênc
• Forty-two = Çil û du
• Fifty-seven = Pêncî û heft
• Sixty-three = Şêst û sê
• Seventy-eight = Heftê û heşt
• Eighty-four = Heştê û çar
• Ninety-nine = Nehê û neh
Compound Numbers Examples (Hejmarên Hevgirtî)
Hundreds (Sedan)
Large Numbers (Hejmarên Mezin)
💡 Examples with Large Numbers:
• 250 = Du sed û pêncî
• 375 = Sê sed û heftê û pênc
• 1,500 = Hezar û pênc sed
• 2,000 = Du hezar
• 10,000 = Deh hezar
• 100,000 = Sed hezar
• 1,000,000 = Mîlyon
Money & Prices (Pere û Bihayên)
2. Struktur (Structure): Asking "How much?"
💡 Key Question: "Çend e?" (How much is it?)
Examples:
• Ev çend e? = How much is this?
• Nan çend e? = How much is the bread?
• Pîrtuk çend e? = How much is the book?
• Çay çend e? = How much is the tea?
Answer Examples:
• Nan pênc dînar e. = The bread is five dinars.
• Pîrtuk deh dolar e. = The book is ten dollars.
• Çay du dînar e. = The tea is two dinars.
• Ev bîst euro ye. = This is twenty euros.
🗣️ Example Dialogue:
3. Guhdarîkirin (Listening): Price Announcements
Listen to the prices being announced at a Kurdish market and practice understanding them:
Answer these questions based on the prices you heard:
4. Xwendin (Reading): Price Labels
Read these price labels from a Kurdish shop:
🏪 Dikanê Me (Our Shop)
Click on an item, then click on its price to match them together!
Items (Tişt)
Prices (Biha)
5. Nivîsandin (Writing): Write 10 Prices
Practice writing prices in Kurdish. Write the complete sentence for each item:
Format: [Item] [number] [currency] e.
Example: Nan pênc dînar e. (The bread is 5 dinars.)
6. Axaftin (Speaking): Price Negotiation
Practice negotiating prices at a Kurdish market! Learn how to bargain and get a better price.
💡 Useful Negotiation Phrases:
This is too expensive!
Can you make it cheaper?
I'll give [number] dinars.
Okay, I'll buy it.
No, it's too expensive.
Read these market scenarios and choose the best response for each situation.
Scenario 1: Buying Cheese
Seller: "Penîr panzdeh dînar e."
You think it's too expensive. What do you say?
Scenario 2: Counter Offer
Seller: "Şîr heşt dînar e."
You: "Ev pir giran e!"
Seller: "Çend tu dixwazî bidî?"
Make a counter offer:
Scenario 3: Final Decision
You: "Nan çend e?"
Seller: "Pênc dînar e."
You: "Ez çar dînar didim."
Seller: "Na, çar dînar pir kêm e. Çar û nîv dînar?"
The price is fair now. What do you say?
🎉 Pîroz be! Congratulations!
You've completed Course 4: Numbers & Money!
You can now count and ask simple prices in Kurdish.