Dating Apps

1. Min profîla te li ser sepana hevalîtiyê dît.

   Min pro-fî-la te li ser se-pa-na he-va-lî-ti-yê dît.

   I saw your profile on a dating app.

   Usage

   Standard opening line on a dating app

   Grammar Note

   Kurdish (Kurmanji) is ergative-absolutive; past transitive subjects take ergative case

2. Tu dixwazî em li hev bên?

   Tu di-xwa-zî em li hev bên?

   Would you like to match / connect?

   Usage

   Casual suggestion to match or connect on the app

   Grammar Note

   "dixwazî" is the 2sg present of xwestin (to want); "di-" is the present prefix. "To match" is li hev hatin ("to get along"), also used in the form li hev tên. The subjunctive agreeing with em is bên

3. Tu li ser vê sepanê li çi digerî?

   Tu li ser vê se-pa-nê li çi di-ge-rî?

   What are you looking for on this app?

   Usage

   Asking what someone is seeking on the app

   Grammar Note

   "digerî" is the second person singular present of "gerîn" (to search). "To look for" is "li ... gerîn", hence "li çi"; gerîn is intransitive, so the present-tense subject is the direct-case tu

4. Ez li vir nû me — ev çawa dixebite?

   Ez li vir nû me — ev ça-wa di-xe-bi-te?

   I'm new here — how does it work?

   Usage

   Asking how the app works as a new user

   Grammar Note

   "dixebite" is the third person singular present of "xebitîn" (to function/work)

5. Ma em dikarin berî ku em hev bibînin bi vîdyoyê biaxivin?

   Ma em di-ka-rin be-rî ku em hev bi-bî-nin bi vîd-yo-yê bi-a-xi-vin?

   Can we video chat before meeting?

   Usage

   Suggesting a video call before meeting in person

   Grammar Note

   "berî ku" means "before" and takes a subjunctive. A video call is bi vîdyoyê axaftin ("to talk over video"); "video biceribînin" only says "try a video"

6. Tu dixwazî em ji bo hevdîtina xwe ya yekem li ku hev bibînin?

   Tu di-xwa-zî em ji bo hev-dî-ti-na xwe ya ye-kem li ku hev bi-bî-nin?

   Where would you like to meet for our first date?

   Usage

   Asking where to meet for the first date

   Grammar Note

   "First date" is hevdîtina yekem (hev "each other" + dîtin "to see"). "meyê" is the oblique of mey ("wine") and cannot mean "our" — it reads as "the beginning of the wine". Possession is carried by xwe

7. Xweş bû axavtin — tu dixwazî em hev bibînin?

   Xweş bû a-xav-tin — tu di-xwa-zî em hev bi-bî-nin?

   I enjoyed chatting — want to meet up?

   Usage

   Suggesting to meet after enjoyable conversation

   Grammar Note

   "xweş" means "nice/pleasant" in Kurdish; "axavtin" means "talking/speech"

8. Profîla te pir baş e / wêneyên te rind in!

   Pro-fî-la te pir baş e / wê-ne-yên te rind in!

   You have a great profile / nice photos!

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's profile or photos

   Grammar Note

   "rind" means "beautiful/nice" in Kurdish; "pir" means "very"

9. Ez ji bo hefteyekê hatim — tu dixwazî em hev bibînin?

   Ez ji bo hef-te-yekê ha-tim — tu di-xwa-zî em hev bi-bî-nin?

   I'm visiting for a week — would you like to meet?

   Usage

   Mentioning a brief visit while proposing to meet

   Grammar Note

   "hefte" means "week" in Kurdish; "-yek" is the indefinite suffix "one/a"

10. Ez difikirim em pir baş li hev tên!

    Ez di-fi-ki-rim em pir baş li hev tên!

    I think we're a good match!

    Usage

    Expressing that you feel you're a good match

    Grammar Note

    "li hev hatin" is a Kurdish idiom meaning "to match/suit each other"

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