Fashion & Clothing

1. Dikana kincên modayê li ku ye?

   Where is the fashion shop?

   Usage

   Asking where the fashion shop is

   Grammar Note

   Ezafe chain "dikan-a kinc-ên moda-yê"; the possessor "moda" takes the oblique "modayê". "li ku ye" = "where is"

2. Ez li kirasekî û pantolonekê digerim.

   I am looking for a shirt and pants.

   Usage

   Looking for a shirt and pants

   Grammar Note

   "li ... gerîn" = to look for. "shirt" is "kiras" (or "îşlik"); do not use "pirsik", which means "pimple"

3. Ma ev kinc bi mezinahiya min heye?

   Do you have this clothing in my size?

   Usage

   Checking if clothing is available in your size

   Grammar Note

   "ev kinc" is a nominative subject and takes no ezafe -ê. "in ... size" uses the preposition "bi". "mezinahî" = size

4. Ma ez dikarim vî kincî biceribînim?

   Can I try on this clothing?

   Usage

   Asking to try on clothing

   Grammar Note

   "Ma ez dikarim ...?" = "Can I ...?" The singular demonstrative "vî" requires the singular oblique "kincî"; "vî kincan" mixes a singular demonstrative with a plural noun

5. Jûra ceribandinê li ku ye?

   Where is the fitting room?

   Usage

   Asking where the fitting room is

   Grammar Note

   "jûr" (= ode) is "room" and "ceribandin" is "trying"; the ezafe gives "jûra ceribandinê" = fitting room. Neither "jinewarî" nor "ciltêşkên" is a Kurmanji word

6. Ev zêde mezin e. Ma yeke piçûktir heye?

   This is too big. Do you have a smaller one?

   Usage

   Saying something is too big and asking for a smaller size

   Grammar Note

   "-tir" = comparative suffix. The existential "heye" needs a noun-phrase subject, hence "yek" ("one"); "hûn ... heye" puts a subject pronoun in front of an existential and is ungrammatical

7. Ev rengê min e? Rengek din heye?

   Is this my color? Are there other colors?

   Usage

   Asking about colors that suit you

   Grammar Note

   "rengek din" = another color

8. Ev kinc çiqas e?

   How much is this clothing?

   Usage

   Asking how much clothing costs

   Grammar Note

   Word order is subject + "çiqas e?". The subject "ev kinc" is nominative, not the oblique "vî kincan"

9. Ma kincên nû hatine?

   Have new clothes arrived?

   Usage

   Asking if new clothes have arrived

   Grammar Note

   "hatine" = have arrived (perfective, plural)

10. Ez li pêlavên werzişê digerim.

    I am looking for sports shoes.

    Usage

    Looking for sports shoes

    Grammar Note

    "shoe" is "pêlav" (or "sol"); "gavaz" is not a Kurmanji word. "li ... gerîn" = to look for

11. Ez li çanteyekê digerim.

    I am looking for a bag.

    Usage

    Looking for a bag

    Grammar Note

    "çante" = bag. "li ... gerîn" (to look for) takes the preposition "li" and puts its object in the oblique: çante → çanteyekê

12. Ma hûn dikarin daxistinekê bikin?

    Can you give a discount?

    Usage

    Asking for a discount

    Grammar Note

    "daxistin" (lit. "lowering") is the word for a discount, as used in the Markets & Souvenirs category and the Money & Exchange category. "zûtir" means "faster" and has nothing to do with price, so "zûtir bikin" is not an idiom for giving a discount

13. Ev kinc ji çi hatiye çêkirin?

    What is this clothing made of?

    Usage

    Asking what material clothing is made of

    Grammar Note

    "made of" is "ji ... hatin çêkirin" (passive perfect). "avêtin" means "to throw" and cannot be used to ask about material; the Markets & Souvenirs category uses the same construction in "Ev bi destan hatiye çêkirin"

14. Modaya vê demsalê çi ye?

    What is the trend this season?

    Usage

    Asking about current fashion trends

    Grammar Note

    "çi ye" = "what is". moda is feminine and is followed by a noun phrase, so it takes the ezafe -ya: modaya vê demsalê

15. Ev kinc pir spehî ye. Ez ê wî bikirim.

    This clothing is very beautiful. I will buy it.

    Usage

    Complimenting clothing and deciding to buy it

    Grammar Note

    "Ez ê + subjunctive" = "I will ..." (future). The 1sg subjunctive of "kirîn" (to buy) is "bikirim"

16. Ma hûn dikarin vê ji bo min bipêçin?

    Can you wrap this for me?

    Usage

    Asking to have something wrapped

    Grammar Note

    "to wrap" is "pêçan". "biçin" is the plural subjunctive of "çûn" (to go) and means "(that you) go", so it cannot be used to ask for wrapping. "ji bo min" = for me

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