Markets & Souvenirs

1. Ev çiqas e?

   How much does this cost?

   Usage

   Basic price inquiry at market

   Grammar Note

   "e" is 3sg copula

2. Ma em dikarin li ser bihayê bipeyivin?

   Can we negotiate the price?

   Usage

   Propose price negotiation

   Grammar Note

   "li ser bihayê peyivîn" = "to talk about the price", i.e. to haggle. The subject em (we) takes dikarin / bipeyivin. "biha bikeve" is a subjectless fragment, not a sentence

3. Ez dikarim ... bidim.

   I can offer [lower price].

   Usage

   Counter-offer during bargaining

   Grammar Note

   "bi-" subjunctive prefix

4. Ma daxistinek heye?

   Is there a discount?

   Usage

   Ask for bulk or last-piece discount

   Grammar Note

   "heye" = existential "there is"

5. Ev bi destan hatiye çêkirin?

   Is this handmade?

   Usage

   Ask if handmade or locally made

   Grammar Note

   "bi + noun" = instrumental phrase

6. Ev ji çi ye?

   What material is this made of?

   Usage

   Ask what material it is made of

   Grammar Note

   "ji çi" = "from what" — standard material question

7. Ma hûn dikarin wê wek diyariyê bipêçin?

   Can you gift-wrap this?

   Usage

   Request gift wrapping

   Grammar Note

   "to wrap" is pêçan; its 2pl subjunctive is bipêçin. There is no Kurmanji verb "pelandin". hûn is the polite 2pl

8. Bazara şevê li ku ye?

   Where is the night market?

   Usage

   Ask where the night market is

   Grammar Note

   "li ku" = "where" interrogative

9. Ma dikarin fatura bidin?

   Can I have a receipt?

   Usage

   Request a receipt

   Grammar Note

   "dikarin ... bidin" = "can you give"

10. Bazar kengî vedibe û kengî tê girtin?

    What are the market opening hours?

    Usage

    Ask about market opening hours

    Grammar Note

    The 3sg present of vebûn (to open) is vedibe; "vê" is an oblique demonstrative and never means "opens". The closing half uses the passive tê girtin

11. Tenê dinêrim, spas.

    I'm just looking, thank you.

    Usage

    Signal browsing only

    Grammar Note

    "tenê" = adverb "just/only"

12. Ma ez dikarim bi kartê bidim?

    Do you accept card payment?

    Usage

    Ask if card payment is accepted

    Grammar Note

    "bi kartê" = "by card"; the noun after the preposition bi takes the oblique kartê. The 1sg subjunctive of dan (to give/pay) is bidim — the form biderim does not exist

13. Ev ji bo diyariyê ye.

    I'm buying this as a souvenir.

    Usage

    State buying as souvenir

    Grammar Note

    "ji bo" = purpose preposition "for"

14. Ma dikare were şandin derve?

    Can this be shipped internationally?

    Usage

    Ask about international shipping

    Grammar Note

    "derve" = "outside/abroad"

15. Baştirîn tişta we çi ye?

    What's your best item?

    Usage

    Ask for best or freshest item

    Grammar Note

    "-tirîn" is the superlative suffix

16. Ev pir giran e.

    This is too expensive.

    Usage

    Express that the price is too high

    Grammar Note

    "pir" = intensifier "very/too"

17. Ma mezinahiyeke din heye?

    Do you have a different size?

    Usage

    Ask for different size

    Grammar Note

    "Size" is mezinahî (mezin "big" + -ahî). meze means a plate of appetizers and cannot mean size. The indefinite feminine is mezinahiyek, becoming mezinahiyeke before the adjective din

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