Airport & Customs

1. دەتوانم پاسپۆرتەکەتان ببینم؟

   Detwanim pasporteketan bibînim?

   May I see your passport?

   Usage

   What an officer says at immigration; useful to recognise

   Grammar Note

   دەتوانم + subjunctive. -tan is the polite 'your'; the informal form is -t. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

2. فڕۆکەخانەکە داخراوە

   Fṟokexaneke daxrawe

   The airport is closed

   Usage

   A notice or remark that the airport is shut

   Grammar Note

   داخراوە is the resulting state of داخستن 'to close'. The opposite is کراوەیە 'open'.

3. لەبیرم چووە پاسپۆرتەکەم لەکوێ داناوە

   Lebîrim çûwe pasportekem lekwê danawe

   I've forgotten where I put my passport

   Usage

   Explains that you cannot find your passport when talking to staff

   Grammar Note

   لەبیرم چووە literally 'went from my memory' means 'I forgot'. A clause with a question word can follow.

4. جانتا

   Canta

   Bag

   Usage

   Names a bag or suitcase; point at it to show which one

   Grammar Note

   جانتا means 'bag' or 'suitcase', a loanword. Count it as یەک جانتا 'one bag'.

5. فڕۆکەکە دواکەوتووە؟

   Fṟokeke dwakewtûwe?

   Is the flight delayed?

   Usage

   Checks whether a flight is delayed

   Grammar Note

   The perfect of دواکەوتن 'to be late'. Put a number and خولەک before it for the delay (دە خولەک). Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

6. فڕۆکەکە کاتژمێر چەند دەگات؟

   Fṟokeke katjimêr çend degat?

   What time does the flight arrive?

   Usage

   Asks the arrival time; for departure use هەڵدەستێت instead of دەگات

   Grammar Note

   کاتژمێر چەند means 'what time'. دەگات is the 3rd-person present of گەیشتن 'to arrive'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

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