Banking & ATM

1. دەتوانم بە کرێدیت کارت پارە بدەم؟

   Detwanim be kirêdît kart pare bidem?

   Can I pay by credit card?

   Usage

   Asks whether you can pay by card

   Grammar Note

   پارە دان means 'to pay'. The means follows بە; for cash use بە کاش. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

2. دەمەوێت دۆلار ئاڵوگۆڕ بکەم

   Demewêt dolar aługoṟ bikem

   I want to exchange dollars

   Usage

   Says you want to change dollars at a bank or exchange office

   Grammar Note

   ئاڵوگۆڕ کردن is 'to exchange'. Currencies are دۆلار and دینار. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

3. کرێدیت کارتەکەم ون کرد

   Kirêdît kartekem win kird

   I lost my credit card

   Usage

   Reports a lost card to the bank or police

   Grammar Note

   In the transitive past of ون کردن, the clitic -m attaches to the object. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

4. بانکەکە کەی دەکرێتەوە؟

   Bankeke key dekirêtewe?

   When does the bank open?

   Usage

   Asks when a bank opens

   Grammar Note

   دەکرێتەوە is the passive of کردنەوە 'to open'. 'When does it close' is کەی دادەخرێت. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. بانک

   Bank

   bank

   Usage

   The word for a bank

   Grammar Note

   بانک is a loanword; add the definite -ەکە for 'the bank', as in بانکەکە.

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