Business & Work

1. کۆبوونەوەیەکم لە کاتژمێر دوو و نیو هەیە

   Kobûneweyekim le katjimêr dû û nîw heye

   I have a meeting at 2:30

   Usage

   Tells someone about a meeting time

   Grammar Note

   'Half past two' is کاتژمێر دوو و نیو, literally 'two and a half'. کۆبوونەوەیەکم هەیە means 'I have a meeting'.

2. کۆبوونەوەکە لەکوێیە؟

   Kobûneweke lekwêye?

   Where is the meeting?

   Usage

   Asks where a meeting takes place

   Grammar Note

   کۆبوونەوە means 'meeting, gathering'; -eke makes it 'the'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

3. ئۆفیسەکەتان لەکوێیە؟

   Ofîseketan lekwêye?

   Where is your office?

   Usage

   Politely asks the location of someone's office

   Grammar Note

   -tan is the polite 'your'. ئۆفیس is a loanword; نووسینگە is also used. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

4. ژووری کۆنفرانس لەکوێیە؟

   Jûr-î konfirans lekwêye?

   Where is the conference room?

   Usage

   Finds a conference or meeting room

   Grammar Note

   ژووری X is 'room of X'. ژوور 'room' becomes ژووری with the ezafe. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. ئیمەیلەکەتان چییە؟

   Îmeyleketan çîye?

   What is your email address?

   Usage

   Asks a business contact for their email

   Grammar Note

   X چییە؟ means 'what is X?'. -tan addresses someone politely. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

6. لە کۆمپانیایەک کار دەکەم

   Le kompanyayek kar dekem

   I work at a company

   Usage

   Says where you work in an introduction

   Grammar Note

   کار کردن 'to work' in the present. ئیش کردن means the same. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

7. من بۆ کار هاتووم

   Min bo kar hatûm

   I've come for work

   Usage

   Answers questions about the purpose of your visit

   Grammar Note

   بۆ + noun states a purpose. The perfect of هاتن 'to come' is هاتووم. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

8. دەبێت بچم بۆ ئۆفیس

   Debêt biçim bo ofîs

   I must go to the office

   Usage

   Says you have to go to the office

   Grammar Note

   دەبێت + subjunctive (بچم) expresses obligation. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

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