Contacts & SNS

1. ناونیشانەکەت چییە؟

   Nawnîşaneket çîye?

   What is your address?

   Usage

   Exchanging contact details; use ناونیشانەکەتان چییە؟ with elders

   Grammar Note

   ناونیشان means 'address'. چییە؟ 'what is it?' is چی plus the copula.

2. ژمارەی مۆبایلەکەت چەندە؟

   Jimare-î mobayleket çende?

   What is your mobile number?

   Usage

   Asks for a phone number; the polite form is ژمارەی مۆبایلەکەتان چەندە؟

   Grammar Note

   Numbers are asked with چەندە 'how much'. ژمارە 'number' + ezafe + owner. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

3. پەیوەندی بە منەوە بکەن

   Peywendî be minewe biken

   Please contact me

   Usage

   Said when you hand over your details and ask someone to get in touch

   Grammar Note

   پەیوەندی … کردن wraps the person in بە … ەوە (بە منەوە). The plural imperative -n is polite. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

4. ئاگات لە خۆت بێت

   Agat le xot bêt

   Take care of yourself

   Usage

   A warm parting wish for someone's wellbeing

   Grammar Note

   A subjunctive of ئاگا لە … بوون 'to look after'. The polite form is ئاگاتان لە خۆتان بێت.

5. شوێنمان بکەون لە فەیسبووک

   Şwênman bikewin le feysbûk

   Follow us on Facebook

   Usage

   A stock request from a shop or guesthouse to follow them online

   Grammar Note

   شوێن کەوتن 'to follow' takes its object as a clitic (شوێنمان 'after us'); the plural imperative -in is polite.

6. با تاهەتایە هاوڕێ بمێنینەوە

   Ba tahetaye hawṟê bimênînewe

   Let's stay friends forever

   Usage

   Said to someone you have bonded with as you part

   Grammar Note

   با + subjunctive in the 1st-person plural means 'let us …'. مانەوە 'to stay' also means 'to remain (as)'.

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