Cooking & Markets

1. خوێ و بیبەرەکە تێدەپەڕێنیت؟

   Xwê û bîbereke têdepeṟênît?

   Would you pass the salt and pepper?

   Usage

   Asks someone at the table to pass the seasoning

   Grammar Note

   و 'and' is a separate word. -yt is the singular 2nd person ending.

2. حەزم لە چێشت لێنانە

   Ḧezim le çêşt lênane

   I like cooking

   Usage

   Talks about a hobby, for example in a cooking class

   Grammar Note

   حەزم لە X-e means 'I like X'. چێشت لێنان is 'cooking'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

3. سەوزەکان بشۆ

   Sewzekan bişo

   Wash the vegetables

   Usage

   Asks someone to wash the vegetables while cooking

   Grammar Note

   The imperative is bi- + stem. For several people or politely, use بشۆن.

4. ئەمە چی تێدایە؟

   Eme çî têdaye?

   What's in this?

   Usage

   Asks what ingredients a dish contains

   Grammar Note

   تێدایە means 'is inside', handy for checking ingredients and allergies. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. ئاو و ڕۆن تێکەڵ نابن

   Aw û ṟon têkeł nabin

   Water and oil don't mix

   Usage

   A kitchen fact, for casual cooking talk

   Grammar Note

   تێکەڵ بوون means 'to mix'. The subject is plural, so the verb is نابن.

6. نان کردن هونەرە

   Nan kirdin hunere

   Baking bread is an art

   Usage

   A remark showing respect for bread-making

   Grammar Note

   نان کردن means 'to bake bread'. نان is 'bread'.

7. خوێ

   Xwê

   salt

   Usage

   The word for salt

   Grammar Note

   خوێ is 'salt'; do not confuse it with خوێن 'blood'.

8. بیبەر

   Bîber

   pepper

   Usage

   The word for pepper

   Grammar Note

   بیبەر is 'pepper'; with the definite it becomes بیبەرەکە.

9. ڕۆن

   Ṟon

   oil

   Usage

   The word for cooking oil

   Grammar Note

   ڕۆن is 'oil'. ڕ is the trilled r (ṟ), a different letter from ر.

10. شەکر

    Şekir

    sugar

    Usage

    The word for sugar

    Grammar Note

    شەکر is 'sugar'; 'without sugar' is بەبێ شەکر.

11. هەنگوین

    Hengiwîn

    honey

    Usage

    The word for honey

    Grammar Note

    هەنگوین is 'honey', related to هەنگ 'bee'.

12. ئارد

    Ard

    flour

    Usage

    The word for flour

    Grammar Note

    ئارد is 'flour', as in ئارد و شەکر 'flour and sugar'.

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