Café & Drinks

1. ئاوی کانزایی پەسەند دەکەم

   Aw-î kanzayî pesend dekem

   I prefer mineral water

   Usage

   States your preference for water

   Grammar Note

   ئاوی کانزایی is 'mineral water'. پەسەند کردن means 'to like, to choose'.

2. ئاوی بوتڵتان هەیە؟

   Aw-î butiłtan heye?

   Do you have bottled water?

   Usage

   Buys drinking water at a shop; -tan makes it polite

   Grammar Note

   -tan is 'your' (plural/polite). ئاوی بوتڵ means 'bottle water'.

3. ئاوی سارد هەیە لێرە؟

   Aw-î sard heye lêre?

   Is there any cold water here?

   Usage

   Asks for cold water

   Grammar Note

   The adjective follows the noun, joined by the ezafe -ی (ئاوی سارد).

4. بەبێ شەکر، تکایە

   Bebê şekir, tikaye

   Without sugar, please

   Usage

   Orders tea or coffee without sugar

   Grammar Note

   بەبێ + noun means 'without …'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. حەزم لە قاوە زیاترە لە چای ڕەش

   Ḧezim le qawe zyatire le çay-î ṟeş

   I like coffee better than black tea

   Usage

   Talks about drink preferences

   Grammar Note

   حەزم لە X زیاترە لە Y means 'I like X more than Y'. Black tea is چای ڕەش, literally 'black tea'.

6. پەرداخێک ئاوم دەوێت

   Perdaxêk awim dewêt

   I'd like a glass of water

   Usage

   Asks for a glass of water

   Grammar Note

   X-m dewêt means 'I need X'. The measure word comes before the noun (پەرداخێک ئاو). Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

7. ئاوی ئەم ناوچەیە بۆ خواردنەوە ناشێت

   Aw-î em nawçeye bo xwardinewe naşêt

   The water in this area isn't drinkable

   Usage

   Warns that local water is not safe to drink

   Grammar Note

   ئەم … -e is the circumfix 'this …'. ناشێت is the negative of شیان 'to be suitable'.

8. شەکر لەگەڵ قاوەکەت دەخۆیت؟

   Şekir legeł qaweket dexoyt?

   Do you take sugar with your coffee?

   Usage

   Asks a friend whether they take sugar in coffee

   Grammar Note

   This addresses one person (-t). A polite version uses -tan / -n, as in قاوەکەتان دەخۆن.

9. ئاوی خواردنەوە

   Aw-î xwardinewe

   drinking water

   Usage

   The term for drinking water

   Grammar Note

   ئاوی خواردنەوە is 'water for drinking'; خواردنەوە is the noun 'drinking'.

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