Hotel

1. ئێستا لە هۆتێل دەمێنمەوە

   Êsta le hotêl demênmewe

   I'm staying at the hotel for now

   Usage

   Answers where you are staying, e.g. to a driver or a new acquaintance

   Grammar Note

   دەمێنمەوە is the present of مانەوە 'to stay': de- + stem + -m + -ewe.

2. ژمارەی ژوورەکە لەسەر کلیلەکەیە

   Jimare-î jûreke leser kilîlekeye

   The room number is on the key

   Usage

   Used at reception to find or confirm a room number

   Grammar Note

   -ەکە is the definite suffix. The ezafe -î links ژمارە to what it belongs to.

3. تکایە کاتێک لە ژوورەکە دەردەچیت، گڵۆپەکە بکوژێنەوە

   Tikaye katêk le jûreke derdeçît, giłopeke bikujênewe

   Please turn off the light when you leave the room

   Usage

   A notice-style request in the informal singular form

   Grammar Note

   After کاتێک 'when', the verb is in the present (دەردەچیت). بکوژێنەوە is the imperative with bi- plus -ewe.

4. دەتوانن لێرە شەو بەسەر ببەن

   Detwanin lêre şew beser biben

   You can spend the night here

   Usage

   What a host says to a guest: you may stay the night here

   Grammar Note

   دەتوانن 'you can (pl.)' takes the subjunctive ببەن. The plural ئێوە/-n is the polite form; the singular is دەتوانیت … ببەیت.

5. ژوورێکی بەتاڵتان هەیە؟

   Jûrêk-î betałtan heye?

   Do you have a vacant room?

   Usage

   Asks at a hotel or guesthouse desk whether a room is free

   Grammar Note

   After the indefinite -êk, a following adjective is joined by the ezafe -î. بەتاڵ means 'empty', as in ژوورەکە بەتاڵە 'the room is empty'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

6. ژوورەکە خاوێن نییە

   Jûreke xawên nîye

   The room isn't clean

   Usage

   A complaint to reception; add a polite request to have it cleaned

   Grammar Note

   Adjective + نییە means 'is not …'. خاوێن is 'clean'; the verb خاوێن کردنەوە means 'to clean up'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

7. دەگەڕێینەوە بۆ هۆتێلەکە

   Degeṟêynewe bo hotêleke

   We're going back to the hotel

   Usage

   Tells a driver where you are heading back to

   Grammar Note

   دەگەڕێینەوە is the 1st-person plural of گەڕانەوە 'to return'; -în marks 'we'.

8. تەکسییەکمان بۆ بانگ بکەن

   Teksîyekman bo bang biken

   Please call a taxi for us

   Usage

   Asks hotel staff to call a taxi; add تکایە for extra politeness

   Grammar Note

   The clitic -man 'us' attaches to the object. The plural imperative of بانگ کردن 'to call' is the polite form. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

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