Traveling with Kids

1. کوڕەکەم شەش ساڵە

   Kuṟekem şeş sałe

   My son is six years old

   Usage

   Tells the age of your son

   Grammar Note

   Age is number + ساڵە; ساڵ stays singular after a number. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

2. کچەکەم چوار ساڵە

   Kiçekem çwar sałe

   My daughter is four years old

   Usage

   Tells the age of your daughter

   Grammar Note

   کچ means 'daughter, girl'. In کچەکەم, -eke is definite and -m is 'my'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

3. دوو منداڵمان هەیە

   Dû mindałman heye

   We have two children

   Usage

   Tells how many children you have

   Grammar Note

   منداڵ stays singular after a numeral. -man is 'our'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

4. پارکی منداڵان لەکوێیە؟

   Park-î mindałan lekwêye?

   Where is the children's park?

   Usage

   Looks for a place where children can play

   Grammar Note

   The ezafe -ی gives 'park of children'. منداڵان is the plural. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. منداڵەکەم نەخۆشە

   Mindałekem nexoşe

   My child is sick

   Usage

   Tells a doctor or pharmacist that your child is ill

   Grammar Note

   منداڵ means 'child' for either sex. نەخۆش 'sick' + the copula -e. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

6. چاوم لە منداڵانە

   Çawim le mindałane

   I'm looking after the children

   Usage

   Says you are keeping an eye on the children

   Grammar Note

   چاوم لە X, literally 'my eye is on X', means 'I'm watching or looking after X'.

7. یاری

   Yarî

   game, toy

   Usage

   A word for a game or a toy

   Grammar Note

   یاری کردن means 'to play'. It also means 'toy', as in ئەمە یاری نییە 'this is not a toy'.

8. منداڵ

   Mindał

   child

   Usage

   The word for a child

   Grammar Note

   The plural is منداڵان or منداڵەکان. It is also spelled مناڵ.

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