Photography

1. وێنەگرتن قەدەغەیە

   Wênegirtin qedeẍeye

   Photography is prohibited

   Usage

   What a sign or a guard says when photos are not allowed

   Grammar Note

   قەدەغە means 'prohibited'. وێنە گرتن 'to take a photo' can be written as one word. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

2. دەتوانن وێنەیەکم بۆ بگرن؟

   Detwanin wêneyekim bo bigirin?

   Could you take a photo of me?

   Usage

   Asks a passer-by to take your picture

   Grammar Note

   The plural -n makes it polite. بۆ بگرن means 'take for (me)'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

3. دەتوانم وێنەکە ببینم؟

   Detwanim wêneke bibînim?

   Can I see the photo?

   Usage

   Asks to look at a photo that was just taken

   Grammar Note

   وێنە means 'photo' and 'picture'. -ەکە makes it 'the'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

4. پاتری کامێراکەم تەواو بووە

   Patrî kamêrakem tewaw bûwe

   My camera battery is dead

   Usage

   Says your camera has run out of battery

   Grammar Note

   تەواو بوون means 'to finish, to run out'. پاتری is the battery. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

5. دەتوانم فلاش بەکاربهێنم؟

   Detwanim filaş bekarbihênim?

   Can I use the flash?

   Usage

   Checks before shooting in a museum or indoors

   Grammar Note

   بەکارهێنان 'to use' in the subjunctive. فلاش is an English loanword. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

6. کامێرا

   Kamêra

   camera

   Usage

   The word for a camera

   Grammar Note

   کامێرا is a loanword, used as in کامێراکەم 'my camera'.

7. وێنە

   Wêne

   photo, picture

   Usage

   A word for a photo or picture

   Grammar Note

   وێنە گرتن means 'to take a photo' and وێنە کێشان 'to draw'.

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