Schedule & Booking

1. تا کاتژمێر دە ناکەینەوە

   Ta katjimêr de nakeynewe

   We don't open until ten o'clock

   Usage

   How a shopkeeper says the opening time; useful to recognise

   Grammar Note

   'At … o'clock' is کاتژمێر + number. کردنەوە is 'to open', and ناکەینەوە is its negative.

2. ئایا خشتەیەکی کاتی هەیە؟

   Aya xişteyek-î katî heye?

   Is there a timetable?

   Usage

   Asks for a bus or train timetable; ئایا makes it formal

   Grammar Note

   ئایا is a formal question particle. خشتەی کاتی is literally 'table of times'.

3. ئەم ڕێستۆرانتە کراوەیە؟

   Em ṟêstorante kiraweye?

   Is this restaurant open?

   Usage

   Asks whether a place is open now

   Grammar Note

   ئەم … -e makes 'this …'. کراوە is 'open' and داخراوە is 'closed'.

4. ڕێستۆرانتەکە داخراوە

   Ṟêstoranteke daxrawe

   The restaurant is closed

   Usage

   Says that a place is closed

   Grammar Note

   -eke is the definite 'the'. داخراوە is the resulting state of داخستن 'to close'.

5. کەی دەکرێتەوە؟

   Key dekirêtewe?

   When does it open?

   Usage

   Asks when a place opens

   Grammar Note

   دەکرێتەوە is the passive of کردنەوە 'to open'. The subject can be dropped when clear.

6. چەند کات دەخایەنێت؟

   Çend kat dexayenêt?

   How long does it take?

   Usage

   Asks how long something takes

   Grammar Note

   چەند + noun stays singular. دەخایەنێت means 'takes (time)'. Composed from attested words and patterns rather than quoted from a source sentence; worth confirming with a native speaker.

7. گەشتەکە نزیکەی پێنج سەعات دەخایەنێت

   Geşteke nizîke-î pênc se'at dexayenêt

   The trip takes about five hours

   Usage

   Explains how long a journey lasts

   Grammar Note

   سەعات stays singular after a number. نزیکەی 'about' carries the ezafe -ی.

8. هیچ پلانێکتان هەیە بۆ هاوین؟

   Hîç pilanêktan heye bo hawîn?

   Do you have any plans for the summer?

   Usage

   Politely asks about someone's plans

   Grammar Note

   -tan is the polite 'your'. Swap هاوین for another season or ئێوارە 'evening'.

9. ئەمڕۆ چ ڕۆژێکە؟

   Emṟo ç ṟojêke?

   What day is it today?

   Usage

   Asks which day of the week it is

   Grammar Note

   چ + noun + -êke asks 'which …'. A reply is ئەمڕۆ هەینییە 'today is Friday'.

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