Yes/no questions and question words: kî, çi, li ku, çawa, kengê, çend, çima
Yes/no questions and question words: kî, çi, li ku, çawa, kengê, çend, çima
Can form yes/no questions and use question words
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Tu çawa yî?
How are you?
Navê te çi ye?
What is your name?
Li ku derjî?
Where do you live?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Pirsên Erê/Na: Bi awayê dengbêjiyê (intonation) an jî bi ma/gelo:
- Tu Kurd î? (Are you Kurdish?) — bi dengbêjiyê
- Ma tu Kurd î? — bi peyva pirsê
Peyvên pirsê:
| kî = who | çi = what |
| li ku = where | çawa = how |
| kengê = when | çima = why |
| çend = how many | kîjan = which |
Common mistakes with Yes/no questions and question words: kî, çi, li ku, çawa, kengê, çend, çima.
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Common Error Patterns
Error with Yes/no questions and question words: kî, çi, li ku, çawa, kengê, çend, çima
Review the rules for Pirsên Erê/Na û W-Pirs
Tu çawa yî?
How are you?
Çawa = how. Tu = you. Yî = are. The standard Kurdish greeting.
Navê te çi ye?
What is your name?
Navê = name-IZF. Te = your (oblique). Çi = what. Ye = is.
Li ku derjî?
Where do you live?
Li ku = where. Derjî = you live (di-jî with contraction).
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises