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| gmbroome | Thursday 03rd of February 2005 06:42:09 AM |
| Kurdish: is it really as tough as it seems? - Suffice it to say that learning Kurdish has become a recent interest to me. A day or two ago, I finally managed to get ahold of a decent Kurdish grammar, and whoa! At first appearance, it seemed drastically complicated. But once you get to really looking at it, is has no more peculiarities than English, just different ones. Nevertheless, anybody who is unfamiliar WILL need help deciphering it (especially verb tenses :-P). Is there anybody on this site who is willing to answer a few questions occasionally? If so, PLEASE make yourself known! | |
| daristani | Thursday 03rd of February 2005 08:18:45 PM |
| learning kurdish - I may be able to help some, depending on the dialect you are learning and the book you are using. (I have a fair knowledge of Kurmanci, but only a slight familiarity with Sorani.) I may also be able to recommend other books or resources, so please specify your dialect of interest and the book you're using. (In addition to books in English, there are also some good resources for Kurdish available in German and French if you know either of those languages.) | |
| canadianmaiigan | Thursday 02nd of June 2005 12:42:40 PM |
| Kurdish dialect - I am very interested in getting books,,regarding the Northern dialect of kurdi..spoken around the area of Dohuk..if anyone could be of help..much appreciated | |
| daristani | Saturday 04th of June 2005 02:27:30 AM |
| Books for Duhok dialect of Kurdish - The version of Kurmanji spoken around Dohuk is a bit different from "standard" Kurmanji, and is generally referred to as Bahdini or Bahdinani. There was a set of learning materials (actually about 15 or so small booklets) called "Ni Roj" produced several years ago by people evidently involved in Christian missionary work. (Some of the examples are Bible verses, etc.) This may or may not meet your approval, but as far as I know, this is the only material available in English for learning this dialect. The materials were not commercially available, but the person who produced it was named Cherie Rempel. If you search for her in Google, you could probably get an e-mail address or telephone number to ask her if the materials are still available. Good luck! | |
| daristani | Sunday 12th of June 2005 11:54:26 AM |
| Materials for Dohuk dialect - Further to my earlier message, I have just found a website from which Cherie Rempel sells a variety of materials for Bahdini, the dialect spoken in Dohuk. You can check: http://www.dcklci.com/dictionary/order.php She also has an online searchable dictionary at her site. Good luck! | |
