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The English phrase “beautiful girl” is translated into Kurdish as keça bedew.

To say “I will miss you” in Kurdish, use bîriya te dikim.

The Sorani Kurdish way to say “my love” is خۆشەویستم (xoşewîstim). Other loving terms are ئازیزم (azîzim), “my dear”, and گیانم (gyanim), “my soul”.

The Kurdish verb ‘come’ is expressed as were. The word were is used to mean ‘to arrive’ or ‘to appear’.

The English phrase “miss you” is translated into Kurdish as bîra te dikim.

The English phrase “hello, my name is” is translated into Kurdish as silav, navê min.

The English word “cool” is translated into Kurdish as hênik. The word is used as an adjective to describe something that has a slightly low temperature.

To ask “how are you” in Sorani Kurdish, say چۆنی؟ (çonî?). The reply is usually باشم (başim), “I am fine”. چۆنی؟ is friendly and works with most people.

Goodbye in Sorani Kurdish is خواحافیز (xwa hafiz). A more formal farewell is ماڵئاوا (malawa). خواحافیز can be used in almost every situation.

bisekine is the Kurdish way to say stop. This term is used to express the action of not continuing an activity or movement.