English→Kurdish (Sorani)

Translate English to Kurdish (Sorani) like a local.

Sorani Kurdish in the Arabic-based script of Iraqi Kurdistan, not Kurmanji and not a guess.

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

Hello!

سڵاو

“Slaw” is the everyday Sorani greeting, written in the Sorani script. Kurmanji would write the Latin “silav”.

Thank you.

سوپاس

“Supas” is the thanks used across Iraqi Kurdistan, from Erbil to Sulaymaniyah.

How much is it?

بە چەندە؟

“Ba chanda” is the market question in Sorani. Getting the dialect right matters in a language whose two main varieties do not share a script.

Where is the bus stop?

وێستگەی پاسەکە لە کوێیە؟

لە کوێیە construction asks where something is, while -ەکە marks the specific bus stop being referred to.

I’d like tea, please.

تکایە، چا بۆم بهێنە.

تکایە is the everyday Sorani polite marker, and بۆم means for me, making the request sound naturally directed to the listener.

My sister is at home.

خوشکەکەم لە ماڵەوەیە.

خوشکەکەم uses the Sorani possessive ending -ەکەم for my sister, and لە ماڵەوەیە signals being at home.

I’m tired today.

ئەمڕۆ ماندووم.

ئەمڕۆ means today, and ماندووم combines the adjective ماندوو with the first-person copular ending -م.

Let’s meet tomorrow.

با سبەی یەک ببینین.

با ... ببینین is a Sorani hortative construction meaning let’s meet, while سبەی means tomorrow.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Sorani in Arabic-based script; Sulaymaniyah/Erbil standard.

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