A feyli speaking kurd taking kurmanci lessons as homelanguag

[K4L_2007]

I just wonder if it be to hard for me??

I speak feyli but i want to learn kurmanci too, and that was the only option they had of the kurdish languages in school, so i picked it as homelanguage

How many here speak kurmanci??

[Johny Bravo]

Do you speak Kelhuri or Leki?

[K4L_2007]

only feyli

[Johny Bravo]

To which dialect is Feyli nearest? I thought Feyli were a dialect of Leki? Which dialects you can good understand?

[K4L_2007]

I dont know, I havent spoken to kurds without feyli, actually I dont know any other to compare with

[Diri]

I dont know, I havent spoken to kurds without feyli, actually I dont know any other to compare with

Just tell us the EXACT place where your family is from - because then it'll be easier to determine which sub-dialect or dialect your dialect is closer to...

The name of the village would do Or the largest town within 10-20 miles radius...


And I don't think you'll have any difficulties learning Kurmancî, just think: "Different ways of saying words..."


Let's take an example:

Kurdish dialects: Bo çi? / Çima? / Çire? / Lo çi? = "What for?" in English...

See how "What for?" can be said in maaaaany ways (and probably more than the ones I've written too)...

That's how you should think: for every word, there are many names/versions...

Mal / Mar / Xanî / Xane = House/Home

Çon / Çawan / Çan / Çewa = How

There is a general change from "wa/aw/ew/we" sounds to "o" and "a"... Be aware of this... For example:

Çon/Çan = Çawan (this is the original form of the word, which çon and çan have derived from)!

What exactly do you think will be the hardest problem learning Kurmancî for you?

Gender? Pronouns? Suffixes and prefixes?

I am more than happy to help out where ever needed

[Johny Bravo]

A question: Is there in Feyli a Izafe-System, like "malî min" = my house?

[Diri]

I thought most Indo-Iranian languages had that...