Learning Kurdish [offtopic]

[vajorie]

This is horribly offtopic, but do you know of any place where I can get a concentrated crash course to learn how to speak Kurdish (from scratch) in Istanbul? Or in DC (US)*?

Thanks :)

* I think there is a kd language institute in DC but I'm not sure how good it is

[erdalronahi]

I'd ask at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Kurdish_Institute and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdish_Institute_of_Istanbul

[vajorie]

thanks a lot :) I'll try the one in ist first

[zrp]

Can anyone tell me the meaning of "lamawla abet ba kurdi qasam lagal kayt"

[erdalronahi]

Can anyone tell me the meaning of "lamawla abet ba kurdi qasam lagal kayt"

"At home you have to speak Kurdish with me." Where did you find that one?

Before this gets too off-topic, a forum where you can ask for Kurdish translations is at http://ferheng.org/forum/

[zrp]

Fantastic! Thank you so much. I'm not kurdish, but i sent a small kurdish message to a kurdish friend(a few phrases i got from an internet site) and basically they sent a kurdish message back and i was set the challenge to figure it out. Thanks for the link and your help - may need to ask again!

[aiser]

;)

[Ankawa]

"lamawla abet ba kurdi qasam lagal kayt"
From now and on you have to speak kurdish with me :mrgreen:
Sorani (looks like Kirkuk or Sulaimanya's accent)