Prepositions - Kurdish Grammar - Kurdische Grammatik

Prepositions

Kurdish prepositions are often translated with adverbs.

Kurdish	English
ba	at, to
bal	at, to
bal ... ve	in direction
bê	without
bêî	without
ber	in front of
ber bi	in direction, to
ber bi ... ve	in direction, to
berî	in front of
bi	with; with the help of; according to
bi	in
bi ... de	on, over
bi ... re	with, by
bi ser ... de	on
bi ... ve	with
bil	except
bin	under, beneath, below
cem	at
dêl	in stead of
der	on, outside
di	“together”, a place / location
di ... ber	on
di ber ... de	in front of
di ber ... re	from in front of, along
di bin ... de	under
di bin ... re	under, beneath, below
di ser ... re	over, above
dû re	after
ji	“far”
ji ber	from far, because of
ji ber ... ve	for
ji ber ... re	in front of, in stead of, by
ji bin	from below
ji bin ... de	from below
(ji) bo	for, in order to
li	“there”
li ber	in front of
li bin	under
li cem	next to, at
li hindir / hindur	in, inside, within
li jêr	down
li jor	above, up
li nav	between, at, inside, within
li nîvê	in the middle
li pas	behind
li pês	in front of
li pist	behind
li ser	on
pê = bi wî / bi wê	in / on him / her
pê re	with him / her
pişt re	after
ser	on

Examples:

li nav - in, between, ...

Kurdish	English
Ez li nav daristan im.	I am in the forest.
ba min	with / at me
berî nivero	before noon
berî her tiştî	especially
berî ko	before
Ber bi min ve dihat.	He came to me.
ji ber wî ve	at his position
bê min	without me
bê tişt	without all
bêî ko	without, that; without -ing
bi vî avayî	so, like that
Bi çend?	How much?
bi cakerê	suddenly
bi tenê / bi tena xwe	alone
bi min	in my opinion
bi avê de	over the water
bi rê de	underway; on the way
Ew bi min re hat.	He came with me.
Em pev re çun.	We went together.
pê re	with him / her
Alex bi min ve ye.	Alex is with me.
bi ser û berê xwe ve	whole
bilî wî	apart from him
ji bo vê	therefore
ji bo vê yekê	for that reason
cem me	with / at us
Ji cem apê min hatiye.	He came / has come from my uncle’s (place).
ji der vê avê	on the other side of the river

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