a-practical-kurdish-grammar

248 A PRACTICAL KURDISH GRAMMAR
baladshi bo chia) 'He who has seen the City, what does he
want a guide for?'
(Ji t^jli 4J y OJ Ljy Si 3\>.' oy ey
(kara mamira, bahar de, kurtanit bo la share de) 'Donkey,
don't die! Spring is coming and you will get a pack-saddle
from the City'.
jly> csf c^ ^ ö^3j^y y y} '^^^y
ypy_ 4j oyi (bakhtak naib be, no-shîrawan hakim be hazar
kalawa ba pölekî) 'If Bakhtak be vizier, and Noshirawan be
Governor, a thousand ruins mav be had for a pennv'.
y^y- Ai 4l«3 Xp : Sy p 333 j** (hamii rozh
kar na-mire, sat kifta ba shaicki) 'Every day a donkey don't
die, (that you may have) a hundred meat-balls for a shai',
Sp i 3i3 Syj ^_p ^ Sy^ yr ^ (la je fikri nakaî,
rewi wadar dakawe) 'From a place you think not, the fox
comes out'.
y^ S3^r 3i S3i Cy ' eyy (kiiera chit dawe? do chawî^
sagh) 'Blind man, what do you want? Two good eyes'.
"i'J.^ (J>^ ' ^ y.3=> Sy 3i J^ yy J^^ J3i J^ y
(har kaseki darki khalkl bitaqene, khalki darki wi dataqene)
'Whoever knocks on people's doors, the people will knock on
his door'.
yCsX lOjjl ei : (Sy3^i>' 4i s^ (awi ka halawisre,
da awi-da na-khanke) 'He who is hung up, will not drown
in the water'.