Kurdish Tongue Twisters
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| Original: | Çume çemmî Çeqan, Çeqel çeltûkî eteqan. |
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| English: | As I came to the Cheqan River, the jackal was cleaving ears of wheat. |
| German: | Wie ich zum Fluss Cheqan ging, da spaltete ein Schakal Weizenähren. |
| Original: | kaka kaka! gakey kaka, kay gakey kakey xward! |
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| English: | Brother, brother! The cow of my brother ate your cow's hay! |
| Original: | basher bashow basherbet shar akat |
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| English: | People at night fight with liquor |
| Original: | basher basharaf, bet besharaf nabet, ba show ba shwshey sharbati shkaw shar nakat! |
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| English: | If a person is neat, not rude, then at night they won't fight with broken liquor bottles! |
| Original: | Bavê dilberê dilber, dilberê dilber bavê dilber |
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| English: | The lover of the beautiful girl is the father of the beautiful girl, the beautiful girl is the lover of the father of the beautiful girl |
| Original: | Sîngê Sînga xo sînga, Sîngê Sînga yo Sînga |
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| English: | The son of Sînga is Sînga, the son of Sînga is also Sînga |
| Original: | Mirov şîvê min xwe bişîne, min şîvê mirovê xwe bişînim |
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| English: | I will sew my own shirt, I will sew the shirt of the person I'm sewing for |
| Original: | Pêştir çerxe li ser çerxe, çerxe li ser çerxe pêştir çerxe |
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| English: | After the train on the train, the train on the train after the train |
| Original: | Civaka min a civakekî nû ye, civakekî nû a civaka min ye |
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| English: | My neighborhood is a new neighborhood, a new neighborhood is my neighborhood |