Kurdish Tongue Twisters

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Original:

Çume çemmî Çeqan, Çeqel çeltûkî eteqan.

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!

English:

Brother, brother! The cow of my brother ate your cow's hay!

Original:

basher bashow basherbet shar akat

English:

People at night fight with liquor

Original:

basher basharaf, bet besharaf nabet, ba show ba shwshey sharbati shkaw shar nakat!

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

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

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

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

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

English:

My neighborhood is a new neighborhood, a new neighborhood is my neighborhood