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Lîstikvanê Biçûk

A study guide built entirely from the current Kurdish (Kurmanji) edition of the book: every word in the book as a lemma with its forms, case examples taken from the story, grammar lessons with book sentences, translation drills over every aligned sentence, and a paragraph-by-paragraph bilingual reader. Tap any Kurdish (Kurmanji) word in the Reader or the Translation Lab to see what it means.

How to use this page

The fastest loop is read → notice → retrieve → use. Read one chapter in the Reader, set the Vocabulary deck to the same chapter, answer that chapter's case questions, then translate a few of its sentences without looking.

1 · ReadOpen a chapter in the Reader. Try “Kurdish (Kurmanji) + tap for English”, and tap any unfamiliar word for its meaning.
2 · RetrieveFilter Flashcards, Match and Cloze to the chapter you just read. Mark words you know; the deck can hide them.
3 · ProduceTranslation Lab uses every aligned sentence of the book, in both directions. Kurdish (Kurmanji) → English checks comprehension; English → Kurdish (Kurmanji) builds production.

A 15-minute session

5 min · Vocabulary10–15 flashcards from one chapter and one matching round.
5 min · Case / grammar5 Case detective questions from the same chapter and 5 grammar questions.
5 min · Translation3 sentences forward, 3 backward. Say your answer aloud before revealing it.

Chapter map

Click a chapter to open it in the Reader.

Vocabulary deck

Every word of the book, grouped by lemma. The back of each card shows the forms that appear in the book and a real sentence with its English line. Keys: ← back · → next · Space flip.

Match game

Match six words from the current deck with their meanings.

Context cloze

Pick the form the book uses. All options are real forms of the same word from the book; the English line is your clue.

Word bank

Direct and oblique

Kurmanji nouns and pronouns have two cases. The oblique (min, te, wî, wê, Marayê) follows prepositions, marks the owner after the ezafe, and is the object of a present verb. In any past tense of a transitive verb the roles swap: the subject becomes oblique and the object stays direct, with the verb agreeing with the object — Wî ez nas kirim, “he recognised me”.

Case detective

Every question is a real sentence from the book. Name the case of the highlighted words.

Common endings — quick reference

The examples here are limited to clear-cut forms: pronouns, women’s names in -ê and masculine -î. Spoken Kurmanji often leaves the oblique of masculine nouns unmarked, and this translation still awaits review by a native speaker.

Browse the book by case

All case examples, grouped by case, in book order.

Grammar game

Fill the gap in a sentence from the book. After answering you see the whole sentence and its English line.

Grammar through the story

Each pattern with sentences from the book, highlighted, with their English lines.

Sentence translation lab

Every sentence pair from the aligned Kurdish (Kurmanji) and English editions. Type your version first, then compare structure, not only words. Tap Kurdish (Kurmanji) words for help.

Paragraph practice

Every paragraph of the chapter, in order. Try to reconstruct the paragraph before revealing the other language.

Bilingual reader

The Kurdish (Kurmanji) edition follows the English text paragraph for paragraph, so each Kurdish (Kurmanji) paragraph sits next to its English original. Tap a Kurdish (Kurmanji) word for its meaning.

Your local progress

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Known words by chapter (words first met in that chapter)

Built from Lîstikvanê Biçûk (translations/ku/manuscript.md) and The Little Player (manuscript-en.md) by study-lab/engine/build.py on 2026-10-28. All Kurdish (Kurmanji) examples are sentences from the book; the English lines are the matching sentences of the English edition, which the Kurdish (Kurmanji) text follows paragraph for paragraph. Where a paragraph splits into a different number of sentences in the two languages, the whole English paragraph is shown.