speak Kurdish
表示会说库尔德语，用 speak + 语言名。
Many people in the region speak Kurdish at home.
该地区的许多人在家里说库尔德语。
库尔德斯坦的印欧语系语言(位于美索不达米亚地区,从伊朗中西部的扎格罗斯山脉到托罗斯山脉的东延部分)。；一种在土耳其、伊朗、伊拉克、叙利亚和俄罗斯使用的伊朗语言
The Indo-Iranian language or family of languages spoken by Kurds, in regions including Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Syria, and neighboring areas.
库尔德斯坦的印欧语系语言(位于美索不达米亚地区,从伊朗中西部的扎格罗斯山脉到托罗斯山脉的东延部分)。
Family of Indo-Iranian languages of Kurdistan (in the Mesopotamia region, from the Zagros of mid-western Iran to the eastern extension of the chain of the Taurus Mountains).
一种在土耳其、伊朗、伊拉克、叙利亚和俄罗斯使用的伊朗语言
an Iranian language spoken in Turkey and Iran and Iraq and Syria and Russia
She is learning Kurdish to communicate with her relatives.
她正在学习库尔德语，以便与亲戚交流。
用法提示：此处“Kurdish”为名词，指库尔德语这门语言。
Kurdish is spoken by millions of people in the Middle East.
中东有数百万人使用库尔德语。
用法提示：句中“Kurdish”作主语，是名词，表示库尔德语。
He translated the document from Turkish into Kurdish.
他把这份文件从土耳其语翻译成了库尔德语。
用法提示：这里“Kurdish”是名词，作介词“into”的宾语，指库尔德语。
表示会说库尔德语，用 speak + 语言名。
Many people in the region speak Kurdish at home.
该地区的许多人在家里说库尔德语。
表示用库尔德语书写或表达时，用介词 in + 语言名。
She wrote the letter in Kurdish.
她用库尔德语写了这封信。
表示翻译成某种语言时，用 into + 语言名。
They translated the novel into Kurdish.
他们把这部小说翻译成了库尔德语。
说明某语言在哪些地区使用时，可用被动结构 be spoken in。
Kurdish is spoken in parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
库尔德语在土耳其、伊朗、伊拉克和叙利亚的部分地区使用。
grammar · medium
易错句子My brother speaks a Kurdish.
正确表达My brother speaks Kurdish.
语言名称在英语中是不可数名词，前面不加冠词 a/an，也不用复数。汉语说“说一种库尔德语”时会带出“一种”的想法，但 Kurdish 作“语言”讲时必须零冠词，直接说 speak Kurdish。
grammar · medium
易错句子She is a Kurdish from northern Iraq.
正确表达She is a Kurd from northern Iraq.
Kurdish 作名词只指“库尔德语”，指“库尔德人”时要用 Kurd。汉语的“库尔德”既可指语言也可指人，学习者容易把 Kurdish 直接当人名词用；本句谈的是人，所以应改为 a Kurd。
grammar · medium
易错句子I am learning kurdish this year.
正确表达I am learning Kurdish this year.
由专有名词（民族、国家、地区）构成的语言名称在英语中必须大写首字母，Kurdish 源于专名 Kurd。汉语没有大小写之分，学习者常全部小写，因此需改为 Kurdish。
说库尔德语
Many people in the region speak Kurdish at home.
该地区的许多人在家里说库尔德语。
用库尔德语
She wrote the letter in Kurdish.
她用库尔德语写了这封信。
库尔德语
The Kurdish language has several distinct dialects.
库尔德语有几种差别明显的方言。
库尔德语方言
Sorani and Kurmanji are the two main Kurdish dialects.
索拉尼语和库尔曼吉语是两种主要的库尔德语方言。
翻译成库尔德语
The novel was translated into Kurdish last year.
这部小说去年被翻译成了库尔德语。
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