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I am Ihsan Saber, an English Language Teaching (ELT) professional with an M.A. degree from the University of Sussex, in the U.K. I am currently an English lecturer within the College of Basic Education, Salahaddin University-Erbil.

Collocations of Floor


The following sentences contain collocations of stairs with their Kurdish translation. The collocations are underlined, leave an English sentence for each by using the collocations for achieving your fluency.


I. She picked up a brush and swept the floor
ده‌ستی دایه‌ فلچه‌یه‌ك وزه‌ویه‌كه‌ی سڕیه‌وه‌.
2. Keep out of the kitchen for fifteen minutes. I've just finished  mopping the floor
بۆماوه‌ی پانزه‌ خوله‌ك چونه‌ژووره‌وه‌ بۆ مه‌تبه‌خ قه‌ده‌غه‌یه‌. تازه‌ زه‌ویه‌كه‌م سڕیوه‌ته‌وه‌.
3. We covered the floor with newspapers before we started painting the ceiling. 
زه‌ویه‌كه‌مان به‌ ڕۆژنامه‌ داپۆشت پێش ئه‌وه‌ی ده‌ست به‌ بۆیه‌كردنی بنمیچه‌كه‌ بكه‌ین.
4. I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed the floor clean. 
چومه‌ سه‌ر ده‌ست وچۆكان و زه‌ویه‌كه‌م پاككرده‌وه‌.
5. The bank robbers ordered everybody to lie on the floor.
بانك بڕه‌كان فه‌رمانیان به‌ هه‌موو كه‌سێك كرد كه‌ له‌سه‌ر زه‌وی درێژبن.
6. Do you have a cloth? I've just spilt some tea on the floor.
قوماشێكت لایه‌؟ هه‌ندێك چام له‌ ده‌ست ڕژایه‌ سه‌ر زه‌ویه‌كه‌.
7. We took the books down from the shelf and piled them on the floor.
په‌رتوكه‌كانمان له‌سه‌ر ڕه‌فه‌كه‌ هێنایه‌ خواره‌وه‌ له‌سه‌ر زه‌ویه‌كه‌مان سه‌فت/كه‌ڵه‌كه‌ كرد. 
8. There weren't enough beds, so some people had to sleep on the floor.
جێگای نووستنی ته‌واو نه‌بوو، بۆیه‌ هه‌ندێك كه‌س پێویست بوو له‌سه‌ر زه‌وی بخه‌ون.
9. Be careful you don't slip on the wet floor. I've just mopped it.  
ئاگاداری خۆتبه‌ له‌سه‌ر زه‌ویه‌ ته‌ڕه‌كه‌ نه‌خزی. تازه‌ سڕیومه‌ته‌وه‌.
10. The canteen is on the ground floor of the building. 
حانووته‌كه‌ له‌ قاتی خواره‌وه‌ی باڵاخانه‌كه‌یه‌.
11. I hope you like climbing stairs. My office is on the top floor
هیوادارم حه‌ز به‌ سه‌ركه‌وتنی قاڵدرمه‌ بكه‌ی. ئۆفیسه‌كه‌م له‌ قاتی هه‌ره‌ سه‌ره‌وه‌یه‌.
12. Excuse me, your wallet has fallen on the floor
بێزه‌حمه‌ت، جزدانه‌كه‌ت به‌ربۆته‌وه‌ سه‌ر زه‌وی. (له‌ ژووره‌وه‌ یا ده‌ره‌وه‌ی خانوو یان باڵاخانه‌)
13. Excuse me, your wallet has fallen on the ground.
بێزه‌حمه‌ت، جزدانه‌كه‌ت به‌ربۆته‌وه‌ سه‌ر زه‌وی. (له‌ ده‌ره‌وه‌ی خانوو یان باڵاخانه‌).

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