| English | ZonêMa/Kirmancki |
| I wash | ez şün |
| I came | ez amane |
| I'm drinking apple juice | ez awa saye şımenane (şımen, sımen) |
| I should have gone | ez bışiyêne |
| I approach | ez benane nêzdi (ez ben nêzdi) |
| I can't ride a bike | ez bese nêkenane (nêkon) bisiklete bırami |
| I became | ez biyane (ez büne) |
| I got sick, I became ill (m) | ez biyane nêweş [e.] |
| I got sick, I became ill (f) | ez biyane nêweşe [d.] |
| I take | ez cênane (cên) |
| I return ('m going back) | ez cêrenane ya (ra) |
| I brush my teeth | ez dıdanane xo şüna |
| I give | ez danane (ez dan, ez don, ez danu) |
| I do not go to the doctor | ez doxtori nêşonane (ez nêşonane doxtori) |
| I go to work by car | ez ebe erebe şonane kar |
| I go by bus to the shopping center | ez ebe otoboz şonane merkezê hêrinayeni |
| I go to work by train | ez ebe tırene şonane kar |
| I think | ez fıkırinane (fıkırin) |
| I'm learning french | ez fransızki musenane |
| I work | ez gurinane (xebetinane) |
| I worked (preterite) | ez guriyane (xebetiyane) |
| I had worked | ez guriyay (xebetiyay) bi |
| I worked (I was working) (Imperfect) | ez guriyêne (xebetiyêne) (hêkata waxtê nıkay) |
| I come from Hınıs (hometown) | ez Hınıs rawune (ez Dêsım rawune) |
| I was going | ez hao/nao şiyane |
| I am going | ez hao/nao şonane (2) |
| I get dressed | ez kıncanê xo dan xo ra |
| I play | ez kay kenane (ken, kon, kenu) |
| I don't know either | ez ki nêzanane (nêzanon) |
| I don't know who it is either | ez ki nêzanane (nêzanon) kama |