This chapter focuses primarily on Kurmanji and Sorani, which are the dialects of the Kurdish language. In Kurmanji, the infinitive is gotin. In Sorani, there are multiple forms of the infinitive: wutin/witin in Sulaimania and Kirkuk, kutin in Mukriyan and gotin in Erbil. Behdini, Behdinani or Badinani, the southern dialect cluster of Kurmanji, can be seen as a bridge between Kurmanji and Sorani. Seeing Kurmanji and Sorani as equal partners is not merely a linguistic matter: it is also a social matter. During the mandate period in Iraq, the British insisted that Sorani be the only Kurdish dialect taught in Kurdish schools, which engendered a fair amount of resentment among Kurmanji speakers. Choosing one dialect over another–or, to put it differently, imposing one dialect on a population which speaks another–is guaranteed to cause dissent.