pashto

Afghan poetry for his love that left him....

aleena1 wrote in pashto Aug 10, 2007 17:43

Che pa kar di so kala zma lasuna
My dar ku da wafa lasuna

Che pa kar mi so kala sta lasuna
kami yaad dagha yaw zal wo
dar ba na kam kala biya lasuna

Khair dai qa da qismat lakiri mi nasta lasuna k
Khu tar husa pori mi di safa lasuna

Majno ba is kala majnu na v
K war kari waye yaw ware laila lasuna

Kam lasuna chi mi wafa la wo war kari
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belacane wrote in pashto Mar 16, 2006 00:41

Hello, I'm new, and very interested in learning pashto, because i think it's a beautiful language and I want to travel to afghanistan one day, as well as possibly find a job which requires translation if I ever become good enough. I already speak english and russian, and also want to persue jobs which require english/ russian translation as well ( Read more... )

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phantoms_planet wrote in pashto Jan 14, 2006 17:50

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi wa barakatahu,

Hi, I was wondering if there are any members of the Youssefzai tribe in this community?

Abdur Rahman Baba

mangueca wrote in pashto Jul 21, 2005 16:24

Sorry the postings here have died down a bit (just a bit, eh) but I've been trying to find some Pashto sources online since I still do not have my book. I've found several vocab sites but I'm interested in one that has the actual pashto script so that there's a reference to correct spelling and pronounciation of the word. All the sites I've run ( Read more... )

books, poetry, abdur rahman baba

Some more history

mangueca wrote in pashto Jun 29, 2005 16:25

Taken from this site:

"Pashto is an Iranian language spoken by about 19 million people in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, the UAE and the UK. There are three main varieties of Pashto: Northern Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan; Southern Pashto, spoken mainly in Afghanistan, and Central Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan ( Read more... )

history, alphabet

Lesson 4

geekizm wrote in pashto Jun 14, 2005 21:38

Nouns- Gender

Grammar

In Pashto the common gender is also sometimes modified as: doctor- doctora, teacher- teachara.
All the inanimate things are either feminine or masculine. Other parts of the speech/sentence, especially helping verbs, often agree with gender as:
sarhay day, but khaza/shaza da,
maz day but kursai da,
kitab day but kapee( ( Read more... )

Pashtoons and "thank you"

geekizm wrote in pashto Jun 10, 2005 13:51

This is a story that Professor A. Khan told us about Pathaans and how they dont feel the need to say thank you. I dont know how much of this is true cuz I personally dont know too many Pathaans.. but i jus thought id share it with yall and see what yall have to say..

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" I will tell you a very interesting story. In Pashtoons, the use of ( Read more... )

Lesson 3

geekizm wrote in pashto May 29, 2005 09:30

Gender-
masculine - nar
feminine - khaza/shaza

In Pashto, often the feminine ends with the suffix "a" or "ai" or "ee". There are also totally separate words for feminine and masculine. There are masculine/feminine difference in human beings, animals and things. There is also neuter (no feminine/masculine) and common (both masculine/feminine) ( Read more... )

Relationships

geekizm wrote in pashto May 23, 2005 19:28

RELATIONSHIPS-

mother - mor
father - plaar
brother - ror
sister - khor
son - zwey
daughter - loor
uncle - tra/kaka/mama
aunt - tror/chachi/maasi
grandfather - neeka
grandmother - nyaa
grandson - nwase/masse
grandaughter - nwasai/masai

cool stuff.. ;)

Lesson 2

geekizm wrote in pashto May 19, 2005 10:58

hm.. here it goes..
hehe this is soo cool. Im teaching a language that I, myself, dont know! wait.. i wasnt suppose to say that =X

Grammar

Noun is a name. In Pashto, just like many other languages, the number of the noun is either plural or singular. For making plural, the suffixes "an", "ona" , "ee" are most frequently used.

Vocabularyperson ( Read more... )