Possessive Pronouns
my - zama
our - zamong/j
your (s) - sta
your (pl) - staso
his - da hagha
her - da haghay
their - da haghoi

Vocabularymy house/home - zama koor ( Read more... )

i just realized that if you pronounce my lj username literally, it sounds very similar to "manguka" which means rat or mouse in pashtu. i am no such creature!(nor did i intend for my lj to take on that meaning lol) =P

it could just be said "manguk" but pakhtoons have a habit of slapping an "a" on to every word at the end- anyone else notice that ;

Hey!
Can anyone translate this for me please!
“You are the best Professor in the whole world!”

Here are the English meanings of the Pashto words in this order: Pashto word - English meaning
( A through I )

zama da ghar pa sar walarha gula

naseeb da cha ye ooba za darkhejawaooma...

im still learning myself so im not sure if they are totally correct.. but oh well..

Singa haal de -- how are you?
Zuh kha yema -- i am fine
Tasuh suh kawai -- what are you doing?
lewaney/lewanai -- crazy [or like they say "pagal" in urdu ( Read more... )

Pashtu song ( Read more... )

HI and salam ,Am new here and i have joined this community to tell you about PASHTU .As being a pathan i would love to help the members in here who loves to speak puktu .... so am here to make you learn the pashtu i speak .

(Some of my dreams are in pushto). New community rule! If you can, try to translate the title of your post in pashto- this way if you're stumbling, someone else can help translate it and then we all learn! OR, of course, we can pick up new words when you do put it in yourself =) If I said that incorrectly, then correct me =P Anyone know the plural ( Read more... )

sorry for the lack of updates- might have something to do with the fact that membership is so minimal right now, hehe ;) I wanted to post some things from a book I had on learning pashto but unfortunately I've left that and a whole bag of books at a friend's place =( Please feel free to post an intro if you like- mine's pretty much in my userinfo. ( Read more... )