How many of you can actually...

[afghan]

can speak read and write. my hand writing is terrible, not only in pashto but all the other languages i write in.

[graveyardofempires]

i can speak read and write Pashto
i have a decent handwriting

[Gulalai]

Im such a white boy :'(

it's okay Adam, PF still accepts you lool

[AnGaaR]

Read,Write and speak fluently.. Oh and i made ur siggy lol

[Janana]

Very very limited Pashto vocabulary for me, and definitely cannot write, but trying InshaAllah!

[Fahd]

i can talk and read write lil bit mybe because pashtu looks lil bit like arabic !!
but still can understand most of the pashtu :p

[tor_khan]

The real truth about writing (penmanship) in this day and age, is how it is decline - anyone going through a college education today, is not expected to handwrite 2000 word assignments. They are expected to type. Net result, everything ends up looking like Times New Roman or Arial. See this analysis for further discussion.

When it comes to writing in Pashto - I'm a keyboardist - in my handwriting, my ر looks a bit too much like a د sometimes or if I rush like a poorly formed ل. I've tried different styles of writing, but I think it's a neatness/practise thing. I went to English schools - and the skill to read/write in Pashto came elsewhere, not from school. Reading in itself is easy enough when it is on screen or in print and the font is not ambiguous, but sometimes trying to read someone else's handwriting is a challenge (true for any language). Like many here, Pashto is dear to me, and being able to go beyond conversation is important, so I do take the time to learn more. I guess we're all students of the language and it is very important to use, read/write/study and not just pontificate.

I was taught English handwriting by a very old fashioned teacher, who taught me a style called Nelson - so my handwriting isn't too bad and I did sit through a few Kanji classes when I was learning Japanese. The truth is it takes those guys years to perfect their craft. You can't turn language into art in a six week block.

[graveyardofempires]

The real truth about writing (penmanship) in this day and age, is how it is decline - anyone going through a college education today, is not expected to handwrite 2000 word assignments. They are expected to type. Net result, everything ends up looking like Times New Roman or Arial. See this analysis for further discussion.

When it comes to writing in Pashto - I'm a keyboardist - in my handwriting, my ر looks a bit too much like a د sometimes or if I rush like a poorly formed ل. I've tried different styles of writing, but I think it's a neatness/practise thing. I went to English schools - and the skill to read/write in Pashto came elsewhere, not from school. Reading in itself is easy enough when it is on screen or in print and the font is not ambiguous, but sometimes trying to read someone else's handwriting is a challenge (true for any language). Like many here, Pashto is dear to me, and being able to go beyond conversation is important, so I do take the time to learn more. I guess we're all students of the language and it is very important to use, read/write/study and not just pontificate.

I was taught English handwriting by a very old fashioned teacher, who taught me a style called Nelson - so my handwriting isn't too bad and I did sit through a few Kanji classes when I was learning Japanese. The truth is it takes those guys years to perfect their craft. You can't turn language into art in a six week block.

you speak japanes?

[tor_khan]

^"Speak" would be a massive overstatement. I took classes, because there was a time when I was interested in working in Japan, but the good thing was there was no English in the class, only Japanese.

Actually, Aass govoria malko Bulgaski*. (I speak a little Buglarian). I took a Bulgarian elective once as part of my English teacher programme. [It's amazing what you can remember, when you cast back].

*written in Roman not Cyrillic script.

[Master Khan]

I Can only Speak pashto fluently because I never get to learn it sadly, I spend all my life pretty much abroad but my mum and teach me to speak pashto but inshallah I will learn to read it, it not that hard

[Nokia_Apridy]

Za hem pa har jaba Pohgam awo walay sham

hara jaba serf Pukhtu ka nana...:D)

KHu lekeley nasham Lar Yargam ...Chay keday shi Sam na wi...

[Master Khan]

Nokia Wrora, taso kho sirf pashto wai no lol

[Nokia_Apridy]

Awo kna pa Pukhtu pa har jaba pohgam laka chay

da swot da kandhor

awo lakea Wazir awo ya laka chay Marwat....

;P) ta hem soch kwalu chay da Nokia dasey TAkara shu chay

hara jaba wata ezda

[Master Khan]

aaoo kana mashallah wrora, Zo um wam chi toola pashto esda kam kho gran kar di.
lol roro tasara mi afridi pashto esda kra lol

[tor_khan]

Za hem pa har jaba Pohgam awo walay sham

hara jaba serf Pukhtu ka nana...:D)

KHu lekeley nasham Lar Yargam ...Chay keday shi Sam na wi...

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