Pashto for dummies

[Mayana]

The concept of grammatical gender is difficult to explain because neither Dari nor English distinguish between masculine and feminine nouns.

It is just an attribute that nouns have. It is independent from natural gender, and sadly, you will just have to know which words are masculine and which are feminine as there are no rules you can follow. Yet another reason why Pashto is so difficult.

But then again, Russian has five noun classes (masculine, feminine, neuter, common and reciprocal) and Arabic distinguishes between masculine and feminine in the single and masculine and feminine in the dual and masculine and feminine in the plural and human and non-human plurals. lol enough of a tangent.. but you get the point, this is yet again another thing that you will learn by speaking Pashto more, inshallah.

[کیش]

Review M1 nouns:

denotes people or animals, as well as occupations, and professions.
Form their plurals by adding an (an) to the direct singular form.
Form their oblique plural by adding an (o ). To the direct singular form

Example:

Student== Shagard (direct/singular form)
Shagardan (direct plural)
Shagardano (oblique plural)

How am I doing so far? Feedback is welcome!

[کیش]

Review M1 nouns:

denotes people or animals, as well as occupations, and professions.
Form their plurals by adding an (an) to the direct singular form.
Form their oblique plural by adding an (o ). To the direct singular form

Example:

Student== Shagard (direct/singular form)
Shagardan (direct plural)
Shagardano (oblique plural)

How am I doing so far? Feedback is welcome!

Review M2 nouns.
-Are nouns that form their plurals by (una) to the direct singular form
-(uno) to their oblique form
M2 are inanimate objects, ideas or characteristics.
Example:
House= Kor(DS/OS) Koruna (DP) Koruno (OP)

Feedbacks are wanted! Please correct my mistakes and/or give me info about the M2 nouns, as well as M1 ones.

[Alchemist]

how do you say

"don't do it" ...like Nako in farsi...

[kakargirl]

how do you say

"don't do it" ...like Nako in farsi...

makawai

[unknownprince]

Idiot,

are you learning pashto to become a translator?

I don't think this site should be used for such purposes, and iA I hope this is not the case. I know yoy are against the War.