Pashto for dummies

[ScimitarXEdge]

I speak to you

Za khabare (to) ta (or do I use ye)

Please correct me

tata khabari kawum or sta sara khabari kawum

[ScimitarXEdge]

hmmm damn I'm not that great in speaking Pashto :p

I mean all the pashto I know is informal and just from listening to my Plar jan talk , and he's the only Pashto speaking parent I have, my parents spoke to each other in Arabic.

[abubaker]

I speak to you

Za khabare (to) ta (or do I use ye)

Please correct me

ta ta khabari kawam/ I speak to you

ta sara khabari kawam/ I am s speaking with you/ I speak with you

[unknownprince]

I want to know the reasons behind structure

Why is it ta ta? Why is ta repeated twice?

I like knowing the grammar and all the concepts as if taught in school

[Ghilzai]

Its not repeated, first taa is long second one is short. more of a tu

[graveyardofempires]

Can you help with the sentence structure? Like I know it's Pashto is a subject object verb grammar, can you help in going in more detail, please?

what do you want to know i,ll do my best
throw an example at me.

[unknownprince]

what is the reason though?? the linguistic reason for saying ta ta

why 2 ta's ?

[graveyardofempires]

All try not to give you a. Headache.

Like I know the sentence starts with a subject, like the object/person you ate talking about, and ends with a verb. But what goes on in the middle/object? I study all phrases which are ok, but when Pashto speakers go deep in conversations am done.

What comes after the subject?
Does prepositions comes after?
Do adjectives come before nouns?
Do verbs come after nouns?

These sentence structures hold me back, and make me do .



Mañana

Te pe pukhto khaberey neshey kawelay?
TE:you
Pe:on/here used but has less to no meaning like "the" in english
pukhto:noun but here it is subject i guess(it has been along time since my english grammer lessons)
khaberey:speaking
neshey:cant
kawelay:do

aaya,taa ta pukhto ne darzey? is it so that you cant speak pashto?
aaya:is it so
taa:you
ta:to
Pukhto
ne:not
darzey:means come but here means,know

pukhto dera aasana jeba da.pukhto is very easy language.

pukhto
dera:very much
aasana:easy
jeba:tongue
da.is

try if you can figure it out

[graveyardofempires]

what is the reason though?? the linguistic reason for saying ta ta

why 2 ta's ?

taa means you ta means for
so taata means for you/or to you

Taata za salaam wayema

to you i say salaam

in pashto we we dont count as in english,
for example 28 ata esht or ateesht
it means eight twenty

[darwezkhail]

I think Pakhto is a language as impenetrable as the rough mountain villages it is spoken in. That is why few ever succeed in learning it with little to no prior exposure, whether it be exposure from parents speaking it during childhood or living for a very long time in a Pakhtun community. I blame those parents who do not make it a priority that their children should be fluent in it. I am very glad to see those of you who have taken up the courage to learn it in an attempt to work towards preserving this beautiful language of our forefathers.

I suggest those that are willing to learn consider the approach of not focusing on the confusing details of grammatical rules because it would be more easily and quickly learned the way a small child does...through constant exposure and subsequent subconscious/intuitive learning.

Perhaps a good idea would be to learn as much as you can now in terms of vocabulary and grammar whilst not letting the confusing bits get to you.. Many aspects of Pakhto grammar are confusing and there is little explanation either than its simply the way things are said. After that, immerse yourself in an environment overflowing with Pakhto speakers and Insha Allah with a little time and patience you will become an expert. After all, we should have the goal to reunite with our kin in Afghanistan or Pakistan one day or another. Hopefully many of us are simply waiting to complete our studies. Another point is for those of you that are learning, is to practice communicating In Pakhto with the members of the forum. That too will encourage intuitive learning.

I was fortunate enough to have parents that strictly discouraged anything but Pakhto from being spoken by me or my siblings in the premises of the house.

[graveyardofempires]

Nice Thread Alchemist!



Dasey ma waya we are all learning! if you respond to us like that then we will be to shy to ask questions.
Da pradoo watan ke Pakhto sanga ezda ko? hum dalta ba ye ezda kawo kana

toqa me kawela

[کیش]

So can anyone else help with better explaining the Subject Object Verb, sentence and paragraph structuring? I know Pashto words, but can't structure the sentences properly. My family always thinks am speaking some other language. It is getting frustrating.

[Alchemist]

I think Pakhto is a language as impenetrable as the rough mountain villages it is spoken in. That is why few ever succeed in learning it with little to no prior exposure, whether it be exposure from parents speaking it during childhood or living for a very long time in a Pakhtun community. I blame those parents who do not make it a priority that their children should be fluent in it. I am very glad to see those of you who have taken up the courage to learn it in an attempt to work towards preserving this beautiful language of our forefathers.

I suggest those that are willing to learn consider the approach of not focusing on the confusing details of grammatical rules because it would be more easily and quickly learned the way a small child does...through constant exposure and subsequent subconscious/intuitive learning.

Perhaps a good idea would be to learn as much as you can now in terms of vocabulary and grammar whilst not letting the confusing bits get to you.. Many aspects of Pakhto grammar are confusing and there is little explanation either than its simply the way things are said. After that, immerse yourself in an environment overflowing with Pakhto speakers and Insha Allah with a little time and patience you will become an expert. After all, we should have the goal to reunite with our kin in Afghanistan or Pakistan one day or another. Hopefully many of us are simply waiting to complete our studies. Another point is for those of you that are learning, is to practice communicating In Pakhto with the members of the forum. That too will encourage intuitive learning.

I was fortunate enough to have parents that strictly discouraged anything but Pakhto from being spoken by me or my siblings in the premises of the house.

My parents watch a lot of afghan television. And sometimes I watch the pashto news on the afghan television.

So funny story...

We we were watching the news, and it was about wells in kabul and how it was difficult to get water for people. I turned to my father and I tried to pronounce Wa Bakho, and he says "yeah...yeah ...wobo..." ... I am thinking wow, I got it... and my mom turns and says "yes water is wobo" .. water?! lol ....

[Admin Khan]

Assalam-Alaikum Alchemist,

I am more than glad in assisting you in learning Pashto. Do you know the basics? Which languages can you currently speak?

So can anyone else help with better explaining the Subject Object Verb, sentence and paragraph structuring? I know Pashto words, but can't structure the sentences properly. My family always thinks am speaking some other language. It is getting frustrating.

Don't be frustrated Idiot Jaan. We can speak Pashto here.

[Alchemist]

English is my first language, dari/farsi my second and arabic a third.