The Pashto Phrase Thread

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Posts phrases in Pashto, that are spoken in everyday communications.

Staray mé she== Hello(to a man)
Starëy më she== hello(to a women)

Day== he;it (masculine)
Dâ== she;it (feminine)

He/she/it. Hâgha
We. muz/mung
They. Haghoy/doy

This. da/dagha
That hagha
These. Dagha
Those hagha
Here dalta
There halta

Where. cheri/cherta
Who. Tsuk
What. tsë/tsë shay
When Kala
Which. Kum
How. Tsanga/tsaranga
Why. Wali
How much. Tsumra
How many. Tsu

What's that. dA tsë shay day
Is/are their. ... Halta shta
Where is. ...Cheri/Cherta day
Where are. Cheri/Cherta di
Here is. ... Dalta day
Here are. ... dalta di

what should I do? Tsë Shay wakram
What do you want? tsë Shay ghware



Please add more everyday phrases used! All add more later.

[abubaker]

Where are you going?
Cherey zai?

Are you hungary? plural
ta wazhey ye?

Stop laughing.
Ma khanda

don't laugh

[graveyardofempires]

Where are you going?
Cherey zai?

Are you hungary?
ta wazhey ye?

Stop laughing.
Ma khanda

in my dialect (east Afghanistan)we say:

cherta zey
te wegay yee?or wegay kho ne yee?

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Haghay/hagha ta wawaya. Tell him/her
I like. ... zma khwaghighi
I don't like. ... Zma na khwaghighi
I am going. Ze____Zem

This is my... Da zma... Day
Te da kum dzay yast------where are you from
What do you do. Taso tsë kar kawey
I work in. Pe__ke kar kawem


please everyone add more phrases, for people to learn phrases easily.

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Subject of Weather

How's the weather? Hawa tshanga da
The weather is .... Today. Hawa nën....da
It's going to rain. Hawa barani da
It's raining. Baran ori
It's snowing. Wawra ori
It's sunny. Lmar day

[Manzareh]

Do you want a slap? - Shrak dulla durkam?
get out! - wooza!
when you going? - ta kala zeh?
come here - dulta raasha
you wanna play? - loubeh kow?
mala raaka! - give me it

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Some kitchen/cooking phrases

When will the food be ready?----Hagha/dodei kala tayari ji?
what are you cooking?-----Tsë Shay pakhaway?
I am cooking _____? Ze_____pakhawam
Am hungry_____ waghay yam
Am thirsty_____ taghay yam
Have you eaten yet? Dodei dë khorale da?
Do you want____?------- Aya_________ghwarey?
That"s all, thank you---------Bas hamdumra, mañana
That's enough-------- Bas di
I am full-------- ze mor yam
I am full(after eating)-------ze mor Sam
Do we have?-------Mung.......khorëy

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Random phrases

Ze bai wachlam----I will drive
Zachay zoo----Lets go

Needs
I need ____. Zma______pëkar di/day/da

I am leaving---- os dzam
We are leaving--- os dzu
When are we leaving--- Kala mung zu
Could you repeat that?----- Keday shi tikrar ye krey

More coming soon. Members who are good in speaking Pashto, please help so we could make speaking Pashto a little more easy.

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Health related

What's the problem?------tsë taklif lare?
I am sick?----narogh yam
My friend is sick-----zma malgarey narogh day
I can't sleep------knob në sham Kawalay
I have ....?------ ze_____larem
Sore throat-------da stuni dard
Backache------mla dard
Fever----tabë
I have a cold------ze zukam yam
I have a cough-----ze tokegham

[Feroza_Banu]

Random phrases

Ze bai wachlam----I will drive

salam.

just minor correction. it is

ze ba ye wochalawam. (i will drive it).

when spoken fast "ze bai wochalawam"

saying wachlam is like eating parts of the word... and it is incorrect.

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salam.

just minor correction. it is

ze ba ye wochalawam. (i will drive it).

when spoken fast "ze bai wochalawam"

saying wachlam is like eating parts of the word... and it is incorrect.

I got that particular phrase from my brother in law. Before that I used to say "Ze bai Motar Chalawom. But he said that wrong

Does everything else look good?

[Feroza_Banu]

I am full(after eating)-------ze mor Sam

sam is not correct.

it is "za morr swam" (male)

and for female would be "za marra swalam"

[Feroza_Banu]

I got that particular phrase from my brother in law. Before that I used to say "Ze bai Motar Chalawom. But he said that wrong

Does everything else look good?

yes 'ze bai motar chalawam' is also wrong

everything else looks very good... good job !

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yes 'ze bai motar chalawam' is also wrong

everything else looks very good... good job !

Thanks haha . I pronounce it as swam as well, I don't know why I said Sam thanks for proof reading it for me!

[Feroza_Banu]

^no problem and don't feel bad, we are here to help each other.... with your speed... and passion u will inshaAllah be fluent pashto speaker.