Pashto Basic course discussion topic.

[Nokia_Apridy]

WANA/Botay (Tree)
WENA (BLOOD)

[spogmai shaglay]

za coputer ta nasta yam...for feminine
za computer ta nast yam,,,,for masculine
za pa computer nast yam,,,,I am sitting ON-UPON computer

depends what do you mean to say. If computer is used as a chair then this way is correct other wise as above
i didnt mean to sit upon/on the computer and had meant to sit at the computer....
so for at also we use ta?

On prepositions we ll have a detailed lesson later

Our next tense is Present perfect tense

Waiting for another tense now.. so atleast we finish Present Tense.....

[abubaker]

WANA/Botay (Tree)
WENA (BLOOD)

botay/bush... not George w bush because that would be ganda butai lol

[Badlun]

Present Perfect Tense

Present perfect Tense

So far we have studied two tenses of Pashto

Present indifinite tense as I write za likam , we write mong likoo,he/she/they write hagha/haghoi likee, you write ta likay, you write taso likai

and Present continuous tense as I am writing za lagya yam likam , we are writing mong lagya yoo likoo, he is writing hagha lagya day likee, she is writing hagha lagya da likee, they are writing haghoi lagya dee likee, you are writing ta lagya ye likay, you are writing taso lagya yai likai

Now we shall discuss present perfect tense

I have written a letter< ma yaw khat likalay day

we have written letetrs <mong khatoona likalee dee

he has written a letter< hagha yaw khat likalay day

she has written a letter <haghay yaw khat likalay day

they have written letters <haghoi khatoona likalee dee

you sing. have written a letter< ta yaw khat likalay day

you pl. have written letters< taso khatoona likalee dee

Some more sentences in present perfect tense

verb to go tlal

za talay yam <I have gone

mong talee yoo <we have gone

hagha talay day <he has gone

hagha talee da <she has gone

haghoi talee dee <they have gone

ta talay ye <you have gone

taso talee yai< you have gone

Explanation of Present perfect tense

Present perfect tense is some what complicated. Verb takes different shapes as usual so pay attention to the endings of verbs

For example in english we say

I have come

In Pashto we translate this as

za raghalay yam

here za is for I, raghalay is for come but for singular masculine person yam is for have but for singular person

if I is a feminine singular then in Pashto we will say

za raghili yam , here raghali instead of raghalay which is masculine

similarly the verb ratlal to come will change according to person

I have come < za raghalay yam/za raghali yam

we have come < mong raghali yoo

he has come < hagha raghalay day

she has come < hagha raghali da

they have come < haghoi raghali dee

you have come < ta raghalay ye /ta raghali ye for feminine

you pl. have come < taso raghali yai

In English we see only change of have and has but in Pashto we have many changes

For example for have we have these words

yam for I

yoo for we

day for he

da for she

dee for they

ye for you sing.

yai for you pl.

Similarly the verb ratlal to come also takes different shapes as

raghalay for masculine sing. you and I

raghali for feminine sing. and for plural (they), and you plural

Please note these and practice

Try to post ur sentences in this tense and let us correct if there are mistakes


First try in Pashto and if not at all possible then write in English and let us translate for u in Pashto

For further guidance more sentences in present perfect tense


verb rasaidal to reach ( rarasaidal means to reach here dalta and rasaidal means to reach there halta)

I have reached < za rasaidalay yam

we have reached < mong rasaidalee yoo

he has reached < hagha rasaidalay day

she has reached < hagha rasaidalee da

they have reached < haghoi raseedalee dee

you have reached < ta rasaidalay ye

you have reached < taso rasedalee yai

to reach there (halta) means rasaidal

to reach here (dalta) means rarasaidal

For example

I have reached here za dalta rarasaidlay yam

I have reached there za halta rasaidalay yam

More sentences in present perfect tense

verb skhal to drink

I have drunk water < ma ooba skhalee dee

we have drunk water < mong ooba skhalee dee

he has drunk water <hagha ooba skhalee dee

she has drunk water < haghay ooba skhalee dee

they have drunk water <haghoi ooba skhalee dee

you have drunk water<ta ooba skhalee dee

you have drunk water <taso ooba skhalee dee

as I have already explained above this tense is complicated in Pashto

note above some exceptional changes

in I have drunk water not za but ma another form of pronoun za

for have all the verbs are dee as it depends on ooba which is plural

I have gone to Peshawar…… .. Za Pekhawar la-ta talay yem

We have gone to Peshawar……... Moong Pekhawar la talee yu

He has gone to Peshawar……... hagha Pekhawar la talay de

She has gone to Peshawar………. hagha Pekhawar la talay da

They have gone to Peshawar……….. haghoi Pekhawar la talee di

You(sing.) have gone to Peshawar …….. ...Ta Pekhawar la talay -talee yeh

You (pl.) have gone to Peshawar …… Taso Pekhawar la talay yai



NOT Za khwralee yam..BUT.. Ma khwarhalay da (dodai)

Mong khwralee yoo... Moong khwarhalay da

Hagha khwralay day... Hagha khwarhalay da

Hagha khwralee da..... Hagha khwarhalay da

Haghoi khwralay/khwralee dee... haghoi khwarhalay da

Ta khwralay/ khwralee ye... Taa khwarhalay da

Ta khwralay/khwralee yai.... Pl. Taso khwarhalay da

NOT Za yaw kitab lwlaee yam >BUT Ma yo kitab lwastalay de

Mong yaw kitab lwalee yoo > Moong yo kitab lwastalay de

Hagha yaw kitab lwastalay day Hagha yaw kitab lwastalee da

>Kitab is masculine should be no change with above sentence. hagha yo kitab lwastalay de

Haghoi yaw kitab lwalee/lwalay dee > haghoi yo kitab lwastaley de

Ta yaw kitab lwalee/lwalay ye .. Taa yo kitab lwastalay de

Ta yaw kitab lwalee/lwalay yai... plural.. Taso yo kitab lwastalay de



Question I did not understand the sentence in case of ‘za ooba skhalee dee’.Ma obo skhalee di' .In other sentences we consider whether the doer is a male or a female but in this case ooba which is plural is considered and the masdar skhal changes to skhalee. In this case why the doer is not considered whether a male or a female. That’s why I didn’t write the sentences for I have drunk tea. Can u plz explain.

ANSWER_ THIS IS WHY I SAID THIS TENSE IS COMPLICATED AND NEEDS LOTS OF PRACTICE

First in Grammar there is no answre for why as Grammar always describes how the users use a language

for example no body can answer this that why

he has gone but

I have gone

we have to learn and practice how the language is used by the native speakers yes there are some rules but there are always exceptions

for verbs like to drink, skhal, eat etc when followed by an object as meal or water or tea etc , it is always the object which bring changes in the verb not the subject/doer , he she etc

for example

I have drunk tea for all pronouns will be translated as

ma chai skhali da , mong chai skhali da , hagha chai skhali da , haghay chai skhali da , haghoi chai skhali da , ta chai skhali da ,taso chai skhali da

because chai tea in Pashto is feminine and matraial noun . in some parts of Pashto speaking areas tea is masculine and you will listen

ma chai skhalay day and so on

[spogmai shaglay]

Present perfect Tense

NOT Za khwralee yam..BUT.. Ma khwarhalay da (dodai)


NOT Za yaw kitab lwlaee yam >BUT Ma yo kitab lwastalay de


I have drunk tea for all pronouns will be translated as

ma chai skhali da

because chai tea in Pashto is feminine and material noun . in some parts of Pashto speaking areas tea is masculine and you will listen

ma chai skhalay day and so on

Osho... in the above Present Perfect Tense discussion.......ma yaw khat likalay de and likalay de will be same for all pronouns cause kitab is masculine.....

then when dodai which is feminine then shouldnt it be ma dodai khwarhali da???????????????????? also as its mentioned ma chai skhali da????Please clear this doubt......

[spogmai shaglay]

Try to post ur sentences in this tense and let us correct if there are mistakes


First try in Pashto and if not at all possible then write in English and let us translate for u in Pashto

Ma Pashtu jaba zda kawali da…. I have learned Pashtu language ….ma computer ta kenastalay day… I have sat at the computer…….ma Pashtu jumley likalee dee…. I have written Pashtu sentences……mor mata pa pakhlanzai ki ghag kawali da….(doubtful about this)… mom has called me in the kitchen…..ma yaw band likalay day…..i have written a paragraph…..mong dodai pakh karhi da….we have cooked food…..ta da band lwastalay dey….. you have read this paragraph….hum ta band sam kawalay day….. You have also corrected this sentence…..

[abubaker]

Ma Pashtu jaba zda kaldi da…. I have learned Pashtu language ….ma computer ta kenastalay day… I have sat on the computer…….ma Pashtu jumley likalee dee…. I have written Pashtu sentences……mor mata pa pakhlanzai ki ghag kaldai da….(doubtful about this)… mom has called me in the kitchen…..ma yaw band likalay day…..i have written a paragraph…..mong dodai pakha karhi da….we have cooked food…..thaa da band lwastalay dey….. you have read this paragraph….hum ta band sam kaldai day….. You have also corrected this sentence…..

your confusing ''kaldai'' with kawalai

[Badlun]

Osho... in the above Present Perfect Tense discussion.......ma yaw khat likalay de and likalay de will be same for all pronouns cause kitab is masculine.....

then when dodai which is feminine then shouldnt it be ma dodai khwarhali da???????????????????? also as its mentioned ma chai skhali da????Please clear this doubt......

Yes Kitab is masculine for all pronouns thus dey
and dodai DA for all pronouns
chai ..DA but in some areas DEY because there Chai is taken as masculine

[Badlun]

ma pashtu jaba zda kawali da…. I have learned pashtu language ….ma computer ta kenastalay day… i have sat at the computer…….ma pashtu jumley likalee dee…. I have written pashtu sentences……mor mata pa pakhlanzai ki ghag kawali da….(doubtful about this)… mom has called me in the kitchen…..ma yaw band likalay day…..i have written a paragraph…..mong dodai pakh karhi da….we have cooked food…..ta da band lwastalay dey….. You have read this paragraph….hum ta band sam kawalay day….. You have also corrected this sentence…..

jaba zda karhi da
za computer ta nasta yam
ghag karhey dey
sam karhey dey

[Badlun]

What is the pashto word for

PREPAID

Mkhkey na baya wakrkrhey shawey

May be there exist another word too
Mine is just a literal translation

[Dukhtar-e-Kabul]

What does,
lewanai Anjalai mean?

and how do I say.

"I am so tired from work today hunny, can we go outside to eat?"

[Badlun]

What does,
lewanai Anjalai mean?

and how do I say.

"I am so tired from work today hunny, can we go outside to eat?"

lewanai Anjlai or Jinai, or Injlay or Jinkay (all geo synonyms for girl in Pashto)

means crazy-mad-naughty girl. Lewanai literally means mad but it can be used in positive sense or for love too as naughty or crazy.

I am so tired from work today hunny, can we go outside to eat?

zama miney OR zama janana OR zama zarhgya(all for my hunny) za nan da kar pa waja dera starhi yam,aya mong bahar da dodai khwarhalo da para tlaley shu?

[Nokia_Apridy]

What is the pashto word for

PREPAID

Peshkay

[spogmai shaglay]

ma pashtu jaba zda kawali da…. I have learned pashtu language ….ma computer ta kenastalay day… i have sat at the computer…….ma pashtu jumley likalee dee…. I have written pashtu sentences……mor mata pa pakhlanzai ki ghag kawali da….(doubtful about this)… mom has called me in the kitchen…..ma yaw band likalay day…..i have written a paragraph…..mong dodai pakh karhi da….we have cooked food…..ta da band lwastalay dey….. You have read this paragraph….hum ta band sam kawalay day….. You have also corrected this sentence…..

jaba zda karhi da
za computer ta nasta yam
ghag karhey dey
sam karhey dey

can u please explain why these ending in the above sentences....

[Badlun]

za bakhana ghwarham
I was travelling and watching foot ball matches
will be back here soon