manana?

[Catya Sher]

I know I'm not one to speak, but I am a fervent supporter of Mehrabani!
Hence I thank Mtn Goat for saying the reality.

What does it matter what Internet people are saying ?

Instead of having eye over one's shoulder to keep up with other sites,
I believe we should at least be freed up to say how it's used over there!
I bet if i go to KP now,
i will NEVER hear "manana" in common parlance ?>

[Haris]

I thought manana meant 'heed' in english..


like,

'De mo habara manana' - 'Listen to what I am saying' or 'Do what I told you'

'waleh de mo habara ne maneh?' - 'why aren't you doing what I said?'


I am not good at writing and translating transliterations so apoligies there.




So have you never head it used like that? Or am I using a different word?

[Fahd]

^
de mo khabara wamana ? ''listen to me '' or '' belive me ''

de mo khabara waleh na maneh ? '' why u not listening to me '' or '' why u not beliving me '' lol

[IamDZJ]

Mana is different than manana.

[tor_khan]

I thought manana meant 'heed' in english..


like,

'De mo habara manana' - 'Listen to what I am saying' or 'Do what I told you'

'waleh de mo habara ne maneh?' - 'why aren't you doing what I said?'


I am not good at writing and translating transliterations so apoligies there.




So have you never head it used like that? Or am I using a different word?

The verb you refer to here is manal - منل - to accept/agree. Perhaps that clears up some confusion.

Also reading back over your transliteration, looks like you miss the خ phoneme in the word "khabara" - خبره. In English خ is often represented as "kh" or sometimes "x". Whatever your dialect, so much of your spoken Pashto* depends on being able to sound this out.

*I would call this Pakhto when speaking, for instance.

P.S. I hope this doesn't confuse you when I tell you that the 'kh' in Pakhto is not represented by خ but by the more unique letter ښ which also has a "sh" sound for those who call it Pashto.