Pashto Learners Thread: پښتو زده کړه

[Palwan]

داسې؟

په ټولو لوبو کښې زما فټ بال ډیر خوښ دی


So yeah, I guess in Pakhto you can't say khwakh laral, lol. In Dari people say something similar (khosh dashtan) but I guess the same doesn't apply here.

[*Mahzala*]

داسې؟

په ټولو لوبو کښې زما فټ بال ډیر خوښ دی


So yeah, I guess in Pakhto you can't say khwakh laral, lol. In Dari people say something similar (khosh dashtan) but I guess the same doesn't apply here.

Correct. =)

No, you can't say it that way as laral in Pakhto can be used to imply to have. In Pakhto, it would suffice to say khwakh. In fact, khwakh laral is incorrect wording in any instance. Instead, you could say: Khwakheegi - which can be translated as the act of liking. (Does that make sense?) Dari is different in many ways to Pakhto; firstly, it lacks masculine and feminine and so clearly, sentence structure and wording is very different to Pakhto.

[Feroza_Banu]

Spring: psarlay
Winter: zhamay
Summer: dobay
Autumn: manay

father in law: khosar
Mother in law: khwakhe
brother's wife: wrendaar
husband's brother's wife: Yor
Sister's husband: awkhay
husband's sister: indror
wife's sister: kheena
brother of husband: lewar
wife of maamaa: maamay
Wife of kaka: Tindaar

[Feroza_Banu]

Ha! Ha! What a baffoon I am!!
Hit me on the head with a chaukai, so that I wake up!
"Husband's Wife!!!"

Nobody noticed?!?!?!?

What I meant, people, was husband's sister!

brother, r u sure about this "yor" thing.

husband's sister = indror

and yor is your lewar's wife. isn't it?

like angaar's brother's wife to me would be yor.

[Palwan]

Correct. =)

No, you can't say it that way as laral in Pakhto can be used to imply to have. In Pakhto, it would suffice to say khwakh. In fact, khwakh laral is incorrect wording in any instance. Instead, you could say: Khwakheegi - which can be translated as the act of liking. (Does that make sense?) Dari is different in many ways to Pakhto; firstly, it lacks masculine and feminine and so clearly, sentence structure and wording is very different to Pakhto.

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I see now how the verb khwakhedal would apply, too.

[Palwan]

Can't orrey also mean summer?

اوړی

[*Mahzala*]

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense. I see now how the verb khwakhedal would apply, too.

Khwakhedel and khwakhawel can be applied, but they both, like other words, can be used differently. For instance, khwakhedel can be used in some sentences to describe a past tense of liking. Khwakhawel can also mean choosing.

Can't orrey also mean summer?

اوړی

Yes, orhay means summer.

[tor_khan]

brother, r u sure about this "yor" thing.

husband's sister = indror

and yor is your lewar's wife. isn't it?

like angaar's brother's wife to me would be yor.

Do you know Feroza, I had to think about this ... being a typical man ... I'm not good at working out female relationships with one another. Just thinking about it and putting it into English makes me tired. In English it's much simpler - uncle/aunt/cousin/grandfather/grandmother/neice/nephew etc. Try holding all of the variants in your head when your balancing more than one language ... Funny thing is how no-one spotted it the first time round ... when I said husband's wife ... it was only when I re-read the English contradiction ... Funny ... ...

My mother has a friend whom we jokingly call "da nya unwasai" (grandmother's grand-daughter) because she used to say that a lot rather than, "zma da tror lur" or "zma da mama lur" etc. Instead she'd say "zma da nya unwasai", which could of course have been her. I think I had a "nya unwasai" moment when I first wrote that.

But, what you say sounds right. Indror does sound like a husband's sister and yor does sound like your husband's brother's wife. Best person to check with is my wife (the husband's wife), she has all the relationship things worked out ...

[Feroza_Banu]

Do you know Feroza, I had to think about this ... being a typical man ... I'm not good at working out female relationships with one another. Just thinking about it and putting it into English makes me tired. In English it's much simpler - uncle/aunt/cousin/grandfather/grandmother/neice/nephew etc. Try holding all of the variants in your head when your balancing more than one language ... Funny thing is how no-one spotted it the first time round ... when I said husband's wife ... it was only when I re-read the English contradiction ... Funny ... ...

lol its fine. angaar struggles with relationship names too. i think i have repeatedly told him about 10 times that his sister is indror to me and he still forgets it.

yeah i am surprised no one caught thatlol

My mother has a friend whom we jokingly call "da nya unwasai" (grandmother's grand-daughter) because she used to say that a lot rather than, "zma da tror lur" or "zma da mama lur" etc. Instead she'd say "zma da nya unwasai", which could of course have been her. I think I had a "nya unwasai" moment when I first wrote that.

But, what you say sounds right. Indror does sound like a husband's sister and yor does sound like your husband's brother's wife. Best person to check with is my wife (the husband's wife), she has all the relationship things worked out ...

LOL funny!...

yeah ask my wrendaar about it. Let me know what was her feedback

[Feroza_Banu]

What is the Pashto word of saying she is my ''grand daughter''.

"lmasey" = grand daughter.

[کیش]

What is the Pashto word of saying she is my ''grand daughter''.

Haghé zma lmasay da. Correct if am wrong

[Sheenka]

Haghé zma lmasay da. Correct if am wrong

i thought it was masi

[کیش]

i thought it was masi

Masi? I could be wrong.

Haghé= she
Zma= my
Lmasay= granddaughter
Da= is(feminine)

[darwezkhail]

Masi? I could be wrong.

Haghé= she
Zma= my
Lmasay= granddaughter
Da= is(feminine)

Good but in this context you would say hagha for 'she' in place of haghe which is the English equivalent 'her'

For males, instead, you would say hagha for 'he' as well but you would say hagho for 'him'.

[Badlun]

another geosynonym for lmasai is NWASAI for granddaugher and nwasay for grandson. In some parts its also pronounced as namsai and namsey