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  • How difficult Pashto is :)

    Three native and educated Pashtuns saw my short essay in Pashto and all of them found different errors. Additionally, each of them says that his version is the only correct.
    Someohow I am sure if I post this essay here I will find even more correct versions
    دلته دم او قدم دواړه په حساب دي - پل په لاره غلط مه ږده بې حسابه

  • #2
    Were the 'errors' orthographic or grammatical Yasmeenah?

    Of course we pretty much agree that Pashto, whilst still being an old language is highly irregular in the sense that dialectical approaches contribute significantly to these versions. I'm sure other languages have this too; not just Pashto though with time, and with standardisation these differences are reduced. An example would be the printing presses contribution to standardising English and more recently the media in 'ironing out' some regionalisms towards a more common lexis.

    P.S. Anyone reading this should also look at Yasmeenah's thread where the correct expression for the headband is being sought. At the moment that is one item of jewellery that is completely outside my vocabulary/area of experience .

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    • #3
      later today I will post my other handwrittings with comments of my teachers
      دلته دم او قدم دواړه په حساب دي - پل په لاره غلط مه ږده بې حسابه

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      • #4
        Please do. As a student of the Pashto Language, I am interested in the corrections these Teachers have made. Currently I am having the same problem with my Teachers, especially because one of them is a Pakistani. Their opinions differ greatly and often end in more confusion for the students.

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        • #5
          Pashto is a tricky language just like English.
          "Da bado sakha sha zezhi, da sho sakha washa zezhi"

          - Hajjanai Adeh

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