Salamuna

[khushal]

Kaka they use Pashto and Urdu numbers interchangeably. Even if they do not use Pashto numbers they understand them perfectly.

No they do not. Go to any shopkeeper or taxi driver in Peshawar and tell them a number in pashto and they will look at you dumbfounded. If they do understand, they are most likely Afghan.

I have cousins that grew up in Peshawar and they don't know how to count in Pashto. Some of my cousins recently learnt how to count in Pashto after visiting Kabul. They were forced to.

[Traveller]

No they do not. Go to any shopkeeper or taxi driver in Peshawar and tell them a number in pashto and they will look at you dumbfounded. If they do understand, they are most likely Afghan.

I have cousins that grew up in Peshawar and they don't know how to count in Pashto. Some of my cousins recently learnt how to count in Pashto after visiting Kabul. They were forced to.

Soocha darogh. Pekhawar pregda, zama da mama zaman Islamabad ke loy shiwi di o haghai hum Pukhto shmer bande poyigi.

[khushal]

OK.

[kunatawar]

OK.

yea man, in peshawar region we use alot of hindi/english loanwords even though we know the pashto equivalent. i think it has to do with trying to sound fancy or educated since we are just a product of our environment at the end of the day

[زده کوونکی]

Salamuna... Zma num Talib day aw za da Pashto zhabe zda kawunkay yam. Za pa Inglistan ki osezham aw za dalta zizhedalay woma. Os zma umr tsalwesht kaluna di. Ma Pindzalas kaala ter krali pa Pakistan ki aw zma da kushniwal sa der shauq wu che za Pashto zda kram kho ka tase ta rishtya ba wayam no, der mehnat me na di kari. Tsa pa wayam no.. haqiqat daa da chi za pa mashartob ki sust woma aw os za daa afsos kawam che hagha wakht ki ma da Pashto zhabe der resources darlod aw os dalta dasi da Pashto zhabe kitabuna paida kawal yaw der mushkil day aw bal ka paida kezhi no qimatuna ye bekhi lwar di :/ Za ghwaram che yaw dzal bya Pakistan ta (aw yaw wradz Inshallah loy Afghanistan ta ham) wlar sam Pashto zda kawalo da para kho za dumra paise na laram chi da alwatake kiraya ba pura kawam aw ka ticket ba akhlam no nore paise ham ma sara nasta che halta yaw sha hotel ki pate kezham ya sha khorak aw sahi maze ba wakram… da dey wajah na za dera khushala swam che dasi yawa da Pashto zhabe aw culture dera ghata khazana pa dagha forum rang ki sta pa internet ki… Abad osai shaghalay Admin Khan! Kor mo wadan 

Greetings,
I am a student of the Pashto language based in the UK. I am very greatful to have been accepted as a member of this wonderful forum - a great help for my study. Please would readers comment on my language usage above. Any corrections, tips or just general observations would be much appreciated. I apologize for typing in a Latin script in future I will make an effort to type in Pashto script. Please note I habitually use the Quetta accent, specifically the urban variety but try my best to incorporate elements of other dialects for a more wider reach. Thank you.
Kind regards,
A

Dear readers I apologize - I made two mistakes in my Pashto without realizing:

1) After reading some of your comments I realized that I said my age was "tsalwesht" (40) however I meant to say "tsalorwesht" (24) ! This is probably because of my not checking the post properly for errors.

2) The second stupid mistake I made was using "mashartob" (leadership) instead of "mashumtob" (childhood) ! again stupid and embarrassing :/

Za da staso bakhshana ghwarama... kho da Mazar chars me skalay wey

[زده کوونکی]

Your pashto decent. In fact its better than your English.

There's a lot of good resources here.

Thank you. English is supposed to be the one language I am fluent in so I don't know how to feel about you saying my Pashto is better than my English lol

[زده کوونکی]

Walaykum Salam wrora, kha raghle!
Sanga ye?

Dera manana. Da Khudai fazl day, za kha yama... taso wowayay?

[زده کوونکی]

Welcome to the forum.
Your Pashto seems perfectly fine even though I do not know the Quetta dialect that well and someone from that area would be able to give you a better input.

Thank you very much.

[زده کوونکی]

The fact is they don't. Mr. American knows how to count in pashto, the pakis dont.

You can't generalize. Some individuals make more effort to learn and speak better Pashto.

Raa ta wowayast che nan saba pa Amrika ke jwand tsanga teregi?

[زده کوونکی]

Pa khair raghlai. Sta Pashto samadama da.

Dera manana ustaza... yaw darkhwast dar sa kawama... aya tasey zma username tabdil kawalay sey pa Roman lik ki? Za yaw iPad ham laram aw pa dagha device bandi me Pashto keyboard install kari na di aw khali English keyboard day no agar tasey zma username change kawalay sey no zma da para dera asani ba wi... Tashakur

[زده کوونکی]

Soocha darogh. Pekhawar pregda, zama da mama zaman Islamabad ke loy shiwi di o haghai hum Pukhto shmer bande poyigi.

Wrora za ham pa Islamabad ke loy shaway yama... it depends on the individual but in Islamabad or other cities outside KPK or Balochistan where Pashto is the main language, is it harder to actually study it.

[زده کوونکی]

yea man, in peshawar region we use alot of hindi/english loanwords even though we know the pashto equivalent. i think it has to do with trying to sound fancy or educated since we are just a product of our environment at the end of the day

Not just Peshawar, all over Pakistan. Even in Quetta.

In Pakistan we use Urdu and English words and in Afghanistan they mix in Farsi words.

[toughpashtun]

Do you know how old he is?

Your idea that Pashtuns in Pakistan do not know how to count in Pashto , is completely wrong.As Traveller said , that even though Urdu numbers are used quite often but people do know the Pashto equivalent as well.
Just because your cousins were unable to do so , does not in any way prove that everyone else is like that too.

Even though I don't use them that often , but I can count in Pashto .

[toughpashtun]

No, they do not. Ive lived in Pakhtunkhwa. The shopkeepers all say urdu numbers which I don't understand. The only paki shopkeepers that knew pashto numbers were the ones that had shops close to where Afghans lived so they were forced to learn the language of their customers.

In Peshawar , there do live people who are non-Pashtuns but have picked up the Pashto language.So if such a person doesn't know how to count in Pashto , don't be surprised.
Also if I'm not wrong , you are either from Khost or Paktia. It might be that in your dialect the numbers sound different from that of the Peshawar region.

[khushal]

In Peshawar , there do live people who are non-Pashtuns but have picked up the Pashto language.So if such a person doesn't know how to count in Pashto , don't be surprised.
Also if I'm not wrong , you are either from Khost or Paktia. It might be that in your dialect the numbers sound different from that of the Peshawar region.

dialect does not really make that much of a difference in numbers. Besides you guys ran away when asked the question.