Pashto/pakhtu for beginners...

Zakk · Mar 19th, 2005, 05:12 PM

I thought I'd introduce you guys to some basic pashto words..expand your linguistic knowledge a bit

Jor' aw Rogh Ose = Wish you well and good health
Khad aw Abad Ose = Wish you a happy and prosperous life
Pa Khair Raghla = Thanks God you came safe and sound
har kala Rasha = You are welcome anytime
Sthare Mashe = May you not be tired..
Grana = Respected

Pa Dranawi = Best Regards
Khuday Pa Amaan = May God protect you
Staso = yours

Manana = thanks
daera manana= thanks a lot.
bakhAna ghwarum=asking your forgiveness (sorry)
daer Kha kar mo wuku = You have done a good job

Pa Meena = with Love,
Pa Makha Dhay Kha = good on the way
Kher Dey Wee = So nice of you
Sa Khidmath Shta = (is there) Anything , I can do

Shahreen · Mar 19th, 2005, 05:23 PM

Do people still say half of this stuff? I dare any pashtun guy to use the term 'pa meena' with a straight face.

Irem · Mar 19th, 2005, 06:06 PM

Zakk Kher Dey Wee! Manana

Khuday Pa Maan

elahi · Mar 19th, 2005, 06:56 PM

hmm.. I gotta study this carefully before I go to PK. Half my family speaks Pushto and I dont know a word of it

PyariCgudia · Mar 19th, 2005, 07:02 PM

wow, its dramatically different from Sindhi and Punjabi and other languages within those provinces!

I see a little bit of urdu there.

Otherwise, its totally unfamiliar to me. Vakai there is such a cultural imaginary line dividing eastern Pakistan and western Pakistan. (Not East Pakistan as in Bangladesh)

homer_j_simpson · Mar 19th, 2005, 07:26 PM

first time seen pushto wordss.
manana

Zakk · Mar 19th, 2005, 08:11 PM

PCG: The shared words are usually persian..

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Originally Posted by Shahreen

Do people still say half of this stuff? I dare any pashtun guy to use the term 'pa meena' with a straight face.

of course they do shaz..

pa meena

staso wror

zak

Jal_Pari · Mar 19th, 2005, 09:18 PM

It would really help if you can speak these words/sentences in audio gallery. Some of these words have very different pronunciation as to what i think i am reading as.

Aryan_Shponkai · Mar 19th, 2005, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PyariCgudia

wow, its dramatically different from Sindhi and Punjabi and other languages within those provinces!

I see a little bit of urdu there.

Otherwise, its totally unfamiliar to me. Vakai there is such a cultural imaginary line dividing eastern Pakistan and western Pakistan. (Not East Pakistan as in Bangladesh)

Yeah, the West of Indus is completely different than that of East. Though you could still find a large population of Afghans [ Pashtuns ] in East Pakistan, around Multan, whom are the decendents of Ladhi Afghans, Suri Ghori, Abdali etc.

The words Zakk bro put in had a mixture of Pashto & other languages, now let me show you guys the very pure Pashto.

:: Shahreen

Khorkai, i do, my dad does. :P

LuxuryItem · Mar 19th, 2005, 11:45 PM

Zakk,

thanks for posting this! I could pick some words with farsi roots which are used in Urdu as well:

Abad
Khair
Khuday
Amaan
Meena - sounds familiar but I can't recall ever using it in Urdu.
Kher - sounds like khair
Khidmath

Aryan_Shponkai · Mar 19th, 2005, 11:55 PM

Nice pick ups LuxuryItem.

Let me correct some things...

:: Meena - Means LOVE in Pashto
:: Khudai/Khuda is a shared word by both Pashto & Farsi, it belongs to the both Aryan languages.
:: Aman - Khair - Khidmath - Abad - These are not pure Pashto words, but adopted from either Arabic or Farsi language, however we do have words for them, but very few people speak the Purest Pashto now days. Our language is influenced badly from both sides, Farsi from the West, and Urdu from the East, it's striving to survive.

LuxuryItem · Mar 20th, 2005, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aryan_Shponkai

Our language is influenced badly from both sides, Farsi from the West, and Urdu from the East, it's striving to survive.

I was watching a news program with a molvi sahib from Peshawar speaking in Pushto. I could make out many words he was using, many Urdu words. I think it's funny that I found it easier to comprehend, whatever little I could comprehend, than say Punjabi.

LuxuryItem · Mar 20th, 2005, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aryan_Shponkai

however we do have words for them, but very few people speak the Purest Pashto now days.

I always thought Pashto is a derivative language of Farsi. Dari speakers can speak Farsi, Dari and Pashto are cousin lingos? Am I right or am I right?

Aryan_Shponkai · Mar 20th, 2005, 12:13 AM

When was the show on? Was it about some singer?

Anyways, well that's bad for our language, right now most Afghans that i've come across speak mix of three languages, Pashto - Farsi - English. Now that's really bad. Not to forget, that there are also Pashto wrods in Urdu and Farsi.

Let me try to find yous some pure Pashto words...

Aryan_Shponkai · Mar 20th, 2005, 12:19 AM

No, they both have unique characteristics. It's not to be confused as one language. Well i personally see no difference in Dari & Farsi, it's just the accent that differes, the rest is all the same. Yeah, Pashto & Farsi both belong to Aryan group of families, the Farsi spoken in ancient times was somhow like Pashto, but theone today has been Arabinised, there is not much pure Farsi left.

lazy_daisy · Mar 20th, 2005, 02:33 AM

Very interesting and informative ... Zakk

Shahreen · Mar 20th, 2005, 08:18 AM

Aryan - I have to disagree with you......I speak farsi and my stepmothers family are dari speakers too but I wouldn't say that the languages are the same.

Zakk · Mar 20th, 2005, 09:31 AM

Guys this site has some interesting pashto lessons in audio format...

http://languagelab.bh.indiana.edu/pashto.html

It's Pashto with Dari influence..but it might be of some help..

Shahreen · Mar 20th, 2005, 02:29 PM

^ hahaha. Funny stuff.

I liked the music in the last exercise though.

Haris · Mar 20th, 2005, 03:40 PM

good, very cool Zakk

thanks alot!
but pashto sure is a hard language to learn i guess