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Verb Forms in Dari Language Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Jul 12, 2012
In order to be able to use a verb in various structures and verb tenses, it is important to know all the various forms that a verb can take. In Dari a verb has three different forms, the infinitive form, the past stem or the past from, and the present stem or form. The infinitive…
How to Make an Afghan Kite Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Jul 12, 2012
How to Make an Afghan Kite Kite flying in Afghanistan is one of the most famous hobbies and pass-time. Children from the school age to adults of older ages all can be seen flying kites in Afghanistan. Kites in Afghanistan are made of plastic or paper. Like the kites from many other countries, in Afghanistan…
Dari Words for Free, English Words with Dari Origin Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Jun 16, 2012
Dari Words for Free, English Words with Dari Origin The list of words, which I refer to as Dari words for free, contains the words that are very similar to their English equivalents or have Dari/Farsi origin. They are the words that you don’t need to work hard to memorize. These words are almost…
Verb Conjugation in Dari Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on May 9, 2012
Verb Conjugation in Dari In the previous article we talked about the forms of a verb in Dari language. Today we will learn how to conjugate a verb. In Dari the verb conjugation is done the same way for almost all verb tenses. For Instance, if you learn the verb conjugation for present tense you…
Dari, The language of Rumi Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Mar 9, 2012
Dari, The language of Rumi In 13th century a Muslim Afghan Poet who spoke Dari as his first language wrote and spoke words that speak to the hearts of not only the Dari or Persian speaking people but to the hearts of millions around the world. If you are a learner of Dari language, you…
Dining with Afghans Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Nov 11, 2011
Dining with Afghans When you go to Afghanistan it would be very unlikely not to receive several invitations from Afghans for lunch, dinner or at least tea. Afghans are very hospitable and are always welcoming to guests. As one of their famous proverbs goes, “A guest is a friend of God” (Mehmaan Doost E…
How to Say “I love you” In Dari Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Oct 29, 2011
How to Say “I love you” In Dari Dari is the language of love and poetry and expressing feelings of love can’t be more beautiful in any other language than in Dari. Today we are going to teach you how to say “I love you” in the language of Rumi, the Afghan poet who is…