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Dari, The language of Rumi Posted by 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…

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Affirmative, negative, and interrogative simple sentences in Dari. Posted by on Mar 7, 2012

 Affirmative, negative, and interrogative simple sentences in Dari. The sentence structure in Dari is  subject-object-verb. English Transliteration Dari   Hamed has a pen.   hāmed yak qalam dārad.   حامد یک قلم دارد                             Hamed does not have a pen.   hāmed yak qalam nadārad.   حامد یک قلم ندارد                            Does Hamed have a…

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simple sentences in Dari Posted by on Feb 8, 2012

Simple sentences in Dari:  The verb normally comes at the end of the sentence in Dari.  Translations:  This – īn, that -ān, it –ān or īn, she-ow, he-ow and is –ast. English Transliterated Dari  This is a book  īn ketāb ast  این کِتاب است                                  That is a pen  ān qalam ast  آن قلم است                                  …

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Dari song with lyrics Posted by on Jan 12, 2012

Let’s try a different learning technique using songs to learn Dari.   Here is a Dari song with lyrics.   Songs with lyrics is an additional motivational tool to learning a new language.   This is a slow song and the learners should easily follow the words.  Depending on your level in Dari you may have to review the video…

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Afghan National Police Ranks and Organizations. Posted by on Jan 10, 2012

Afghan National Police:      police e mili afghan پولیس ملی افغان              National Police falls Under Ministry of Interior: police e mili dar chawkat e wozarat e dakhelah  پولیس ملی در چوکات وزارت داخله National Law Enforcement Ranks: ANP ranks are in Pashto language for Dari.                  English                              Transliterated                            Pashto/ Dari  First lieutenant  lumray Saran  لومړی څارن                                …

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Learning a Language Posted by on Jan 9, 2012

 We highly encourage our learners to participate and interact in the target language as much as possible.  The more you interact in the target language the more effective the learning process will be.   Please take a look at the attached video.  The man in the video is giving learning a 100% effort.   Everyone has language…

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Afghan National Army ranks, titles and divisions. Posted by on Nov 24, 2011

Ranks                English                                Transliteration                                            Dari  1  Private  Askar  عسکر  2  Private first class  Sar Baaz  سرباز  3  Lance Corporal  Breedmal  برید مل  4  Corporal  Breedmal  برید مل  5  Sergeant  Breedmal  برید مل  6  Staff Sergeant  Breedmal  برید مل  7  First Sergeant  Breedmal e Blook         برید مل بلوک  8  Sergeant Major  Breedmal e KanDak        برید…

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