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…
Affirmative, negative, and interrogative simple sentences in Dari. Posted by najib 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…
simple sentences in Dari Posted by najib 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 …
Dari song with lyrics Posted by najib 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…