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Question Words in Dari Posted by on Sep 21, 2011

Question words are some of the most commonly used words in a language. And this is true with the Dari language too.  The use of the question words in Dari is very simple and by only knowing the question words and the “to be” verbs you can make simple sentences. Here we will teach you…

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The “to be” verbs in Dari Posted by on Sep 1, 2011

  The “to be “verbs are verbs that show state of being, (i.e.  Am, are, and is). In Dari the “to be” verbs are derived from the imaginary infinitive هستن   Hastan.  All different forms of the  “to be” verb have the same stem and only the ending changes, for example هستم  Hastam (I am) and  هستند…

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Dari Greetings Posted by on Apr 3, 2011

Greeting people is the first step to knowing them and eventually making friends with them. This is true in Afghanistan too, but it is even more important than it is in many western cultures. Greetings are so important in Afghanistan that some people say Salaam Alaikum (hello) even when returning to a room after only…

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