Archive for January, 2013
Five Tips for Reading Pashto Script Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Jan 28, 2013
Pashto 1. The unique letters: Pashto adopted the Arabic alphabet and added some extra letters to accommodate for the sounds that are unique to Pashto. In order to read the Pashto script correctly you need to be able to pronounce these letters correctly. The following are the letters that are unique to Pashto. You can…
Past Tense of the “To Be” Verbs in Pashto Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Jan 11, 2013
The “to be” verb in English has only two forms (was, were) in the past tense. In Pashto, however, we have at least six forms for the past tense of the verb “to be”. The reason we have so many forms for the verb “to be” is because unlike the English verbs, Pashto verbs have…
Men Holding Hands in Afghanistan Posted by Sayed Naqibullah on Jan 6, 2013
In this post I would like to start by asking you a question. Suppose you are a man and you are in Afghanistan, what would you do if an afghan male-coworker or a friend approaches you and holds your hand? Well, I bit you will panic, blush, and be nervous. In this post we will…