Archive for December, 2018
Perfective and Imperfective Moods in Pashto Posted by muhammad on Dec 15, 2018
In addition to tenses, Pashto also uses two moods: the imperfective and the perfective. Both of these moods can be used in the past and present tenses. Imperfective Mood The imperfective mood is used to express a regularity or continuity of the verb action. It also points to the progressive nature of the action of…
The importance of spoken words in Afghan culture Posted by muhammad on Dec 7, 2018
خپله ژبه هم قلا ده هم بلا Khpala czba hum qala da hum bala da “It’s your own tongue which either lands you in trouble or protects you from it” In the above proverb, “tongue” refers not to the body part, but one’s language or speech—indicative of the role and importance of spoken words in…