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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 in Pashto 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         د بلوک برید مل  8  Sergeant Major  Breedmal e KanDak      …

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Afghanistan’s Governance II Posted by on Oct 21, 2011

Afghanistan’s Governance Part II All Government terminologies are translated and transliterated in Pashto. Ministry of Justice (de adleyea wozarat د عدليی وزارت  ) Minister of Justice (de adleyea wazir د عدلیي وزیر)           Minister of Justice reports to the President. Similar to the Department of Justice in the United States, Ministry of justice in Afghanistan is responsible for…

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Pashto song with lyrics Posted by on Oct 11, 2011

Let’s try an experiment in using songs to learn Pashto.  Here is a Pashto song with lyrics depending on your level in Pashto, you may have to listen to the song a couple of times. If you are at a lower learning level, you should be able to understand a few words. Songs with Lyrics…

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Afghanistan’s Governance Posted by on Oct 7, 2011

Afghanistan’s Governance Part one        Afghanistan’s government Organizational Structure and its three branches with their terminologies translated and transliterated in Pashto.     Afghanistan’s Governance (de Afghanistan hukomaat د افغانستان حکومت)      Afghanistan’s Government (hukomaatحکومت  ) organization consists of the President (Raees e Jamhoor ریس جمهور) serving as the Chief of State and the Head…

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Question Words in Pashto 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 Pashto language too.  The use of the question words in Pashto 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 Pashto Posted by on Sep 15, 2011

The “to be “verbs are verbs that show state of being, (i.e.  Am, are, and is). The infinitive of the “to be” verb in Pashto is اوسېدل Osedal. In Pashto, all of the “ to be” verbs in present tense do not share a common stem,  for example  ده  da  (she is) and یم  yam…

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