Shaista WahabHippocrene Beginner's Series Arabic Ammenian Assyrian Basque Bulgarian Chinese ‘Czech Dari (Persian) Dutch French Greek Hingarian Ish balan Fapanese Lithuanian ‘Maori Persian Polish Romanian Russian Scottish Gaelic Serbo-Croatian Shona (ChiShona) Sian Slovak Spanish Turkish Viemamese Welsh Beginner’s Dari (Persian) Shaista Wahab Hippocrene Books, Inc. ‘New York| wish thank Spozhmai Maiwandiforher insightful suggestions on improving the manuscript. (Copyright ©2004 Shaisea Wahab llrightsreserved. ISBN 0-7818-1012-4 For information, address Hippocrene Books, Inc. 171 Madison Avene New York, NY 10016 Cataloging-in-Publicaion dara availabe from the Library of Congres Printed in the United States of America ‘Lesson Twenty-One: Verbs Infntives $7 ‘Lesson Twenty-Two: Present Tense 89 Lesson Twenty-Three: Past Tense 93 Lesson Twenty-Four: Future Tease 100 Lesson Twenty-Five: Negative Verbs 103, Lesson Twenty-Six: Prepositions 107 Part IV: Vocabulary ‘Lesson Twenty-Seven: Numbers 113 Lesson Thirty Time 125 Lesson Thirty-One: Climate 128 Lesson Thrty-Two: Colors. 130 Lesson Thrty-Theee: Facil 132 Part V: Greetings, Common Phrases, and Expressions Groeting Customs 136 ‘When You Need a Taxi 137 Hotel 138 Questions that Start with What, Where, When, and Who 140 Commonly Used Words and Phrases 142 The City 145 Health 146 Food and Meals. 148 Beverages 149 Fruits and Nuts 150 Vegetables 151 Meat 152 Clothing 153 House 154 English —Dari Glossary 157 Contents Introduetion How to Use This Book 3 Part: Writing Dati Aiptabet_7 Lesson One: The Letter ale? 10 Lesson Two: Letters w be through & he 12 Lesson Three: Letters» dal through sheen 16 Lesson Four: eters.» s'ad through & 20y 20 Lesson Five: Letters € ayn through 3 qaf 22 Lesson Six: Letters ss da/through Sun 26 Lesson Seven: Letters # av through ya 31 Part It: Rules Lesson Eight: Writing Dari 37 Lesson Nine: y vav"and” 40 Lesson Ten: r's to Denote a Definite Dirset Object 43 Lesson Eleven: Gender 47 Lesson Twelve: Br'afaor the addition “-e", and Anticles SI [Lesson Thrtcen: Statements, Questions, Commands, ‘& Interrogative Sentences 58 ‘Lesson Fourteen: Questions that start with WT ‘aya 60 [Lesson Fiften: Plural 6 [Lesson Sixtcen: Suffixes & and ay cha 69 Part Iii: Grammar Lesson Seventeen: Personal Pronouns 73 [Lesson Eighteen: Possssive Personal Pronoun Endings. 77 [Lesson Nineteen: Use of Personal Endings with Plural Nouns $0 Lesson Twenty: Adjectives. 83 Introduction ‘The Constitution of 1964 established Dati and Pashto asthe two oficial languages in Afghanistan. Most Afghans ate bilingual and know both Dari and Pashto, Dar isan Indo-European language and uses the same alphabet as Arabic, “The Afghan government used Dari and Pashto for oficial transactions and business. Dar lost its importance after the Taliban took over Kabul it 1996, as the Taliban were mostly Pashto speakers. The interim government ‘of Hamid Karzai tat replaced the Taliban in December 2001 promotes both languages asthe official Ianguages of Afghanistan Dar is spoken by more than $0 percent of the total 22 million Afghans, and it is understood by over 90 percent of the population. In addition to ‘Afghanistan, Dari or Persian is also used in Tran and Tajikistan. Afghani Stan isa landlocked county in Central Asia. Bounded on the north by ‘Tajikistan, Urbekistan, and Turkmanistan tothe west by Iran, othe north- cast by China, nd to the east and southeast by Pakistan, Kabul isthe capi- ‘al of Afghanistan and is populated by more than 3 milion. Other major cites in Afghanistan are Herat, Kandahar, Ghazni, Mazar Sharif, and Faiz ‘Abad. A person from Aphanstan sealed an Aghin or an phan, Afghans js also the name of the cureney used in Afghanistan. One US. dolar is ‘equal to approximately $0 Afghan “The Dar language has several dialects im Afghanistan, and they are called Hozarag, Tajik, Herats, Panjhiri, and Aimagi. The various dis ects of Dar language are similar enough fr Dar speakers understand cach other In this book, Thave used the dislect wed n Kabul called Kabul Dar or Kabul Fars.2 Beginners Dai Das, Fars, Persian, and Taj are names efetng tothe sue lan- faye tis called Dar of Farsi in Afghanistan, Fs or Persian ra and ‘aj in Tain, Dice apes areca Tajikstan the Cy alphabet is used fr Taj, while pokes in Afghanistan and an we the ‘Abie cpt Alig variton of let and pronunciation of ome words ‘hiss inte countries, Some Abie words wer inode Da due tothe inten of sam (nce you Become aii withthe Dai slphabet, reading and writing wil become easy The Das alphabet cota 32 eters 28 ofthe 32 ae Ssodin rai. The our Das lees otin Abate: erg che, Fg and she. vee ‘ “Throughout the book, hve transliterated Dai words wth he Roman siphabet provide a pronincation sie Transterating language ino the Roman alphabet snot an ay ek beaut few Da leer 6 nt have equivalent soudsin English and no Roman trie youdrepesen: tation of those sounds. How to Use This Book Seta goal for yourselfand decide how much time you want to devote tothe ‘study ofthe Dari language. The best way to lear isto study daily Youmay not be able to finish one lesson every day spend as much time as you need, Do not goto the next lesson util you have leaned all the words and have understood the materi from your eurent ne. I's very important that you leam a leston thoroughly before starting the next one ‘The first part ofthe book teaches you the Dar alphabet. As you leam the alphabet, you also lear new Dari words in each lesson. Follow the instructions and complete the exercises in each lesson. Pronounce letters and words to familiarize yourself withthe sound of Dar. After you have Teamed the alphabet, ry to read the Dai writings without looking atthe ‘ranslitrations. Each lesson has a vocabulary list that includes new words; study these to build your vocabulary. “The book is divided into five pars, esch part designed to help you leam the Dari language systematically. Part one consists of seven lessons ‘that teach reading, writing, and pronunciation of the Dar alphabet. You should be able to read and write the Dari alphabet without difficulty by the ‘end of this section. Patt consists of ten lessons that each you the basic rules of Dri In this section, you learn the essential Dari rules, about things like gender and articles one needs to know when acquiring the language. Part three is designed to familiarize you with basic grammar and sentence ‘construction, Minimum grammar instructions about elements Ike verbs and prepositions are given to introduce you to basic Dai rules. Part four teaches numbers, colors, months, and other basic voeabulary. Follow the instruetions and learn new words and their pronunciation 4 Begone Das Parson tough ora ig tech ean, wring and spe ingof the Dai lnguage. Prive canbe sed inepenent om he es ofthe book. Ths secon i dsianed ep you wile you are Afghan Sanby texching ou common guesons an exesions,lowiy sta Converse wth he ese. The pronunciation of Da word neo se inate sept hough the bok PartI WritingDuiAlphabe Dari Alphabet (6,9 sti Petesireesecacrrove! Sesop SS SEE SE ‘The Dari alphabet has thirty-two letters, These letters can occur at the beginning, atthe middle or atthe end of a word. The initial short form ofa letters used when it occurs atthe beginning ofa word and itis joined with the lever that follows it, The letters" alef, 2 dal, Pal, y re 5 2e, zhe, and y vav ae always written in ther Fll or Tong forms. When these letters appear in the middle of a word, they will not connect tothe letters that follow them. However, they may join with their preceding letters, The remaining Dari letters are writ- ten in their shor forms when they occur in the middle of a word and are joined by thee preceding and following eters, Dari has three leters for the sound of', two letters forthe sound of | {three leters fr fh, and fourleters for zTdid not distinguish between the various forms of eters st h, andi transitrating the Dani words into English; however all Dari words are written with their proper Dari lng §gmet Da Daiaphe 9 Alphabet nal Medial_—Terminat_—Transerpton (sort form) stort Torm) dong frm) Vowels ate ‘ aia Rg — : © sinwok wren bead yoy 7 Of , - cc oe ce fs : Bere 5 cme Se 3 = = : + tins in 9G human cm = -_ = i 7 ane tome 7 Ge word nS =e & + see ta Sp be eh = = e h ee ears & tte 5 2 b Soda a Consonants aes = - aS : : ‘These eters are pronounced the sea in English ee z a bafehikimnparstey: pole oe Sot 8 = OS * “Te eombintion of two English eters makes the sound ofthe 2 = & : folowing Dan ltrs id hE ' ts €.sinGomin Bich — oe : Py § Sina & gem es & a a. — a S : Fa 2 Nosimiarsound own in ngs, sounds ike ss 2 6 4 2 ick rin ech To sound come om he ee oe t tackef beat wile he ngs ouhes the a s 2 : feather = 2 wom oe — * som : So owte10 Beginners Das Lesson One Ja! 9 The Letter 1 alef An initial alef always stands alone. 1 alefataches to connecting let ters that precede i. Short forms of alef are transcribed as a, ¢, i, 0, and the long form of alefas ‘a se! (short form) asp — longform) bar (asin ast) horse (asin far) load mn bar the letter alefis connected to the preceding letter w bbe. When alef appears in the middle of a word, it does not connect to the following letter, ‘The initial long ale/T (‘a) signifies a long “a It i called ¥ alef ‘mad. The mark above the alefis called mad. When long alefcomes in the middle of a word it will not require the mad above it. For example the !alefin 4 b’aris a long alef without a mad above it. ab water SUT as'an easy maT ayenda future When J amis followed byt ale the combination ofboth letters is called "am alef'a. Ibis writen sy. Itis pronounced a. ey Falah tulip pe salam hello oe plan plan TheLeter lef 11 alefis written as a straight line. To write alef start from the top and move down, Exercise oa Write the alefseveral times. Pronounce as you writ. Start from te right || sie of the page and move tothe left as you write, Dari is writen from right tothelen. Pree tnt tale || Write the following words. Pronounce as you write, Find their mean- {ngs inthe list atthe end ofthe chapter. TAT Tt ab obT LT GaP OUT SLT as'an wea eat eal est eat “avenda | Sl seal weal 57 ae ae Wk Gk Dar oy oy ay ayy Falah he pe ple ple ple salam OM OW OW OW OH PI Vocabulary Mt aan cay wal ayenda fire pe sal'am alo ap horse Sk ar toad Oe plan plan “y= Falah tulip ab water12 Begonets Dat Lesson Two pg) G3 Letters y be through ¢ khe ‘These letters may connect tothe letters before or after them: be, we Pe ote, 56, g jeem, g che, ¢ he,and @ hhe. Other Teters that act similarly ae: Seen, op Sheen, p Sad, p 2'ad, boy, ¥ 207. 2a, Rha S fob gal Thal, Skah Fram, meen. nus, ands ya. You will ear these in future lessons The letters w bey pe, te, andes se are all written alike ‘The differences between them are the nurnber of dots that are placed above or below these leters. . be has one dot below it, ~ pe has three dots below it, ~ te has two dots above it, and se has three dots above it. When these letters are terminal letters in a word, they ate written intheirlong forms. When they join with following or receding letters, they are writen in their short forms, To write these letters start from the ight comer and make the downward curve. Move your pen to the let and then upto complete your writing, Letersy be trough ¢ Khe 13 Exercise eyed Write the following letters, Pronounce as you write weve e eee le vee eee eee | Write the following words. Pronounce as you write. Find their mean- ings inthe list atthe end of the chapter. We Ue Hy Ue UY WW Ue Bab a de ah ay au au au ah Qu biagh re ele ele elt elt elt ple ple Blam DAS oN nt ot pani14 Beginners Dai Letters g jeem, g che, ¢ he, and g ke are all written alike, The distinctions between them are the number of dots and their place- ‘ment in these letters. jeen has one dot in the middle, g che has three dos inthe middle, ¢ he has no dot, and g Khe has one dot above it. When these letters are terminal letters in a word, they are ‘written in their long forms. When they precede or are followed by conneeting leters they ae written in their short forms. To write these letters stat from the top left comer of these lites, move to right and ‘then down from left ro right, a counterclockwise move, = Exercise gays Write the following letters, Pronounce as you write eecce cee c ciem eececeecac ech ceceeccecec le ee cecceeec ethe ‘Write the following words. Pronounce as you write. Find their mean- ‘ngs inthe list atthe end of the chapter ee ee ee jag Se Se Se Be sk Ge sl se chal ee ee ae ie ae haa eee Oe Se Se UE thane oS pe sk ae Later be through @ Khe 15 Vocabulary Bagh garden Brab'a father Bam roof panir cheese pir old tarb'wz watermelon Cue mulberry jag pitcher Riana home chai tea hawaili yard16 Beginner Dai Lesson Three pgw G2 Letters > dal through | sheen Letters 2 dal, 9 Fal, y re, 5 26, and zhe are non-medial connecting letters, When these letters appear inthe middle of a word, they will not connect to letters that follow them, However, they may connect to preceding letters. ‘The letters » dal and z%al are written alike, To write these letters start from the top, move your pen down and make the curve Add the dot above 3 zal last. The distinction between them is that 9 al has no dot and 3 zal has one dot above it Exereise oa ! Write the leters »d“al and $ 2"al several times, Read aloud as you write sssssage Write the following words. Asalways pronounce as you write, and find their meanings in the lista the end ofthis chapter. Joi Is Iss Ss Jn Id Ine J dinar we ee eh es es as as zarah | Lovers» dal rough sheen 17 ‘The letters 5 re, 5 26, nd 5 zhe are written alike. The distinctions between themtare tie numberof dots used in these letters. reas no ot, 5 ze has one dot above it, and 5 zhe has three dots above it. To write these letters start from the top snd move down tomake the curve The curve isnot as deep asin the letter sda an the letter $2"al Exercise ayes Write these letters, Write the following words. (Are you pronouncing them as you write?) gh Pe ab oy a a ah a abar 3585 8) 8s 95 85 8g 85) Zand | 5 8 8 5 ah ay eh | a) 4518 BagjanersDa ‘The eters. seen and sheen can be written with three teeth or with a long line. When seen and 3 sheen are initial or medial letters, they are written in their sort forms, All three teeth would be ‘oF equal size, like ~ and , Ifthey are the terminal letters ina word, they will keep their long or full forms, even when they are connected to preceding leters. The distinction between .» seen and sheen is that .» seen has no dot and sheen has three dots above it Exercise gay03 Writ the following letters. FPF SEE ESE Foheon Write the following words. (Have you found their meanings in the list at the end of the chapter?) Mp Ep Sp Sp Sp bp pe Sp irk ee eS HB shu Lewes dal through sesbeen 19 Vocabulary sirka vinegar alah hal rad yellow Pabar rubber zarah parle, an atom diw'ar wall shutur camel20 Regina Dai Lesson Four ps4 Gu? Letters.» sad through & zoy ‘The letters .» s'ad and. ad are written alike. The difference between them is that J» bas no dat and .> has one dot above it. To write go-'ad and Z'ad, start with » OF .e and then move down clockwise. When Jo sad and > ad are initial or medial leters they are writen in their short forms. When they are terminal leter, they keep their long forms. —$—$—$ <<< Exercise gigs Write the following letters ves eee Sees Write the following words, Sabon mle ope apile asile ope opie opie BPP Pa ae ee eters pad though 8 zoy 21 The eters & roy and z0y may connect other preceding or follow: ingconnecting letters. The letters and are always writen in tei full forms, regardless oftheir postion inthe word. To write these ltrs start withthe bottom part ofthe letters and move clockwise, Then add the siraight ine, Toad the straight line, tat fom top and move down, Exercise og Write the following leners bese ee ees eyy Bee eee EEE Sey Write the following words Be Sb Ue Se Sb se Se Sp toraf Bee ke tek hat eh ab WW bb Zur Vocabulary exe s'aboon soap mur afternoon Se taraf——_ toward, sie, indirection of hat dete, writing line arr damage22 Beginners Da Lesson Five pay G9 Letters ¢ ayn through 5 qaf ‘The leters ¢ aynand g ghayn may connect to connecting leters that proceed them or letters that follow them. To write @ or @ start from the top and move counter clockwise. When these letters ae initial or ‘medial letters in a word, they are written in ther short forms. When they are terminal letters, they are written in their long forms. SEE Exercise 203 | Write the following letters. | eeeeeeeeeemmn EEE EE Ee Ethan ‘Write the following words, eters ¢ ayn trough 5 af 23, ‘The letere canbe connected toa preceding or following letter. When +/eis the inital or medial letter ina word, itis written in its short, form. When it appears a terminal lte, itis written ints long form. dog Ne eee festa omrighnd move tothe. Addthe ot as. Exercise jad Write the lener fe PES sos ss se Write the following words. ob old clap oles old ols oly oleg farm'an Oe ot it ih hath far Vet al ST Sat Jost Dat it ST atab PE i i i sy bart2A BeganetsDast ‘The letter gafcan connect tothe preceding or following connecting, Jeter in a word, When . gafis the inital or medial letter in a word, itis written in its shor form, When itappears asa terminal letter in a word it ‘swriten in its long form, Write the leter 3 gatrom right tothe let. Exercise gize3 Write the leter sgaf- REE a obs * se SELE eters ¢ ayn teoush g gif 25 Vocabulary im mw'alin ghar Bagh farm an ‘fag'ir “aft'ab barf galam gasr bairag bang knowledge teacher sadness garden ecree beggar pen palace fag electricity26 Beginners Dui Lesson Six ped (#59 Letters s kaf through » nun ‘The letters x Aafand F gafare written alike. The difference be- tween them is that «F gaf has an extra slash above it. When these letters appear a initial or medial letters, they are written in their short forms. When they are terminal letters, they are written in their long forms. Writes kafand «s gaf trom right co the lef. Exercise oe Write the following leters ses sas sos sees ssss Write the following words EF er er ar er ir wr shir ab 2 Ae es a as Kar wee se ee at eta Se Gp Se Sp Se Up sp se surat Sap Sp Sa SF Sy 59 Sx Sy ors eee LE sap | Leterss kat ough os'us 27 ‘The letter J Jam may connect to its preceding letter oF to connect ing letters that follow it, When J is the intial or medial letter in a word, its written in its short form. When is the terminal letter in a word it will Keep its Jong form, To write the letter J you start from the upper right end of the letter J and move your pen clockwise to ‘complete the haf circle, Exercise oad ‘Writethe following lenter. SIS SSS SS slam Write the following words, WY ay 0Y 4 49 4 yay Palak SS 9) tt lashlar28 Beginners Das ‘The letter ¢ meem may connect to its preceding or following letter, When pappearsas the inital or medial leter, itis writen ints shor Form. ‘When pappears asthe terminal eter it wll keep its long form. To write p ‘mem, start atthe top and move down, Laterss kat tuough sawn 29 ‘The leter on wn may connect to preceding or following letter. When ‘isthe initial or medial leter in a word, it will be written nits shor form. ‘When tis the final letter in a word it will be written in ts long. forr. To ‘writen wn start atthe right end of yand move clockwise. Add the dot last, Exercise gu ‘Weite the letter p mcem several times. rere eee re remem Write the following Dari words. we Ae he ne oe ne oe ne mags eae Sage Sane age age ee ge Age marcha ee te man omak Write the letter wn as below. Write the following Dari words. Sd ab ad td ad ad ws nama 108 OB 8 ob 8 ob OU ob ob nan Exercise x03 68 4 op AU ot oi nam | ot ott tt Str SF i SS nan BO Ob Oh OF OF OF ai tam2» Begone: Di é § Pepeesy Vocabulary morcha ‘magas ul feel bale Jashkar Palak sag arg sarak ‘makeab Kar kia gom garm omak namak ant fly flower elephant amy tulip dog. leaf street school work Tost help salt name human bread Levers gyav throughs ya 31 Lesson Seven iim u59 Letters g vav through ys ya ‘The letter 9 vav can connect with a preceding letter but not to a fol- lowing letter. vav is always written in its full form. To write 4 vay, ‘start from top, make the small head, and move down to complete the Exercise oiyas Write the letter yvav several times. (Have you been pronouncing as you || write?) l pose a sags sia Write the following words Sty Sty Sty Sty ty ty Sty Sty sagt Sag ag ag ets Cea Seas Cees 2 io Sy = ow ey on at = ta on ‘Vocabulary Bini du u goshe toshak vagt b'wah rnagshah hav'a “anh'a yak “abi boe two meat mattress time sug map weather they whe sna Part II Rules ieWeiingDari 37 Lesson Eight pita »3 Writing Dari Dari is waitten from right to left. The Dari language does not use ‘capitalization; proper names and the first letters of sentences are not ‘eapitalized as in English Tn writing Dari, pen strokes are usually from top to bottom. For example if you write the word jst esm, you begin with the letter! lef. Start from the top of the letter 1 lef and pull down a straight line write the letter aff: Then write the liter seen starting from the rightend ofthe letter » seen and add he etter pmeem toit. The tail end ‘ofp meem is where You complete writing this word. Ittakes two pen strokes to write the word pe. One stroke is for and the second stroke is {ge “When | alef is connected toa preceding leter, the pen stroke for 1 alef stats at the base of the letter to which alef't connects and ‘moves straight upward, For example if you write the word ,4 bar, ‘you start with the short Form of the letter» be, then attach the letter! ‘alefto itat the left end ofthe letter 4 be witha straight upward move to write the etter talef. The leter , re is added last. Add the dot ‘below the 4 be last. When writing Dari add the dots after you com- plete writing a word, ‘When | alef is written separately, the pen stroke is from top to bootom, When talefjoins a preceding letter, the pen stroke starts rom the base ofthe letter to which itconnectsand moves upward.38 Beginner Dai Writing Davi 39 Exercise gayi | Write the following words to practice your Dari | Vocabulary ft lp el el el of ot oll ol of of ol of ol! od it sy mand man TIIIT TT an Sate rant ae we we we We Ue Wr ue Guus UU Fake Ae aa mers aa ee le le le Le Le tee a ae maa ee snare Beth) Lp ph pL gl ph pl gl gh pb nam a, sme Ee 1 ep Ao el pd ol ob oh Se tha ‘Write the following in Dari. Pronounce as you write. Remember of in this their English meanings. em mare 4 ast is set nmard this man } Sot ‘anmard shat man } wel nagshah-e' “abi huemap Sale yaknagrhoh fone map | Sa yakmard fone man Set “annagshah that map ee emenan myname name man ny name Jet or gg? — Wameooresmeo —hisname Write the following sentences in Dari Pronounce as you write | cet 5 Ge 9b wameman Sheiloast My name is Sheila. “Sat els ame o Hasan at. His name is Hasan, ete ie oS “omantitek wemanast “Tat man is ny uncle set sa 5 odin nagahah abi ast, Thismap iste Sat pie fp lame o Marivam ast Her name is Mariyam. See Lesion Tele "Fr gf or aon“ "Therein no sieence ne vag fe) em pam, hey ae completely40 Beginners Da Lesson Nine a3 Ges? vav “and” ‘The letter vay is pronounced vz when it is used in a sentence and when it means “and” asin English, vais writen separately and will not Join with following and preceding words when itis used to denote the ‘word “and.” vay is added before the last noun even when a sentence has more than twonouns py tr kitab va galam Sy 3 553 dothtar va bacha eg tle sey'a na safed book and pen srl andboy black and white PAP tS 9 wth oe ‘man ki ab, qalam va kt abcha har idam. bought book, pen, and notebook, eh) a wpe yo HE ‘Sheila, Hassan, va, Soph beh maktab raftan ‘Sheila, Hassan, and Sophi went to school. Exercise gays Write the following Dari phrases. As always pronounce as you write, and find their English meanings. wes ge fae 9 ole te Ts ‘Write the following sentences in Dari A RF Ly ol a ‘Shela yok galan-c abl va yok kit abcha Khar id Sheila ought blue pen and a notebook, ts oe alge tk inn w tow «beh dokan bok bar aey maar Kaha vo Ber‘adere Khu raft He went the store wi his mothe, sister and brother St al BST 9 oe oe ts oat ‘mit ab'esafed-e man va ‘an galan-e “abi-e man as. “This is my white book and that is my ble pen. a als es oid ‘yak ber ader va yak char darad. He has a brother and a sister dta Beginners Das vr trahe ar oes hen ay ae Vocabulary kivab alam dokbtar bacha seyah safed rnagshah ‘mattab kivabeha dok'an amr ‘ay Khar id ber‘ader Rhw'ahar mader book pen girl boy and black white map school notebook store with bought brother sister smother 1, Pato Denotes DefnteDireet Object 43 Lesson Ten as «yy 1, ra to Denote a Definite Direct Object 1, ra is a particle added to Dari nouns and comes after the noun to not that itis the definite direct object. r'ais usually added asa suitix tothe definite object by context orby the presence ofa pronoun or name. 1 racanbe used after personal pronouns: 4 1, ye man raid (saw sme) ory 95 Cu ra d'id (saw you). ‘You can write ye andl, / band, separate or together as one word. Both forms of writing are acceptable in Dar. Omit the g from wand attach the ; to «in order to write, ge man r’a as one word. Omit the sfiom ssand add the to 5in order to write, y2asone word. Ag Ss te gf omar'ada'wat kad He ited pee manturad iden saw you wae Tynan gue Hasan alm r'ad' id Hasan sa the teacher. aoe ty Olt Soe Haran kab a thar'id. Hasan Bought the book hye y ps So Hasan mat'ub ra khw‘ond. Hasan read the eter. Ae Gy ge Masanor'ad'd Hasan saw hime,44 Begins Dai When a sentence has more than one definite noun that relates to a direct objec, a1, 'aisadded after the final noun, 1, ras used only ‘once, even ifthe sentence has more than one noun Ae No 9 AS ome Hasan fit'ab va galam ra khar‘id Hasan bought the book and the pen AS seike 9 1) 38l g ie oe “Hasan ‘aim va sh aired r'a dar maka did Hasan saw the teacher andthe student at school pate ite ly by REF 9 ol OO ‘an yak galam va yak Ki abcha Fa ar’ay mateab kharidam. Tough a pen and a notebook for school Inthe above sentences, references are made to specific nouns. The speaker and the listener both know which teacher, which student, which ‘book, which letter and which person that theyre talking about. When the ‘noun isnot clear the speaker may add addtional information oclarify it forthelistener Like: ae be las rman malin Daria ida 1 saw the Dai teacher. ie Ny 6 ot ome Hasan ki ab-e Dart ra Bhari Hasan bought the Dari book. |) tHe bought the pen sr the notebook 1p Fate Denote aDefnte Diret Object 45. Exerc ous Read and write the following Dari sentences, ed maim Fad idan Ta the wach, a alo rw lin galance bia thar ‘he teacher bough the blue pen, ae 2 oe Heaton nogeha ra thai asa boop the map. [owe ane a ogalam wok abcha 7 thar as ast 9 ooh agind al es he stem Write the following Dari paragraph, Read as you write. BS re At ol BE OD WG gH woe OWS Oe BU ye map yew a ane asa pp ie See ‘Translatio Sheila and Hasan went tothe store, Sheila bought ablue pen. Hasan 1, a notebook, anda map Hasan saw his uncle inthe | in and Hasan are i second grade46 Bejones Dut se was age ep ee Vocabulary Dari Dar? maktub letter Kw'and read did saw ‘mualim teacher sh'agird student sinf-e duvum second grade da'wat invite ‘Vpaieae owns PemnorFas Gender 47 Lesson Eleven paojh o> Gender ‘Dari nouns have no gender distinction between masculine and feminine. “The gender becomes clear inthe context ofa statement ora sentence. cate opedarce man as. He is my father. ot oe ph) Om adere man as She is my mother. 2) ye wae 9 omahtab ra Hiosh d'arad. ‘She likes schoo! 2 See gate ‘omakiah r'aFhosh W'arad, He like school, on i nl g malin free man ast. He is my physies teacher.48 Beginners Das Exercise gaya} \Write the following Dari paragraph, pronounce as you write. PP Se pl ot ple aon ale ge Oe A Be Tab ap PFE ay gt ple aye Ske ws te OF STH a ea a el le Oe A ‘Translation: My mother and my father, both ae teachers, My mother is a Dari teacher, She goes to school every day. My mother has twenty students in her class, My father isan English teacher. My father is ‘Sheila's teacher. He teaches athe University ‘Write the following Dari sentences. to le ot sane na ‘aince man Hasan ast My teacher's name is Has. ae oth Se ‘man yok galam Rharidam. bought a pen, 29 onl she on wie sinfe man chaharkilkeen d'arad. My classroom has four windows. eo pte a ile trader Ahmad mu ‘alin ast. Almad’s mother isa teacher. 8 ill ant oe man Bist Afghani dara. | Thave twenty Afghanis to She is my teacher. p32 Sa | Ud ‘man fz‘ r'a hosh'd'aram. Hike physies ty whe Heb Sheila maktab raf Sheila went to school 22 hy ie age Gilt Afghanistan mayave Khushk ziy'ad arad. ‘Afghanistan has alot of dried Suits50 gions Das an) we ee ore es age ae ‘ple efexhtés Vocabulary bist inglisi dars darsd'adan pohant'un Ihosh shagind hw ahar mader pedar Sick sinf Iilkeen chah‘ar maywa Hhushk ziv'ad twenty. English Tesson toteach university like student sister mother father physics classroom window four fruit ay lot, too much Ex efor the adion Lesson Twelve ,33l92 Ges? Ev‘afa or the addition “-e”, and Articles In spoken Dari a non-stressed colloquial *-e" is an added sound at the end of all nouns that denotes a relationship between nouns and adjectives, This "-c” is called ez afa, which means addition. In the context of a sentence, the -e sound is added to show one of the the relationships between the noun and the adjective, indicates possession or belonging t: + ely er‘adarceman My brother 2G thanave thmad Akmad’s house HW. At olny a noun to an adjective that qualifies that noun: ex i q'al'ine surkh Red carpet Se nb galan-esabz Green pen Pe Sabenaw New Year Ui Teindicates an apposition: si cogs wale mali, dosteo The teaches, his friend Se ees tan, hams ayave man The woman, my neighbor ‘The sound e= afi *-c" is an added sound, but is not writen in Dari52 Beginners Das Articles “The Dar language does not use the definite article “the” asin English aT este nie 2 Gdokhtar-e malin beh maktab ‘amad. “The teacher's daughter eame to school et ol ts Bitab-e abt in’ ast. The blue book i here al eee He pee ob {galance nu alm B'al'a-e chawh ast. The teacher's pen ison the chat, ate te poles SWeagind an dar sing hastand ‘The stadents are in class. “afar the ation "and Anes 33 Exercise gayi ‘Write the following Dari sentences. Read as you write at ba aoe ie ma alin-e Hasan in ast. Hasan’s teachers here. Ae ee Be yak 4°al thee surth Khari He bought a red carpet, see he 93 le imu alim dar sinf ast. The teacher is in lass, cet ge ws nagshah bal'a-e chawki ast ‘The map is onthe ch We og by ver ole shragind ir ab r'a may khw nad. ‘The student is reading a book feet ee tb Gal inswth ast ‘The carpet is red Ae ay uw Kare 0 beh maktab ‘amad. His uncle came to schooSH Boginnets Dai Statements, Questions, Commands & Itenogative Sentences 55 Vocabulary isn hams'aya—_oeighbor Lesson Thirteen padjeu G132 as toma ooo ep test Fiend SL Fatencw new year Se tinal yer Statements, Questions, Commands, fe sab sreen & Interrogative Sentences Galina Se itana hose, home iy | beader “Tenet tise ass Gaya ange Aina aes cea vse we mage fy trund, an iterogatve, a question, or #Satement, and t could | ee Tela ty a nero usin, of Sener, ad cas iastand ae : So if cts sar, subject and objets come before the verbs in Dar sen- oiyste——sHagind‘an students tences, Verbs usually appear las Spe Shagind sade Fe chant! chain Soe Si, bata——_overabove “hide maa at “omad same This isin book me ere eos physica {The verb in the above sentence is ast <3 ()] beh ee : bse ry et ied sun cpesarce man maktab raft. eee sow ‘My son went to school ose —maghool — pretty [Inthe above sentence raft =, (went) is the verb]56 Beginners Statements. she Ae oe Hasan bi ana me’ aye. Hasan comes home. cele Me ts ivab Bal'ae mate ast. ‘The book ison the able, by ee Hasan maiah raft Hazan went 0 school Questions. tal os oe “ay'a Hasan Hana ‘amad? Did Hasan come home? Sod je Ye ts UT ay hab bal a-e mais ast? Soy ae oe Isthe book onthe table? ‘ay a Hasan matkab raft? Did Hasan go to schoo!” In colloquial Dari, instead of using the word Uf “aya, avocl stress is puta the end ofthe sentence to indicate question. For example, remoy- ing the word \F ay and puttinga vocal stress a the end ofeach sen- tence would not change their meaning tae one Hasan kh’ana may “amad? Did Hasan come home? Ney see ge Hasan mathab raft? Did Hasan goto schoot? Isthe book onthe table? Se Law Fane reg oe Statements, Questions, Commands, & Interogative Sentences 57 Commands by es Hasan, Kiana bey"a Hasan, come home Bt Ae 6 ome Hasan, makiabbero. Hasan, goto school Siete bE one Hasan, kit ab a bekhw ‘an Hasan, read the book. Bp by ee Hasan seb r'abokhor. Hasan, eat the apple Wey te od Ot Shella,‘ ki ab ra behthw'an Sheila, read this book. coy Jab ool Oh Sheila,“ faslr'a behthw'an Sheila, read this chapter aN see cal he Sheila, "in eb ra behthor Sheil, eat this apple cof ipl ete od Sheila “n sapha Fa mavisha kan Sheil, write this page. BALL) Be ES ee Sheila, Kitab-e surkh ra bebithar Sheil, buy the red book, ay SLES ay Oe Sheila, beh kirabeh'ana birau ‘Sheila, goto the library58 Beginners Dai Interrogatives Interrogative questions are usually tonal, where a stress is placed on the last syllable, Interrogative questions normally begin with as hoya (where), gf Fi(who or whom), 4 che (what), plas kod ‘am (which), and gs kal (when)? het Or Se by Er par tal oe tee Neal oF foj'a raft? ‘Where did you go? hod‘ am ki ab ra wand? ‘Which book did you read? ki amad? ‘Who came? ‘che Rhord i ‘What di you eat? kai ‘amadi? ‘When did you come? English sentences first translated to Dai then changed to questions: ‘Sheila came home ast oe oe ‘Sheta ona “amad ‘Sheila weet home. Sei ana rot Sila saw the teacher. ex 8 ie Se Shela alin ra i Sheila bought ated pea Ae eae ob eH Did Sheila come home? fast ob 342 uF 'y'¢ Shella ana ‘mad? Did Sheila go home? To ee aT "ya Shela Bana raf? Did Sheila se the teacher? a ye 32 “aya Shela mahi rad? Dia Sheila buy red pen? tae ep oH WT Shela} galam Khari “aya Shela yok galam suki kharid? Interrogative sentences: Keaue ae che thar? ‘What id you buy? guise che Bhwandi? What id jou eae? eh oF bof era?” Where did you go? eal eye che vag ‘aad? ‘When did you come? Keb Showa? ibe amr abet raf?” Who went with ou? Now che kari? What did you do? T Ferand Fre ink Te rence been tha ie Fonancnicossn in mein Satements, Questions, Commands, & Ineroguive Sentences 59 Vocabulary os raflan oxo raft went irae s0 ep surkh red ost is oman Lmy we did saw 2 dor in for Ye sarorbal'a _on,above,over obuts—kiabiana library oie safha page win ber'adar brother Get “amadan——tocome oe — gopradan —totalk SF gapsad talked u ba with ss bekiov'an read fas adam which ce? who he what ex hamr'ah with ts koja where er kardan todo et fasl chapter, season we hai when60 egnners Dat Lesson Fourteen @234z cs? Questions That Start With T ‘ay'a aya isapartcle used at the beginning ofa non-interrogative sentence to introduce a question. doesnot have any specific meaning. In conver- sational Dar, fa question isnot interrogatve in nature instead of using yt ‘ay'aatthebeginning ofthe sentence, the speaker will puta vocal stress atthe end ofthe sentence to introduce a question. Saye ty, WE ‘ay'a barf B arid? Did it snow? Nene boys le UF ‘ya madare hud rad Wi? Did you see your mother? hed, sits UT ‘ay ait abr ana rail? Did you goto the library? News by ots WT ‘ay ahitab ra tharid'? Did you buy the book? ety we UF ‘ay @hh'ana raft? Did you go home? Questions That tart With Yt ay"a 61 Incolloguial Dar, drop UT ay" from the beginning of the sentence and add a vocal stress atthe end ofthe sentence. wea at eae bon le barbara? madare Budr'a didi? Didit snow? Did you se your mother? tates hows b wt Aer abbh ana rapt? Rivab a thant? Did you goto the library? Did you buy the book? ts oe Wana raft? Did you go home? Exerc aT | Dari sentences changed to questions. Write the Dari sentences as | you read them, ety oe Sheila kh ana raf ‘Sheila went home. Re ote Sheila th'ana raft? or Did Sheila go home? Nets Oe 3 UF ‘ay'a Sheila kana raft? Did Sheila go home? cae ye a a ve Wak’ace shoma yak motar Khari. Your uncle ought aca. aye ae wy late Wak’a-e thom yak motar Khari? Did your uncle buy a car? ies ye ey las we UT ‘ay'akak are shom a yak moter Kharid? Did your uncle buy a ear?62 Regine Dui | at Gag gf le mader'e 0 mari ast i His mother is sick. \ eyo a Dae rte gteeta scarcer cede oe eae aeF Seis | Ne eg oe st ‘omar iz ast? or ‘ay'ao mar iz ast? | ‘Tinaae isonet ae ! wage ae His garden is large. | Sor gf au Real oF of Ab WT Pence ep evepesenee 1 pn age! tpn ane? a DOT aia ps oe | Septic ie rai ot bara sonnets, | Sophia pani va tr us a2 dok’an Bharid? Did Sophia buy cheese and watermelon from the store? Nye 9 Fe 9 ae Gye | ‘aya Sophia panir va tarb'ue az dok'an kharid? Did Sophia buy cheese and watermelon from the store? Naas A J id 9 ot re es) whale Eefeuesty Questions That Sit With of y's 63 Vocabulary Mar donkey naj'ar carpenter ch'arp'aey bed (made from ropes) ir old, aged juma Friday dok'an store tarb'uz watermelon anir cheese Hal'an big, large maric sick aidan 10 see Brar'idan to rain or to snow64 Beginners Dai Lesson Fifteen ad3ily 99 Plural InDari te ha, of “an, of at, Je el, olf g'an, or oby"an are used ‘as suflixes to make nouns plural, Most nouns will become plural by adding le ha asa suffix. Some nouns will also become plural by adding oJ ‘an asasuffix. In addition, afew nouns will become plural byadding ct aror ye elif g'an oF ob y'anas suffixes. Usually adding Jet will also change the form of the noun, ‘Asa general rule, animate nouns such as people and animals will b- ‘come plural by adding the suffix J an to their singular forms. A large ‘numberof animate nouns can become plural by adding ether ‘an or ‘gas suffixes, Adding the suffix ‘an isthe corect form to make ani- ‘mate nouns plural. In many instances ts ha isused instead of. ‘a for animate nouns, which isalso acceptable in Dai Some nouns become plural by adding the suffix 3) “an or the suffix ta fa, as shown in the following animate nouns. In many ‘cases its acceptable in Dat to use either 3) “an or te a, an mand man by mari'an men oe mardh’a men oh tan‘an women Wop tanh'a women Phesl 65 ex murgh chicken ole mugh'an chickens ge mughi’a chickens yes dolar gick. ches dokitaran —gicls yee dobar ha girls A few animate nouns use oY g ‘an or oy yan. When animate nouns end ine he, the ending » ke is removed and gi g’an is added asa suffix. Ifls fais used to make them plural the» he will not be removed, the suffix /'a will be added after the » he. esx parenda bind o6.y —parendag’an birds aay parenda he binks see morcha ant lees morchag’an ants Dee morchala ants When animate nouns end in alef the suffix o¥ yan is added to ‘make them plural wT ‘ag’a gentleman oust ag’ay'an gentlemen Do not use the suffix 3 ‘an with inanimate nouns under any cir ‘cumstances. Inanimate nouns, ike objects, use the suffix ty Ha only The suffix ts Ja can be written jointly with the noun, or it ean also be written separately after the nour, Separately: a rex chasvk't ha (chairs) lw pib galam h’a (pens) Jointly: yeSge hawk ih'a (chairs), yb galamb'a (pens).66 Reginnes Das ‘When the last etter ofthe noun ends in anon-connecting leter, the suffix W /ra is always written separately as Uae maiz h'a (tables), laslges diva ha (walls), ts osyp pardah ha (curtains), ete. Ife noun ends in » he, the suffix ts will nt be writen jointly with ‘the noun. It willbe written separately like tts kh ana ha (houses), ls eggs darw'aza ha (doors), te 33 takhta h'a (boards), ete Inanimate nouns and ther plural forms: vis kirab ook es or ats Lirabh'a books eB galam pen eB ores galamh'a pens 6 ilrana house We lv anah'a houses As the result of Arabic influence on the Dari language, some Ara- bic nouns are used in Dari, These nouns become plural by adding woe fue = en ” we a wae aly en ee oe . ee Boe pt ell se elt68 Deginners Dai —! eu “ os on sey ig ong or ober wx Jn wets Vocabulary asp horse bragh garden chub wood Jug pitcher shutur camel rabar rubber parda curtain bu goat makt'ub letter fivana house smorcha ant ak ‘one, a parenda bird “ag’a gentleman, Mr “aq'ay'an gentlemen maiz table pariah curain diwar wall takha board riba quarsin ‘mas‘ala question, problem gabita tbe Suffixes hendapcha Lesson Sixteen paszil > Suffixes os k and 4g cha ln Darithe suffix. kisadded to a noun fortwo reasons. One reason is ‘an expression of ove and respect and the second reason iso insult and ‘degrade. Usually when sufix is attached to children and family mem- ber, itis an expression oflove and respect ss dobar gil ees okduorak gil (te sufixskisa sign ofove) pl madar moter Sake madara moter (he sui Kis sign of respect and love) aye mand man ssp mardak man (he sux isto degrade the mn) xs najor carpenter whee Naja caentr (the sali skis degrade the carpenter) ‘The suffix 4 cha indicates a smaller value. ee Bagh arden sect baghcha small gucden pve sand'ag bon ssipestond'ugcha—sallbox70 Beginners Dai Exereise yes Write the following Dari sentences, Pronounce as you write Spd Ghee rss dobhiarak-e hams aya magboo! at ‘The neighbors gil is prety 8 ye ae A oe ate inw'alin-e man yak baghchae Khord d‘arad (My teacher has a small garden, hy ee ae Khw’aharale man makiab raft “My sister went to school 219 be aie ee ye le 1m adere man yak and wgchave sabe d'arad. ‘My mother has a small green box. Vocabulary sxe Hhord small Gee sand'ug box sedyce —sand'ugcha —_asmall box oH d'ashan ~——tohave oye d'arad has (he, she, or it) je sabe green Part II GrammarPersonal Pronouss Lesson Seventeen asia (459 Personal Pronouns ‘A pronoun is @ word that can replace a noun in a sentence. For ex ‘ample instead of saying, “John came,” we ean say, “he came. sentence, “be” isa personal pronoun, Dari has no gender distinction. As we see below the third person in Dri is 10, used fore, she, or it show’ ‘anh'a he she they First person: 1 Second person: you you ‘Third person: be, she, or it they for shom'a ‘anh’a && Ex wer ue orp wt Inthis74 Reginnes Dai plu and Was shom’a 1 tu is used for singular and las shom’a is used for both plural and Singular. tu does not have a plural form. 9 vis mostly used when speaking to close friends or children. i sham isthe polite form of $3 ‘wand is used for respected and older individuals, strangers, and superi- ‘1s. shomt‘acan be used for one person or for more than one person, ‘dependingon the context. fu is used in informal conversation and tz ‘hom as used in formal conversation, oe ts hi ab-e man my book os oF 2 Les hit'ab-e shom’a or ktab-e m your book sve kivabeo his book Soe itab-eo her Book G Ler hirabema ‘ur book wat Ler itave anh'a their book ot ge te bit abe sabeve man sy green book Bye ols hitabe sabe tm ‘your green book Bye os Lirabesabeeo histor green book OS Ler babe sabe-e n'a ‘our green book Wt es kil ab-esabz-e ‘anh'a ‘helt green book 1m colloquial Dari in Afghanistan, the word man ge is changed to ‘mata and the word ‘anh 'a WaT is changed to"un'a by, Personal Pronouns 75 ey Exercise 3,5 \ Write the following Dari phrases. Read as you write. ‘man my green garden your green garden (for singular) om be Dlaghe sats Poe ee Diagh-e sabe-em Bi je ee Bagh sabz-e0 hishher groen garden G5o Gu blaghesabe-em'a our green garden les Fo a Blaghesabz-e shom’a your green gardens (fr plural) || wat Sm au Biaghve sabs-e ‘anh'a their green garden Write the following Dari sentences. Read as you write. at, ee 4 bal ‘anha beh malted rafand They went schol ha Os who} aroft? Where did you go? Ae OD be ‘m’a yak nagshah Kharidim, ‘We bought a map, fo om os ow ‘man yok qalamve sabe fram. Thave a green pen at a lat ar itab-e shom'a B alace me ‘Your book ison the table |76 Deginets Das Possesive Personal Pronouns Endings 77 Vocabulary Lesson Eighteen moa 9 Bee en PLY sw you 7 o he/she & ma we: Possessive Personal Pronoun Endings tS some? po take bey Possssve persona pronouns in Dati ave the following sulies or debian they ndings and can be added o nouns, adjectives, and verbs Singular Plural Istperson meen ole man Qndperson Ste GG an Srdperson sheen Gk shan poe madaram my mother Sue wadarat your mother Gok m'adarash his or her mother Sep m'adar-em‘an our mother Oa madaret'an your mother ol pt nhadaresh'an their mother wep dostam nny fiend Sep dostat your friend Gap dostash his or hr friend Kage dostem’an—ourfiend ‘legs dostet'an your friend Seg dostesh'an their fiend mts kitabam my book Les hivabat your Book Gir —ivabash ister! book Ses fit abem'an our book her kifaberan your Book Seis kivabesh‘antheirbooks78 BeginneisDat Exercise ois Possessive personal endings added t0 the following words, Pro- ounce as you write in Dari. gal ~ Ste — py ~ aly alse Kw ‘ahar (sister) ea tio 'aharm She bhovahar Bas thwaharsh Sop thw 'ahare man SSnleMhw'ahar-e an Seale Mahar shan 4 posar be) fee pedaram SN edarat Goa pedarash Se pedarem’an Sine edare an Same pedarashan ip ber aero ple beraderam Sop ber'aderar Py berladerash Sepiy —beradereman S8ply ber laderet'an Seely beradere shan + ap (hore oe! expan Se aspat Gol eapash Sept spem'an Seal aspera [Lee shen ny sister your sister hither sister your sister thie sister any father your father hisher father our father ‘your father theie father yy brother your brother hisiher brother ‘ous brather your brother ‘heir brother ry horse your horse hisher horse ‘our horse your horse Beir horse ae ae me Se Possessive Personal Pronouns Endings Vocabulary Whow'ahar sister Kishi boat dost — fiend ~10 Beginners Das Lesson Nineteen pas33 (49 Use of Personal Endings with Plural Nouns Personal endings are also used with plural nouns. For plural nouns that end in ua, we add ag y after the plural noun before adding the personal endings kivabh‘avam mybooks kivabh‘avar your books kit abh‘ayask higher books kabh-a-om on cur books kiiabh'a-et on your books ic abh aesh’an ‘heir books ishih‘ayam ny boats shih ayat your boats ish ayash hisher boats shi 'aenr'am ur boats Bishih'a-er an your boats ishtih'aesh'an their boats We can write a personal ending separately after the noun as in tts ots hirab hayiamy, pala 225 kshtiy hayam, oF write itjointly attached to nouns as al hit ‘abh aya, aes kishtivh yam, Both forms of writings to write ts ha separately or jointly are acceptable in Dai ‘Adding personal endings for plural nouns that do not end in te ‘a wallnot change te form of those nouns. For example, the plural of Use of Personal Badings with Plural Nouns 81 a—Jasp (horse)is let asp ‘am (horses), Weald the personal endings to ‘he plural form, as below: wet asp'anam my horses Ser aspianar your horses et asplanash hisher horses Sees asparen‘an four horses Se asplameran your horses Se aspaneshan ‘ir horses Exercise gey3 Possessive personal endings added to the following plural nouns. Pronounce as you write Sale sale ae mie ee Plagh havam ry gardens Ste Be Bagh haar your gardens Gi a Plagh ayash hisher gardens Shae Bagh aon an cour gardens ‘ote gu Paghh'aer'an your gardens che Ge Bagh Ma-eshan ——theirgardens pty ber'adar‘anam my brothers Sapp ber adar'anae your brothers Fiaiy ber adaranash histher brothers Kapiy§— beradar‘anc-em’an our bathers Shiply —Beradar‘anae'an your brothers Sealy Ber'adar'anacesh'an thie brothers einige Rhw'ahar'anam nny sisters Seige blow 'ahar‘anat your sisters ine ew 'ahar anash hisher sisters Sipe Hhwahar'anem’an our sisters ‘Hale hw ‘ahar‘an-esh'an your sisters Seip Kaw 'ahar'an-et'an——theirsisters82 Beginners Das Vocabulary chal Hhw'ahar‘an sisters ay peyalah cup, 4 shanah comb; shoulder Adjectives 63 Lesson Twenty pene G59 Adjectives Adjectives deseribe the atributes of nouns. In Dari adjectives usually fallow nouns, and verbs will come last ina sentence. When a noun is singular or plural the adjective representing the noun will always remain singular. An add er af *-e sound will badd tothe noun to qualify theagjective. wee 503 dottar-ekh'ub the good git, woe ois doktar‘are kh'ub the good gels Bie ts het 'ab-ebhont the small Book sy Wier ker'abh'a-eKlord the small books tee galamesey'a the Bick pen seed galamh'avesey'a the black pens ‘There are three degrees of adjectives in Dari, Absolute adjectives include gs Bub (good), 2 Khord (small), kal ‘an (big), ec Comparative adjectives include gs Kh ubrar (better), sasye 4h bar in (bes); 3996 Bhordtar (salle), 335 Khordtar ‘install est), ob sey ata (blacker), 45 thw sey atar‘in (blackest), ee. Suffix tr and suffix 593 carn are added tothe absolute forms of adjetves to constitute a comparison. ee thu good Pe tiubar boner oe Mublarin bestBeginners Dai kal'an ig ‘al'ancar bigger fal aniarin biggest vark dark ariktar darker Var‘ihiarin darkest garm warm ‘gormiar warmer ‘garmear'in warmest Khoshh’al happy Khoshh’altar happier hoshhaltar ‘in happiest tonbal lazy ‘anbaltar —lazier anbaliar'n laziest sard cold sardtar colder sardtar'in coldest safed white safediar whiter safedtar'm whitest dar ae Jong. dar acter longer dar'eztar in longest Adjectives 85 Sot BW ee a Sole galanice sey'a az galam-e surkh kal‘antar ast The black penis bigger than the red pen. 2 ewe a Ear ancarin Seb r'a beg ie Take the biggest aple at hl one. oo! Pinta tar ima ast. ‘This i the darkest room, Sat igs J aS yl eomrus garmtar az ree as Today is warmer than yesterday86 Beginner Dai nf coh bitte ee ef eee er) Vocabulary seb apple begir take a from wag 00m dar (preposition) in, into, within Hana howe ne day enrz—_toiay ding yesterday safed white ‘shireen sweet zard yellow tanbal lazy mmekrab‘on kind Diland ell high kot'ah short, bozurg big. large ders long Varik dak sard cold Rhoshh'al happy ‘ar wet Verb: tnfintves 47 Lesson Twenty-One py Comet C139 Verbs: Infinitives ‘Verbs describe an action: you go, you are going, you do go; a process: yousleep, youae sleeping, youdo sleep; ora state of being: trains, itis Faining it does rain ‘The Dar language does not make use ofthe passive voice when the active voice can be used. Forexample, we cannot say “The student was seen by Hasan” Instead, we say, "Hasan saw the student.” Allinfinitives of Dari verbs end in 33 dan or 3 tan or uy idan oss hw'andan——toread ows ddan tose Ses gerefan to take Sp avishian townite ‘3 sadan tohit oF gujtan tosay Se Hhordan tocat ‘The infinitive forms of verbs can be used as nours. ent et tly Rhw'andan th'ub ast reading is good Sat GET ngs dawidan ‘as'an ast running seas. Sad wy 8} tadan Kh'ub neist —_hitingis not good88 Regine Dai Preset Tense 89 Exercise (203 | | Write the following Dari sentences. Pronounce as you write in Dari Lesson Twenty-Two 49 9 Gmet 3° ett oye kor andan ash ast | readings sy ddast shustan tub ast ‘washing handsis good ‘As mentioned earlier all infinitive forms of verbs end in us dan, 3 ‘an, or uy idan. To form the present tense drop the os dan, 5 fan, or ow idan fom te infinitive forms of verb endings, add the present prefix {e+may othe verbs, then add personal endings. Sot ee os daw idan mush ast eat ae oot cs | Present Tense running difclt, Sot woos ar Personal endings, as we saw earlier, are: ‘ya kardan bad ast, i crying is bad. Singular Plural Ist person ¢ Istperson ne 2nd person oy 2nd person 3rdperson (noending) 3edperson 9 Farce eben hor Vocabulary «kop thes dan then ad the personal endings tgs Khor. The personal ae cngiaipmeon: Amo Se pia oe | Mele oe ieee oor ear Boro oe oo he ee You can write as one word pypsye maykhoram or separately as oo ee er cov camo Horan Bob tonsa Se Wee oss ee Sdn Soo cee tees or gue ae lies tires 26 Re cme weal Me min Sw A Leite Weta owe WoT “anh'amayithorand — They eat90 Beginners Dai tare ae ot man seb mayhoram, Lea apple. ae eB seb maykhore, You eat apple. yew woe 0 seb maykhorad, He eats apple. gee se st 0 5eb maythorad, ‘She eats apple sige wo En seb maykhorad. eats apple. cup oe mr seb maythoraim We eat apple. Sypue we Wat anh'a seb maykhorand, They eat apple. ‘When present stems end in lef, adds or 5y to the present stem before adding the personal endings. For example, the resent stem of the verb asl “amadan (to come) isa. Add the present prefix ge ‘may to get Tg may'a. Since the present stem ends in alef, weadd's .s 0 it before adding the personal ending to get ye may ay. e+ may can be written separately a5 iF ge OF jointly a5 ibe Both forms of writing ae acceptable in Dari pe oe man may'aym come Tes may'aye You come Me 3) omay'ayad He comes, Mey omay'ayad She comes abe of i'n may'ayad Iecomes role le m'amay'ayaim We come Hike tet anh a may‘ayand They come Al Dari verbs have regular past stems. However, the present stems of some Dari verbs are iregular. Here are some examples of verbs that have regular present stems: Infinitive Present stem cost ‘awandan toring gl tawar cae haridan tony Khar xe Mordan—woeat ge hor alge hwandantoread igs Bhw'on Present Tense 91 And some examples of regular present stems: Infinitive Present stem ox budan tobe eae hast AF gerefian —torske air oa) raftan too pray Be diadan tw give a deh Se idan tosce a bin iy) mavishtan townie gh nas SES gozashian 10 pass St gozar ‘of gofon— tosay ‘fg ons nishastan 10st ss hish'n Exercise gaye3 ‘The infinitive forms ofthe following verbs changed to present stems and then added personal endings. Pronounce as you write otge Buda (0 be) phe man asim Tam Tens thast! you ate Ta ohasr beisheis Sot inhast this oe tema hasiaim wwe are Se tT anh'a hastand they are ‘oagT awardan (to bring) pales ge man may ‘awaram ——Toting GEES may ‘awari you bring Solas st may ‘awarad Deis brings mist ge & — m'amay ‘ewaraim webring Ast ge 2 shom’amay ‘avaraid young sate WoT “anh amay ‘awarand they bring92 Benner Dai Past Tense 93, one laridan (to bay) Saeed ec epenerme ate | —— TR tinasthar youbuy . ei sans mnaie oa Lesson Twenty-Three egw 9 Comet G52 eerste, I moped Shonamaytharaid——_youbuy | ae GF Ca amapttaraim heyday ‘The following English sentences translated in Dari. Pronounce as Past Tense you write the Dari sentences, ‘Verbs have present and past stems that are the basis for various tenses. am aa a ee naa eevee ee The past stem of verbs are formed by removing the » an ending from Youstea student, “eam aft rg) yak sh'agird hast men ; the infntve forms ofthe verbs. Forexample ays andan (0 Heisastudent, “owt afte see gf oyuk sh 'agird hast a 01 ple asl Sheivestuiet, “2a a2 La} oot shagind haz, | #000), ows ddan (0 $88), otf gereftan (to take), and o> ‘We are students ream ols te m'ash'agird hastim, navishtan (to write) are the infinitive forms of verbs. When the - an Theyarestudens. om Wt "anh aah gid hasan ending sremoved, te infinitive forms of vers change to pas stm. sigs Hhw'and read did is gergt 00k Vocabulary =p navishe wrote cost awardan to ring 5 nishastan—tosit oF — goflan —tosay ‘To form the past tense we add the personal endings tothe past stem, except forthe third person singular, which has no ending, 8 navishtan to write [As we saw earlier the personal endings are: oe dadan——togive Ges. doe > tobe Singular Plural owt “amadan—tocome Istperson Istperon a seb apple 2nd person’ gor wy 2ndperson oe 3rdperson (noending) Irdperion ‘The past stem ofthe verb o-utys Kh andan is sitgs Khwand. To form the past tense we add the personal endings, while the past stem does not change.Sing Istperson pays 2ndperson (ays Bed personas Ph Istperson aptly 2ndperson alge Srd person Lau hw'andam sew ‘andi hw and Ahwandim Khw'andid hw ‘andand pile ye man khw'andam read Gee tulad sige 3) ofhw'and ele Gm a Bhwandim You read Helsbeit Weread aby 2 shom‘akhw'andid — Youread “Ups WaT “aha Bhw'andand They read pe Uh od oe ‘mann hi'ab ra kh andam. Tread this book, Ais by wit of 3} 0 init ab r'a thw and, Helsheit read this book. Aes Ny AS of Sle oh od Tu Voki a khw'and’, ‘You read this book ys Ny A ode ima in kth r'aBhw'and im, ‘We read this book hom ‘in ab ra wand ‘You read this book, aaaigs ty wt of al “anh i i ab ra kh ‘andand. “They read this book, Scere forte we fir Past Tense 95 ‘The infinitive y= d'ashzan (to have) becomes cts d'ashe (had). etl ge mand’arhtam Thad Tas pe ad'ash You had Las od'ashe He had Sas od'ashe She had Sa ot ndash Whad ws eo madashiim = We had Es WT anh'ad'ashiand —Theyhad ‘The infinitive cs, raftan (to go) becomes ‘a/a include: ® az (than, from), 6a (with), «beh (0, with), «¢be (without), 6 a (as faras, by the time, until), ye jae (except), 2 dar (in), and » baron). The letter 4 Beis used as preposition prefix, and it would mean “to, "asin English “ man me oo ‘eman tome ue shoma you lee Beshoma ——toyou ’ ° belshe ye beho to him /to her of in it ote beh in wit & wa us os ema tous wt ‘ank'a them whe beh ‘anh'a tothe js avo used for comparison, For example, joe mean bigge thn,108 Beginners Dat ‘Whena word begins with along alefor witha short talef the 4 be prefix can be written attached tothe word, oritean also be written sepa rately. When itis written separate from the word, a he is added atthe end of gbeas 4 beh. For example asin: iT 4 af 4 sol 38 os Is el g 0 abib-orr'a beman dad He gave the newspaper to me. 299 tay doy gf paisa r'a bom ad'ad He gave the money 10 us UT a aps aad 1 gisace hod r'a beh ‘ank'agof He told his tory to them, Prepositions tha join the noun with an es"afa include: 6 taraf (towards, in the direction off, sis dakhil (inside), ogsy bed un (without, and e4,3 dard“arah (about). without him bed une 0 Som nexttothe door pahlu-e darw'aza ay a under the carpet zr-e g’alin Se Prepositions 109, Exercise oad Write the Dari text, Pronounce as you write Ye ele he iy Ad ie pal ADD 9 He Pip Ale ie Mle OEE js CEL gS fe Sat Hn He payer nts Sat 9 btn Shy BD 09 Sp ecm we iy aT el Oe ‘Translation: Sheila and I work together inthe office, Sheila works three hours every ay on computer, and two hours at the Kabul Pubic Library. We walk for about tn mirutes, and then we take a bus, Sheila's house is next to ‘my house. We spend mos of our time together Vocabulary Je taraf towards, inthe direction of w —paisa money > Khabar news set akbar newspaper a bar on > dar in eit except ome bed'un without beh to, with 4 ba with jo a than, from ye pahlu——nextto whe darb‘arah about slo akhil inside, in ab 'aham together Ss! aksar enPart IV VocabularyNumbers 113 Lesson Twenty-Seven prim g ume 9:9 Numbers Dari uses the Arabic numeral system as shown below. Dari numbers are written the same as in English. For example, you can write one hundred forty-nine as: )¥8. You write from left to right, first 1, then 4,and then 9. See following examples. rs dt haz‘aro yak sadopinj'ah 2150 10. chat ar sadopiny ah 450 ror ‘dc hazaro panjsado navado shesh 2596 d'axdah 12 me shesh sado chehilo chah'ar 64a Ordinal Numbers fist aval ww second dun » third sehum oa Fourth ‘hakarum fe ‘it anjum sixth seshum seventh aftum eighth stun ninth ‘nuh tenth dahm4 Began Dai Cardinal Numbers (Words and Symbols) wo tee four five eight ten clever twelve thirteen fourteen fiteen sixteen seventeen eighteen swenty tiny Irty tity sixty seventy cihty ninety hundred thousand sof yak tu chah‘ar ani sesh haft hhashe uh dah vazdah ‘hy azdah sexdah hak‘ ardah pransdah ‘sh'ansdah hajtdah hazhdah iuzdah bist chehil inj'ah ‘hast haf aa ash ad navad sad dhas'ar cebbeateest Nunbes 115 Mathematical Symbols sinus maf os plus jama” = equal mas'awt syle divided 1ags'im eas pereent — fisad ah Examples: ee me sO He ‘Shea pan ana seb Khari ‘Sheila bough ve apes sal ape dot Shea re Pana chat “ard ‘Shela brought ee chai ay gd 10: ‘od sa pinjoh Afghani ‘rad Hebe two hundred iy Afghanis. as aft HF See ‘maliabchoh'ar har oro char sadonavado shesh sh agird arad ‘The shoo! hs four thousand four hundred ninety sx sunt “Unit hats wed bewveon rer and Goutal nouns.116 Beginners Dai Exercise gaysd Write the following Dari numbers, and pronounce as you write. 140 ‘yak hazaro yak sao navado panj iss " tt sado dah 210 1-08 yk ha"aropinaho nuh 1059 Tras Seas aro se sado hash ado hasht 3388, na du haz aro yak sado haf'ado hasht 2178 FO8A ‘hehilo panj haz'aro nuk sado hashiad — 45980 ‘Write the following Dari text and numbers, Pronounce as you write p82 OU 2 git D+ oe ‘man pan sad-Afghani dar 8 ank ara have 500 Afghanis in the bank se8 wih oy gala 9 Aan 9 Jie her ot rman chah ‘ar haz aro pan sao pin ako pany kab d'aram. Thave four thousand five hundred fity-five books. sao afl ete ye ye st cu sado se00 hashish ‘agird dara. ‘She has two hundred tity eight students. at pile ie 2 Sheila ar sinfe Chak arum ast. Sheila in Fourth grade [8 se ly iil neo tan seeo hash Afghani bar aye tak ear aram. need thirty eight Afehani for the tai 2 Ny So A leo man chap avvabekirab-e Dari r’a Kar d‘aram. Toe the fest edition ofthe Dai book. ska oe ¥ SELES Numbers 117 Vocabulary sefer seh panj shesh aft ashe nuh dah Bist cchehil pinj'ah shast haftad hash ad navad sad azar thousand million raillion anf minus Jama’ pus ‘mas‘awi equal tags‘im divided by fisad —_petoent chap edition8 Begins Da Lesson Twenty-Eight pit 4 camet G93? Days and Months Days of the Week In Afghanistan, government offices are open Saturday through Thurs- ay. Saturday is the fist working day ofthe week. The normal work~ day is from 8:00 am. to 5:00pm. On Thursdays, some offices close at ‘noon. Fridays the weekend andall official businesses are closed. “= shanbe Saturday se yak shanbe Sunday ep “du shanbe Monday wee seh shanbe Tuesday ane chah‘ar shanbe Wednesday = par) shanbe ‘Thursday pees Suma" Friday Days art Moats 119 Exercise gaya Read and write the following Dari paragraph, A ce Sn cls iy pe ae J le yy 0 OE Se al GE ee aie Hg oe Say wie Oy we Sin gE ae Cart oe Tat ie 5 Ge sae Uo gy 9 Se ‘Translation: Sheila works atthe Ministry of Education. Every moming she leaves home at seven o'lock and goes othe bus stop. Sheila starts her work | at eight o'clock. She works five day a week inher office, Sheila is at home on Thursdays and Fridays, ‘Write the following Dari sentences. Pronounce as you write el in tgs 422 ea 9 dar Afghanistan shanbe r-e aal-e hafta ast In Afghanistan Saturday isthe ist day ofthe week, fa paige 06 ar ig oe ‘an rs aye juma’ Beh kane Hw 'aharam mayrawam, (On Fridays Igo to my sister's house. bp ae jays bine Sophia d iruz maktab nar. ‘Sophia did not go to school yesterday ot He pb SED ee i eels J ane bar kiv'ab bh anare ‘ama a: S'a'atce hafie Sobh Va 'a'ate chesh sham baz ast, ‘The public library s open fom seven in the moming unt six inthe evening120 Benne Das Months of the Year ‘There are twelve months in the Afyhan calendar. The Afghan calendars ‘based on the solar system and is called ga syn Hijri Shamsi. To convert the Afghan calendar date tothe Christian calendar you add 621 (0r622 tothe Afghan year. From mid gr Jaddito the end of oye Hoot yousadd 622, forthe remaining days ofthe year you add 621, ue Hamat March 21 — Apel 20 4 Sour April 2 May 20 Up Jaa May 21— June 20 ob Sarar‘an Sune 21 — July 20 a Asad Jaly 21 — August 20 oe Sunbota ‘August 21 ~ September 20 oe Mizan September 21 ~ October 20 = Agra’ October 21 — November 20 ow Qaws November 21 ~ December 20, oo Jada December 21 ~ January 20 = Daly January 2! ~ February 20 oe Hoot February 21 ~ March 20 Vocabulary shanbe yak shanbe du shanbe seh shanbe hah ‘ar shanbe panj shanbe Juma’ ‘sarw'is easigahve sarw is ‘ark kardan ‘ar kardan Kar vis"arar-ema"arif vis'arat shur'w'kardan Days and Months 121, Saturday Monday ‘Tuesday Friday bus stop toleave towork rministy ofeducation tostart122 Begone Ds Lesson Twenty-Nine 3 Comet Hy? Seasons Afghanistan has four seasons. Jao Hamal is the first month of the calendar year gana Hijri. First day of ox Hamal is the Afghan New Year's, New Year is called y5 Jle s"al'i naw and every year it falls on March 21. Afghans celebrate gi Jl sal-e naw and prepare special dishes. Most families prepare gir sm Sabzi chal: ym sabei isa dish made of spinach and sl chalavis white rice, and normally they are served together. Afghans also bake special cookies called Sing is holoha-e nawruci ‘The four seasons in Afghanistan are: se bak‘ar sering EG Fabest‘an summer oie 08 joy Rhaz'an or p'ais all oles zemest'an winter Seasons 123 Exercise yey Write the following Dari paragraph, Read as you write. Wels St le od Ss) ips Jeo Syl 5 ad she ka He gl a le ae oe I in iy Whe ay Ft 2 ete OF ip EO pol OEE ab ire Ses SWE ln ly lo at OE Soe SSE SS TS Sal oy se lee at os Sak 9 oe te Sy Wg Se ‘Translation: Ahanistan has four seasons, The frst day of Hamal isthe fist day of spring Afghans celebrate the first day of spring or Nawruz. The month | of Sarar‘an, Asad and Sunbola is summer. The weather gets hot dur- ing the summer. Schools close fortwo weeks in some areas in Ap stan. Mir‘an,Agrab and Qaws isthe fal season. Kabul is pretty i fall, The trees tun yellow, The winter is during the months of Jad, Daly and Hoot.124 Begone Das Vocabulary jag) nawree first day of Afghan new year (March 21) Sb sabenaw new year Sie sabi ‘anA\fghan dish made ofspinach ‘se chalay san Afghan dish made of white rice qu holcha cookie Sing! gir folcah-e nawruci special cookies baked for ‘New Year's Day ae bahar spring otyB Cabest'an summer be or ly p'a'iz or khaz"an"* fall othe} zemest'an wines Soke man ‘atig areas "ie har onand yay pi are used inerchangeably Tie 5 Lesson Thirty pt ge Gus? ste I we mw yak baja ‘one o'clock so spake neam baja half past one ae du baja two o'clock seh baja three o'clock Time peshaz ch'asht Badarch'asht s0bh ch'asht akan ‘hab Sanya ag ‘iga saat afta mah Sab before noon afternoon smoring evening right second (ime) minute hour ay week ‘month year eet Sa'are yak fone o'clock mg ool S'a’ate jako neam hal past one poe Fataredu twoo'elock et Sa'are seh ‘yee o'lock126 Begoners Das Net on ag Ned eg cate ‘hand baja ast? or Saat chand ast? ‘What time isi ‘What time isi Sats alee chah aro bist 420 wy 5.) muho pin ah 9:50 sat on esta) baja at. tis five o'clock sot ea wh wip planzdah kam panjast. Ibis quarter to five A aks ee 9 ee chahar ‘sa ehvhilo-panj ast. This four fory-fve. cea WS ow 8 oe ‘mart yak baja mayravam, 1 go home a one o'clock. p39 Se A eae © Sele oe ‘man 3'8'at mule suk yak mulag'at dram, ‘have an appointment at 9:00am. ef Ue tle J ay cel ogee td loifan manr'a dar Hotel-e Kabul beh s'a’at se ba'd as chast rmul'aq’at kun id. Please meet me atthe Kabul Hot! at 3:00 pm. inet S96 0 sae Sele 13 oe ‘man tra beh a‘ chah ar dar dafar-e Bud maybenam. will see you at my office at four o'clock in po 8 eee Sel oe rman sate nuhve sob dar daftar hasta am in my office at 9:00 am. cle GOMES Ge od 9 22 ele 4 hd losfan beh sate dah va neam sobh beh kit ab kh'ana bey'aid Please come tothe library at 10:30am ae feetebt ee ‘ ad Wg is ae Te 7 Vocabulary pesh before brad afer sobh morning ch asht ‘oon sh'am evening shab Scaniya second (time) dtaq'iga minute saat hour na aay kam es, few Wordan tocat mul'ag'at meet ‘mul’ag‘at kardan to meet hotel hotel masr'uf busy hand few how much, how many chanddag'iga few mines128 eine Dai Lesson Thirty-One py 9 eu Guy9 Climate me hava air, weather abe cloud sph abr al ud cloudy Sp sand cold 5 Hhoshk ay GE ghob'ar ‘og 8 Sim hav'erasa—_freshair f gam warn wae mart ub humid Sey rot ubat humidity ahh ice or cold ts) alm 'asak lighting Oe Bar'an rain ie Bar ant rainy Sy barf sno wie rufa stomy vist “aftab sun waa Y sunny Sip har'arat heat raid ‘thunder Set sham at wind ed tn at fenria hav'a garm ast The weather is hot today. te Se Is il sla in oe man rz have B'ar-anir'a Khosh d aram. like rainy days Cite 129, abet By BE oles 9 dar simmest‘an dar Kabul bar} mayb arad. Tt snows in Kabul inthe winter. 3x 2g of oleate ue asm abr Bud ‘The sky was cloudy yesterday Vocabulary ty hava air, weather 0p hav'ae aca fresh air WO abr cloud opt abr'al'uld cloudy Se sand cold wis Khoshk ay Me ghobar fog se gam warm whe art ub humid ee yakh iceorcold ts alm'asak lighting ey raid thunder oe Baran in Auk Ob Bar'an Daridan to rain whe Baran rainy Sy barf snow owt Jy barf Blaridan to snow els uf ani stormy aT aftab sn est gtabi sunny She har'arat heat let shana! wind Set asm'an sky130 Beginners Das Lesson Thirty-TWwo pg 9 gw (59 Colors ee soya black tabi blue wid asad brown ue el'ahe sold ie sabe ireen See Makestari pay wee hake Khaki Sed linhe lemon or arenjs orange Bee Banyan purple em sur red em nograhe silver See sfrozahe turquoise ae fed white 35 sant yellow chests dresh'tesey'a Black suit wel SiusT—asm'ane “abi Bluesky Kb sey pardahevarik ——darkeurtain ese ch'aisabe green tea eee sebve surkh red apple Sue pey-arzand yellow onion Vocabulary smanzil pushti pey'ar ‘pardah hawk i Hosur faherinlaw FS Moshe smotherinaw Yt ts ou sat on ah Ht 0 pader show ast? Ie, Spd dat Ishe your father? fe Yes, he is my father Ky let ale y om adereshoma ast? Is she your mother? at go de re, 0 fh alae man ast No, she is my aunt, Need lat sty 0 ber‘ader shoma ast? Ishe your brother? te ay tw ne, o back-e Kak'a-e man ast No, he is my cousin Family 133 sete ae o madere man ast She is my mother. seat ate oe name kak'ae man Ali ast My uncle's name is Ali. we oe ly) th ofl oe ate Wale man ‘in Krab r'a bar-ay'e man Bharid -My aunt Bought this book for me Exercise gayi || Write the following Dari paragraph. Pronounce as you write. ee ee ee er ny aie 9 HE Sa Hel UIE AS ye SO! ps Ae ate ine ae Fy ‘Translation: ‘Sheila has thre brothers. Everyday she goes to school with her broth- crs. Sheila is in third grade. Mariam is Sheila's cousin, Sheila and Mariam are friends. Everyday they play together afterschool Vocabulary ee Hioshu smother inlaw FS Hosur father-in-law ee ama aunt (ates sister) “6 kala aunt moterssiste) ey pedarkal‘an grandfather oo 26 Wader kal‘an grandmotherPart V Greetings, Common Phrases, and Expressions "Note: This part can be used independently from the previous chapters if ‘youre interested in learning commonly used words, phrases, and ex- pressions. Start with Part ifyou re interested in reading and writing the Dar language. Ignore the Dari writings if you ar not interested in reading and writing but would lke to leam the conversational Dari only.136 Beginner, Da Greeting Customs Afghan men often shake hands when they say hello pte (sa Tam) and goodbye ssi-tas (Rhoda haf). Close male friends and rela- tives sometimes bug each other, especially when they meet after a Jong time. Afghans usually introduce themselves by their first names ‘Some Afghans use their father’s name as their last name. ‘Women rarely shake hands with men when they say hello and goodbye. If women shake hands with men, they may make the initial move. Often Women kiss on cheeks when they greet other women, ‘Women will not hug men, unless they are her close farily members. When YouNeedaTaxi 137 ‘When You Need a Taxi ‘Mosttaxi in Afghanistan donot have ameter to indicate the charges. "Normally passengers tel ei destination tothe driver who will tll them ‘how much they would charge fr thetip. Charges may vary fom one tax driver to another, but it shouldbe close. fyou ae staying in hot, you ‘an ask the front desk to calla taxi for you and get a price for your ‘destination. Ifyou would like o doit youre you ean stand onthe street, and signal an available taxi. When you approach the taxi, tell the driver ‘your destination and the taxi diver willtell youhow much he would charge. Some of the commonly used phrases to hire a taxi are: How much do you charge to go othe airpor? a maid are hav'aey chand maygired? Baste wr ye lke B ‘The chage is two hundred Afghanis, «du sad Afghani megeram. pat gill ae How much fathers it? chegadar rh mandah? wae oy ye Pease take me through Share Naw. Iosfan az r'alve Share Naw era cing att oy J Lad Please ake me to Kabul Hote, logfan mara bo Hote-e Kabul bebarid ere HE ae be Whetecan getataxi? taxiar koja begiram? pps WF i) 8 ‘Do you take one hundred Afghanis to Kabul University? ‘yak sad Afghan ta Pohantwne Kabul maygired? Bante i oping © lll ats [will ake one hundred eighty man yak sad va hash'ad Afghani megiram. ‘poe lil Sng as oe138 Begones Das Hotel When you check into a hotel, you may use some of the following phrases. For example, Mr. Thomas Brown wants to check into a ho- tel and speaks withthe front desk clerk. Mr. Brown: Hello, have reserve a room salam, man yak wag reserve karda am. PE Ae SEI Clerk: Whats your name please? Iogfan nance shom'acheast? Ne ta ob Mr, Brown: My name is Thomas Brown, ance man Thomas Brovn as. oat a om ot Clerk: Yes, Ihave your reservation, its for oe nigh bale, reservation shom'a ra d'aram, baray-e yak shab ast. A tt Mr, Brown: Yes, Tam staying for one night bale, man bar aye yak shab meb asham. sete It at Clerk: Would you ike to check in now’? ‘Wale mebhwah'id ke ragisterkunid? Wes Forty alee Mo Mz Brow: Yes, please check mein ‘al, losfon mara ragister kur id eS Fay | ot Ud a (Clerk: Do you have you luggage with you? ‘axa tan han ake Pan ast? Ket 0 tae ob ‘Mr. Brown: No, Ieft my luggage inthe ear. Please help me. ne, baxk'a-e man dar motar as. loyfas ma ra komak hun ‘id eS SF Ip UBS od See 39 ge Hol 139 (Clerk: will help you with your luggage. ‘man shom‘a va ba baxh’a-et'an homak mekunam, ce Aa I a oe (Me. Brown: Thank you, tashakor CCerk: Ihave checked you in. Your room is onthe fourth oor. Your room number is 404, Here is your room key. ‘man shom ‘ara ragister kav. ut 'ag tan dar mani chaharum ast rmumralve u'ag-e tan 404 ast. i'n kee u'aq tan ast Sat ple Ii 39 lad el pat arly lt oo GB gil ade od Sat Eo ge aga ‘Me. Brown Thank you very much besy'ar tashakor 5 he Additional questions that you may wish to ask atthe front desk: 1 would ike single room. man w'ag-e yak nafara methwaham. pte ol er Sl 52 oe 1 would like a double rom, ran ut aq nafara mek aha le at Oa 2 Sl oe 1 would like a room fortnight mma baraye emshab yak ua mekh‘aham sie I el lye Do you havea room for one? age yaknafara dard? ag ogee St ‘What is the ate for one night? ‘imate yak sab chard ast? Re ae at 1 ned a room for one Weck man yak wag baray-e yok hata mekhwaham. ale ie er by EI AM40 Begone: Dist Questions that Start with What, Where,When, and Who InDari eg che (what), tar koja (where), gf 7 (who), and skai® (when) do not come a the beginning ofa sentence as in English, they ‘come before the verb. Following are some examples of questions that start with what, where, when, and who. Who isthis? in Ri ast? Set ot ‘When did Sheila come? ‘Sheila kai ‘amad? ad gf He ‘What is your name? mance shoma che ast? Sed a las ‘Whats this? im che ast? Newt ol Whats your phone number? numrahve telafon-e shom'a che ast? Tod Ae La ga od ‘Where did you come from? shom’a az koj'a ‘amada ayed? Tad oad ar J et Tat and Bae waiten ake in Da The erence betwsen them sin ei proruciations und inter meanings. (Quetions tat Sta with What, Where, When, and Who 141 Where do you work? shom'a koj'a Kar mekon’id? ae Wor ab ‘Where is your house? Kh‘anave shom'a koj'a ast? Sed ar las le Where are you from? shom'a az koja hast Wd? Nae Ge fee Whereis your pen? (galam-e shom'a koj'a ast? Beat OF a ald ‘Who is your teacher? ‘malin shom'a Rast? Kea flat ie ‘Who took your ook? iv ab-e shom'a r'a RY gereft? poraeneress Who came? Ki ‘amad? tal of Who is thisman? “in mard Wi ast? Keel oe ot142 Beginners Commonly Used Words and Phrases allay Good night (am ame rez shab bakhain Be a res ‘Are you alone? Hello. shoma tank'a hasid? salam eens pe Are you together? Hope to see you again. Sshom'a B'aham hastid? ‘maid aram shom'a 1a dub ‘ara ane pale beb iname oo et hy La pt roshean! How are you? Tolntys chetoor hasti? day ater tomorrow ee es fard'a How much is his? we "in chand ast? Do you speak English? shom'a Inglisi gap mezanied? tae oF eal a Forno reason, bed une dalil Pon Goodbye, Hoda haf, or Biam’ane toda Mae ol oF sales Good luk, imuafag b ashid Good moming subh bakhain ae Nea ae ol Tam a student ‘man sh'agird hastom. ie Of ow 1omn an Amerian, ‘man Amrik ey hastam, ee ler! oe Tam a tourist, ‘man tourist hastam. ee aust oe Tam cold ‘man sard hastam, eee oe 1am fine man Khu hastam rn ot Commonly Used Words nd Phrases 143 1am rom Ameria nan a2 rk hasta ee Beal Fe 1 came from Herat man az Herat “amade am fol cle I oe 1 got wet in thew ‘man dar b'ar'an tar shodam pF ohh > oe ike cold weather ‘man hav'a-e sard r°a khosh d'aram Se oe ee would keto san mekhw'ahar ke paige oe willbe cold tomorow. Sarda sard ast eat ay by This cold today. cena sard ast. Soy isl Wis hot today lemmas garm ast oF a! isang Bartan meb rad oh ae oh Itisriny Baran! ast th Itis snowing barf meb arad. a Oe rained yesterday. Aires Baran b'arid Ah Ob ae It snowed yesterday dirus barf B'arid ah a 8 Ie was cold yesterday, dinuz sand bud Se ia luggage barh'a woe kitchen Kar kh'ana or ‘ashpackh’ana bl oF obese lastnight dishab — my luggage bash ae man se My name is Sheila mane man Shela ast perry) next week hhaiace ‘avendaM44 Begone: Disk passport passport Sane Pease give me my check Loyfan bill mar‘a bedehid ms ee ls Please sit down, ofan benishenid ete ltd punpose of tip hhadafe mus afirat Spe a sale rip safare bekhatar ed Sorry Mutasifam, Sory forthe misunderstanding, az galt fahm ma'zerat mebhw'aham, soli Span goth be J Thank you tashakor. vy The sky is clear ‘asm an af ast. et Se Ge Thisis ay passport in pasiport man ast Sot Siete ol this week in hafta co toight emchab tomorow Jard'a ‘es tomorrow meming fari'a subh oy ar ae very good bey ar Khu we ae Wotcome. thosh ‘madi aed oe airport, bakery bank barber bazaar bookstore bus Dutcher city dry cleaning factory hospital hotel library pak Pharmacy police station post office schoo! side walk trafic light university The City ‘mald'an-e hav'aey nanw'aey Dank dalok or salmant Das'ar Riad foroshi (gas ab shat hushka shoei Srabrita ‘haf a 'ana hosel ‘ir ab kana park daw akh'ana ‘mamuriyat-e police postath'ana mmaktab ‘pey'ada rav stadium dok'an sarak ay ‘at cher'agh-etr'aftk pohant un P'agh-e wahsh Theciy en Se wpe su ela or 1s a esate vi bets in Sle on pew aoe He aoe on ee Ms146 Regine Dai ache ambulance bandage blood blood pressure cold cough dentist diahea diabetes disease sdzainess doctor ‘emergency faint fever headache heat attack Dospital a illness injection laboratory malaria measles medicine operation optician pain patent Health ard ‘ambulance andach theun Jfish'are khwn ‘sarat'an rezish surfa dloktar-e dand’an ash‘al ‘maraz-e shakar ‘sar charkhi doktar iajel of tab sardard dhamla-e galbi shaf akh ana ichk ari Vabraiw ar rmal'ari'a surkhak’an daw'a parastar “amaliy'at “ainak saz dard Tavs wedi Sonvenatona Da 2 re oF oe i on srs Set os ere Je pharmacy wl prescription rash sick ssrallpox sore throat, surgeon surgery toothache ‘whooping cough xny daw'a bh'ana ‘gol or rablet ustha bokkar chichak “atsa ‘gt dant jar‘eh jar'ahi ‘dand’an dard astifrag sey'a surfa xray Heath 147 ae Iy9 Si or ae awe ne oe ot ele ee op Sue rea wee sreM8 Beganers Das Beverages 149 Food and Meals Beverages bread nan oe coffee gahwa oe breakfast chai sobh ow sk milk sheer = butter rmaska prae tea chai se cake cake rs water ‘ab wt cheese pan'ir at yogurt drink dogh ee ‘cookie solcha ee ireen tea have sabe se sinner man-e shab ee black tea ch'aie sey'a oe oe ee tokhm =~ food ghes'a in honey ‘asal jee eream sheer yakh eo Jam murab a ue Tune mance ob'ashe te tice erin) ov salad salad Be salt namak ses soup shorb'a ue stew gorma oy youu mast ae150 Beganels st almond apple apricot banana dates rape Temon selon snulbeny orange pear pine nut pistachio Pomegranate tangelo walnut watermelon Fruits and Nuts b'ad'am seb zard’al w tela horm'a ‘angoor tim harb wea maka nak Jalghoza pista ishmioh santara ch'armaghe tarb'ue pot eons be ome cabbage cauliflower cexcumber ‘eeplant eatlic pea Pepper potato reddish spinach tomato Vegetables tobiy'a faram zardak up jaw ari badrang Day aneseya ey ar rnakhud mmurch ach'al"w kad’ mui sabzi Banj'an-e rum shalgam Vegebies 151 ey a ie at ole cla152 Begnne/s Dat beet chicken Meat gosht-e gaw ‘goskt-e murgh makee goshte gosfand gosh ‘goski- feelmurgh 6 & “ on os bagey pants bluse boots dress bat jacket pants scart shir shoes skirt socks tenis shoes ‘urban veil Clothing und ‘an bal aana Kala, lib'as ola ort patloon fhadar per 'ahan boot aman Jura Fakat irmich lung’ oh adari Closing 153 os on oe eae oe one ae re am a oe ae154 Bogie? Dai uest room key kitchen safe lamp livingroom lock pitcher plate pot reftigertor mug shampoo soap sofa Ao called oa House ash ‘ab ut ag-e khw'ab kampal alm ar-e kit'ab chat chawk"t dahlais ey ala ‘alm'ari pariah w'ag-e wan darw asa pakah anja ‘garage lass Inch an kiana felid War kiana ot ‘ashpackh ‘ana ch'ag's cher agh wag-e sheshtani gut “ayena ash jug ‘eshg'ab arf yatheh al alin shampoo saboon kaweh ee oe gu ole & pany ey or te ae 2 ex ws a se a “e ose oe me pte oe Sowa spon 'ashug stove uth art table mate towel ruep ak wall diwar window ilkeen yard hawaii Howse 155 oe se vey aeEnglish-Dari GlossaryEnglish shout ache afghan (unit ofmoney) after aftemoon again against sirpon a simond atone ambulance ‘aunt (father's sister) ‘aunt (mother's sister) bad bagey pants bakery ‘banana bandage bank barber bathroom bazaar be Pronunciation arb ora dard afgh-ani bod ‘bad az ch‘asht or zuhr dub ara sid hav’ maid ‘an-e hav'aey Ihamah ot tam ‘am B'ad'am tanh’a ‘ambulance omr'ik'a ‘omr'ik'aey ajd'ad ‘morcha seb ‘malaga ard’al'w mantaga man’atig lashkar beh kala bad tunb'an anw'aey ela band’ azh Bank dalok tashn'ab Baier bran Englch-Dan Glossary 159 Dari ke 33 eis! poorest Jan oe = ale ae por aon eu We pet ey! ein sit160 Beganers asi bean lobiy'a bed (made of rope) ch 'arp‘aey bedroom s'ag-e kiw'ab beef goshi-e gaw before posh beggar Sag ir best Hiv ubtar in beter Wh ubrar big 4al'an bigger Jal ancar biggest fal antar'in bid pparenda black sey'a blanket kampat ‘blood | Khun blood pressure Jishar-e tun blouse P'alatana blue ‘abi boat Fish board takhta Bon appetit, roshej‘an book kirab bookcase ‘alm ar-e Kitab bookstore arab foroshs boots ‘moca beth hard bought Khar id bowl Wasa box sand ug or bax boy bacha bread nan breakfast chal subh bring ‘awardan brother ber'adar brother'schilden'* ——Ber‘aders‘ada brown nas ari Mateo eae ue ve Set as oF Spe o ese eat ie ela we bus bus stop busy butcher butter uy cabbage cake camel capital carpenter cearpet cauliflower ceiling chair chapter cheese chery chicken children classroom climate cloud cloudy coffee cold (weather) cold (health) color comb condition cookie cstgahe sarwis maar of qas'ab inaska tharidan taram cake ‘anad shatur Praitakhe ajar qalin dardat ips hat hawk fast ‘pane “ahd ale surg aval cif ‘alin abr abr aud abv Sond reach rang shanah ‘amadan ahw'at folcha Ji ari EnglithDariGlosary 161 er wae Sao one oF ss obs ay oe oe ws we ony ot set ee ist ee ~ t agit oe a ony on oat Jet ee we162 Begane’s Dai corridor cough oy cucumber cup cupboard damage dark darker darkest dates daughter ay decision decree dentist, diabetes iartea dificult «ining oom dinner direction disease divided dizziness doctor document dog, donkey door dress ay dry cleaning easy dahlaiz surfa gina Bodrang pey'alah ‘lm ari pardah ‘gomruk bur idan ‘mugs or zarar varik Carikear ar iktarin Rhorm'a dlokhtar farman ‘doktar-e dand'an mmaras-e shakar ash'al mush wage nan ane shab taraf or dast wr fags im sar charkhi ddoktar sanad sag Bhar ddarw'aza or dar Kala, libias hush Ihushka shoei Khordan essen ce cenit et siohocn siohth cighy clectty clepant leven smergency Engish entry visa caus! escape cvening nas evenytay examination ahh) examination sho) nce celases factory fan fal feily fen far father father naw fever few fiteon fh fifty fin EnglishDarGlssary 163 ch'ap ve tokhm ~ Biang'an-e sey'a oe ctl hash oe Ihackdak oe hash peng hash ad Sea arg feel yazdah “ajel inglist visa-e dubhool far‘ar sham wagi'a har har ‘ameh‘an, bed'un mmizhg’an prancdah panjum inj ah ‘akhir6A Beginner Dai fine finish fire first fish five fag fight flower fy fg food for fork fortress foxy four fourteen feet fad five fiesh Friday fiend from fruit future sarage garden sate gentleman gentlemen itl ive lass ry old (metal) {01d (color) kira thal'os “ash avout mabee panj barag parw'as ful Inagas hob or sher'a brarave anja ach chehl hah’ ar chat anda hah arum tagalub maf jane’ doo maya “enda srege Fgh ‘aga ‘aga dotiar aden sass refi ‘ela ‘elahe oat ood good bye ‘grandfather ‘gandmother rape ey green guest guest room bl half hand happy happier happiest has bat have he head headache bealth heat heart, heart attack: bello ely here high ta wit ome homework honey hope horse hospital English-Dari Glossary 165 but » iheub ~ Khuda Wafis pone pedar kal'an ow ‘wader kal'an oe angoor oe Wh akestari ee sab ~ mehr ‘an ole rmehm'an Khana oe See th alah of z'ahah baridan cave af5 oF ream pay dlast = Ehoshh’'al see Rhoshhaltar pa Khoshh’altar'in prenne darad wa ola oe ashton sar dard sehat har‘arat ald, dil hhamlace galbi sal'am komak inj'a daland apa zadan hana Kare bh'anagi woe ie ‘asal oe maid. omaidwar budan —gulpaed at ‘sp = shaf'akh ‘ana166 Beginners Dai bot hotel hour howe how how much or how many human humid uigiy Irundeed 1 il illness information injection inside invite Jacket jam Jjouney key ‘aki kind king kitchen ite knowledge Knowledgeable Taboratory ladies lamb lamp large agh hotel ‘eh'ana or manzil ehetaor hand mart ub rot ubat sad yakh sheer yath dar malurat ichk ari Fathi da wat ort murab'a safer eld taki Imelrob'an shah War kh'ana, ‘ashpazkh ‘ana ch'ag'u “im fail Vabranw'ar Rhanumh'a gosh gosfand cheragh Ial'an or Bozurg lastnight lazier Tazest, lazy leat leave lemon (fut) lemon (color) less lesson ewer brary life lightning like live livingroom, load lock locust Jong lest guage Teh salar ‘map ‘mark mask matches matress seal reasles sedicine melon dishab tanbaliar tanbaltar in tanbal dare stark kardan Jim's limuhe jam dars rmakr'ub or that ‘abu ana sindagi almasak Ihosk dashtan zindagi kardan iu ag-esheshton! bar aut mmalakh dara gom baxh'a mane ch'ash imal ara ‘mand rnagshah nneq'ab gogind toshak ghis'a surkak'an ‘goskt ddow'a nul ag'atkardan Rharb'uza English Dai Glossary 167 oe se oF SB se one168 Beginners Dai rl. ministry Ministry of Education Monday money month ‘morning smother mother-in-law ‘much smulbery ny negative neighbor New Year newspaper next year night sineteen ninth 7 the word JO baa sao used Tor ao yea mmardh'a of mard‘an sheer vie‘arate ma‘arif manfi aq ‘ga “ayena ‘ag'a du shanbe paisa mah >maht'eb ‘sobh besy"art or aksaran mader Kosh mosh sly'ad mang ams aye Sale naw Wabar akbar ‘ayenda, digar oh Sale ayenda khub shab uh ruzdah um oye oF clogs oy ie oy st oF see eon 3 mise sel oreb pe wr fo oe eat JL ainety ‘notebook othing number o'clock office often od operation ‘oppressed ‘oppressor optician orange (fruit) ‘orange (color) origin original patient navad ch ashe bint kitabeha hich umrah parast ar baja daftar ‘aksar pir Dal'a, bar yak pey'as “amaliy'at ‘mazloom Palin ‘ainak sar ya maliah warenji ‘manba™ sli ach bala safha, warag dard ‘asr ppatloon Waghaz park 2arah ‘gozashion mus afr passport ‘gozashiah English-DuriGlosary 169 op ae set oe ae oe170 Begnnets Das pine nut Pistachio Pitcher pian plate please plus pace police station pomegranate postoftice pot potato preserving resripion prety price ‘Print problem profit pumpkin purple purpose quatain ‘question rio © Som of poem nakhud ak 4galam murch Fisad ‘afar daw ath ‘ana fizik ‘oli or tablet Balishe Jalghora pista jag plan beshg"ab lorfan Jjama" police ‘mamurivat-e police posta Khana arf ack’ hife nuskha magboot rnerkh or gimat ch'ap ot chap kardan imushbil or mas'ala maf'ad ad's Banj'ant hhadaf, magsad rub'a't saa of masala radiyo ab ay rie cand OF a os vi ore, se te a sets et ee oF ye rainy rash read red reddish fefrigeator relation restaurant right toad roof rubber ug sadness scorpion second (ime) second (ordinal) sell Englsh-DaiGlosary 171 b’ar'an, b'ar'an baridan bar'ant ishnish bokh'ar khw'andan dal’ sur mali yakheh al Pabetah briny dary’ sarak bam wag Pabar alin daw idan ghar dokhatar sal‘, sal'ata amok shanbe aid Buftan ch-adar maktab achdum ast Saniya dawn idan furokian Suma haft hada otal ob oh ee re ke ole we ee wy se as as a we a ati *172 Begone Ds seventh seventy shampoo she shirt shoes shop shopkeeper shore shoulder shovel sick side side walk silver (metal) silver (color) single sister sister's children sixth sixy skirt sky sleep smal smallpox smell smoke snake soap sofa ie orem shaftum aft ad shampoo perahan boot dok'an ddok‘and'ar kor'ah sh'anah bea taraf pey'adarav rugra ugrae yj Mahar hw ‘ahar "ada rishastan shesh sh anzdah shashum hast aman Kha Khor chichak boe dud ‘arf ox barf aridan saboon ach Se el eo Se oe share oe aah Sy oF oye ew solution socks sore ehrost sony soup speak spinach spoon spring stadium start stew stocking store stomy story street student sugar soveet Sunday sunny surgeon surgery ‘sweater table tailor take talk ‘all tangelo English DariGlosury 173 hat jur'ab ppesar or bacha gu dard mutasif shorb'a ‘manba harfiadan sabe qashug bahar stadium hur w kardon ‘gorma Jurabee nylon ddok'an or magh’azah eufan eufant isa bukh‘ort sarak shiagint bah derashi Pabest'an shireen ‘aft ab yak shanbe ‘aft ab jar'ah Jjar'ahs Fakar Bay's ‘gerefian ‘gop zadan Baland a ve ne ape ae boxe Sie oe so oF er “se ott we sor ots ie eiige ge om See ar oe ele oe Le oe eh a174 Begone Dash taste taxi tea teach teacher teapot telephone temperature tenis shoes tenth than thankyou that these they think thie thirsty thineen tiny this those thoughts three ‘thousand ‘thunder ‘Thursday ticket time © toxsy together tomato tonight took toothache razah taksi chat der d'adon malin ch'ainak telefon har arat dah irmich dahum isbat ba lashakor ‘nk'a “ank'a or aysh'an fk kardan ‘ehum tushna sezdah ‘anh'a afar sek hhae'ar raid pan) shanbe tiket vagt beh b’aham, yakj'a B’any ance Fumi fard’a or saba emshab gereft dand'an dard o ee 8 ae oe byebeuite egee tours toward towel tealight teweler tbe wip Tuesday sip turban turkey sump rurgoise twelve twenty le (Father's bothe) uncle (mater bother) under university valley veil very wash swatch English Dar Glossary 175, ‘az'ab ie tourist ap taref oe rep ‘ok wey bur} oe cher aghe tar‘afik iy oe ‘mus ‘afr or rahguzar my oF pe gabila “es safar oe se shanbe we Valah ” sung’ a eelmurgh Petts shalgham an firozahe oe Sue ‘duv azdah oe bist = du > Kaka ve mama te zr ~ pokant'wn coed ma o wadi ot h'adar! see besyar oe sirka =~ ‘mul'ag'at renee visa 60 astife'og om dw ar ae charmaghe tee Jiang ee ‘garm oF ‘garmiar. as ‘german Yn oe shustan oe Feat au176 Beginners Das water ‘ab ot way watermelon arb uz ine yard we ma t year weapon sal'ah oe yellow weather hav'a = yes Wednesday hah ar shanbe ke yesterday week hafta = yorurt welcome ‘hosh ‘amadid aaa Soe Yygurtdrink well hood aes you went raft Sy 20 west gharb ws 700 wet ar 3 what che < when kai we where hoje & ‘hich kod'am por white safed Me who oi wo whooping cough sey'a surf on wl Rhw'ahad ale wind bad or sham’al les oF a windy shamalak woes window Kilkcen oa wing bal ue winter zemest'an oy with ba orhamr‘ak lpn or withered pachmunda oe without bed'un one wolf gore ss ‘women an h'a or zan'an obs oF 5 ‘wood hub jane wool pashm a work ‘ar or kar kardan os Orgs world dony'a write rnavishton iting Bhat, navishta wrote ravisht wray hawaii sal ard bale aires dogh ‘tu, shom'a sefer bagh-e wahsh EnglishDaiGlossay 177 Ssesl er se 7 ee ae ee coe - eres Other Hippocrene Dictionaries and Language Guides can ns RUN STADE NNE +519 959b- 35%)$19.95 BEGINNER'S Dari WITH AUDIO CD Dari, one of the official languages of Afghanistan, is the primary language of Kabul, the nation’s capital. This book introduces the language in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step format. The first part teaches one how to read, write, and pronounce each of the 32 letters of the Dari alphabet. Subsequent sections cover basic grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. The writing, syntax, and grammar sections all feature exercises that help reinforce the material presented in the lessons. The final section focuses on words and phrases of particular interest to those traveling where Dari is spoken. The audio CD feature complements each of the sections by allowing the reader to hear and practice the language as spoken. A native of Kabul, Shaista Wahab holds degrees from Kabul University, the University of New Delhi, and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is currently a professor at the Univer- sity of Nebraska at Omaha Library, where she coordinates the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection. 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