Pashto Nouns
Welcome to the third Pashto lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Pashto to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes الوګان |
tomatoes سره بانجان |
onions پیاز |
carrots ګازرې |
fruits مېوې |
apples مڼې |
bananas کېلې |
oranges نارنجان |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules - Pashto |
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| do you have milk? [verb + noun] آیا ته شېدې لرې؟ |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] زه شیدې او کافي لرم |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] هغه درې مڼې لري |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] هغه یوازې یوه مڼه لري |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] مونږ په یوه کوچني کور کې اوسېږو |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] زه خپله سهارنۍ خوښوم |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread ډوډۍ |
milk شېدې |
butter کوچ |
cheese پنير |
coffee کافي |
sandwich سند ویچ |
meat غوښه |
chicken چرګ |
fish ماهي |
breakfast سهارنۍ |
lunch غرمنۍ |
dinner ماښامنۍ |
Conversation in Pashto
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English - Pashto |
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| Do you speak (English/ Pashto)? آیا ته په انګلیسي/پښتو ژبه خبرې کولای شې؟ |
| Just a little ډېرې لږې |
| I like Pashto زما پښتو خوښیږي |
| Can I practice with you? آیا زه له تا سره تمرین کولای شم؟ |
| How old are you? ته څو کلن یې؟ |
| I'm thirty three years old زه دېرش کلن یم |
| It was nice talking to you تا سره په خبرو کولو خوښ شوم |
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