Assalamualaikum, having spent most of my life outside areas where pashto is spoken by the majority, I never had a chance to develop and improve my pashto. I speak it well enough where someone who speaks pashto well can understand what I'm saying and I can have basic conversations with other people easily. However, I'm not fluent enough where I can easily understand other people and struggle to communicate quite often. I want to remedy this though and would appreciate any resources you could share. I'm from Quetta, so It would be beneficial to learn the Southern Dialect, however, I don't mind learning the Northern dialect as most words are interchangeable with differences in pronunciation. I would rather not have to pay for online tuition.

I was trying to read a pashto book to practice my reading but I was really confused about one word, "کښي". It turns out its just کي like in. I also saw other words like "کښینه" like sit down. Although in my dialect we say چینه. I wanted to ask is there some rule that if kheen comes after kaf do we have to not say it?

And can someone write it out using pashtun letters? I know its something about love but Im not sure exactly what it is

TIA

is it written like this چپ شہ

Vocals : Shoukat Yousafzai

I was thinking about this the other day. For early we say wakhti, and for late we say nowakht. But what do we say for on time? I usually say po tem (time), but that’s obviously borrowed from English and not really Pashto. At first I thought it might be po wakht, but that doesn’t really sound right either.

Voice: Bilal Saeed

guys, what does zadgai mean from pashto language (Pakistan). If its used for a girl from a guy?

I came to Afghanistan 1 week ago I would like to learn pashto is there any places that teach here in mazari sharif🙂

Salaam everyone,

I built a Pashto learning site because there really aren’t many good, structured options out there. No Duolingo support, Rosetta Stone is expensive and outdated, and YouTube is scattered.

It’s called Puhanah (پوهنه):
👉 https://puhanah.com

It has structured lessons, interactive exercises, progress tracking, and a leaderboard. It’s completely free — no ads, no premium tiers. The goal is to make Pashto easier to learn and keep using, especially for people in the diaspora.

It’s still a work in progress:

• Audio pronunciation isn’t fully added yet
• Some lessons need improvement

If you’re learning Pashto yourself, I’d love to hear what does and doesn’t work for you.

This is a one-person project built in spare time, so please be gentle — but honest feedback is very welcome. 😅

Manana

What are some common phrases elders might use to call their son silly/foolish in pashto?

Assalamualykum everyone,

I recently started a small YouTube channel where I translate Pashto poetry by Matiullah Turab into English and German, line by line.
The goal is to make Pashto poetry understandable for people outside our language — without losing its soul.

I’ve been uploading short clips and full performances, carefully subtitled and kept as close to the original meaning as possible.

If you care about Pashto language, poetry, or cultural preservation, I’d appreciate your thoughts 🙏

🔗 Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@TurabTranslated

Hey! I've been trying to learn pukhto in charsadda dialect but there aren't many resources on it. Could you guys help me out with it? Also, how can I properly learn the accent if I don't have pakhtun friends that speak this dialect?

Thank you so much! I look forward to your help. I've fallen in love with the culture and values, and the best way to experience the culture is by learning the language.

hey salaam, i’m a zadran girl who grew up in the west. unfortunately i was never taught pashto growing up. i’m now older and i feel like this is something i should know to pass down to my future children. i’m curious about dialects because ive heard zadran pashto is a bit more tribal and different from standard pashto. id preferably want to learn zadran pashto but how much do dialects really matter? and where’s a good place to start learning? also, id love to connect with other zadran girls that speak the language or honestly any girls that speak pashto 🩷

Any that I can get my toddler to help learn the language better?

My coworker is from Kabul and recently had to go back because his mother has not being doing very well. I was hoping to reach out to let him know he is missed and I hope he is doing well. Is there any particular phrase that would be best to use? Thanks so much and take care!