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Speaking Pakistani Pukhto
Preface
Introduction
Lesson One
Lesson Two
Lesson Three
Lesson Four
Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Lesson Seven
Lesson Eight
Lesson Nine
Lesson Ten
Lesson Eleven
Lesson Twelve
Lesson Thirteen
Lesson Fourteen
Lesson Fifteen
Lesson Sixteen
Lesson Seventeen
Lesson Eighteen
Lesson Nineteen
Lesson Twenty
Lesson Twenty-One
Lesson Twenty-Two
Lesson Twenty-Three
Lesson Twenty-Four
Lesson Twenty-Five
Lesson Twenty-Six
Lesson Twenty-Seven
Memorising Moments
Table of Contents
Preface
Preface
On the Current Digital Edition
Introduction
How to use this book
The sounds of Pukhto
Sound recognition
Kay to abbreviations
The Pukhto alphabet
Lesson One
Dialogue One: Greetings
Pronunciation Drill
Singular subject pronouns and the verb “to be”
Gender in Pukhto
Pronouns used with masculine nouns
Recognising masculine singular noun endings
Questions with positive and negative replies
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson One
Lesson Two
Pronunciation Drill
Demonstrative Prouns: “this” and “that”
Questions and Answers
Questions and answers with: “what?” and “how?”
Memorizing Moment
Exercises for Lesson Two
Lesson Three
Dialogue three: Shopping
Ladies’ dialogue: Making friends
Numbers one to ten
A shopping list
Pronunciation Drill
Plural subject pronouns
Masculine plural nouns
Changing masculine nouns to their plural forms
Personal pronouns
Irregular family names
Comprehension drill: Counting
Memorising moment
Exercises for lesson three
Lesson Four
Dialogue four: A learner’s role
Pronunciation Drill
Plural sentences
Making masculine nouns plural
Subject markers for verbs
Asking Questions
Postpositions
Some parts of the body
Working with money
Memorising Moment
Exercises for lesson Four
Lesson Five
Dialogue five: Ladies’ talk
Men’s talk
Some professions
Pronunciaton Drill
Feminine pronouns
Feminine singular nouns
Feminine singular adjectives
Recognising feminine nouns and adjectives
Numbers eleven to twenty
Memorizing moment
Exercises for Lesson Five
Lesson Six
Dialogue six: A guest at your door
Pronunciation drill
A complete listing of subject pronouns and the present equative
Feminine Plural Nouns
Feminine plural adjectives
Some useful adjectives in their masculine and feminine forms
Recognising feminine plural nouns and adjectives
The use of
شته
- shta
and
نشته
- nishta
The verb
کېدل
- kedúl
in the present and future tenses
Recognising plural nouns
Comprehension drill: Identifying numbers on a calendar
More parts of the body
Memorising Moment
Exercises for Lesson Six
Lesson Seven
Dialogue Seven: “rickshaw”
Pronunciation Drill
Possessive pronouns
Statements with possives pronouns and adjectives
Statements and questions with possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns in questions and answers
Inflected pronouns
Inflected pronouns used with
سره
- sara
(with)
Transitive Verbs
Comprehension drill: Learning numbers thirty to nine thousand
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Seven
Lesson Eight
Dialogue eight: Ladies “chit-chat” / ګب شپ
Men’s “gupshup” with a shopkeeper
Pronunciation Drill
The preposition
د
- du
(of)
with masculine nouns and adjectives
The oblique case (inflection)
Fun with animals
Intransitive Verbs
The preposition-postposition
د ... د پاره
- du ... du para
(for)
Comprehension drill: Learning to obay commands
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Eight
Lesson Nine
Dialogue nine: Multiplying language learning
Pronunciation drill
The preposition
د
- du
(of)
with feminine nouns and adjectives
Feminine nouns and adjectives in the oblique case
The transitive verbs
خوړل
- khoRúl
(to eat)
and
څښل
- skul
(to drink)
The preposition
د ... نه
- du ... na
(from)
The interrogatives
کُوم
- kum
(which)
and
کُوم یو
- kum yo
(which one)
NOTE:
Comprehension drill: More commands to obey
Memorising moments
Exercises for Lesson Nine
Finding out more about things and activities
Lesson Ten
Dialogue ten: Talking about religion
Pronunciation drill
Non-emphatic possessive pronouns
Possesive pronouns with
پکار
- pukáar
to signal need
Fifteen common transitive verbs in the present tense
Memorising moment
Tell a joke
Exercises for Lesson Ten
Lesson Eleven
Dialogue eleven: Buying cloth
Pronunciation Drill
The directive pronouns:
را
- raa
,
در
- dăr
, and
ور
- wăr
Directive pronouns with
که
- ka
(give!)
Creating compound verbs from adjectives
The verb
وهل
- wahúl
(to hit, beat)
The verb
نیول
- neewúl
(to catch, take, hold)
How to say “I don’t know”
The emphatic adjective
خپل
- khpul
(own)
Memorising moments
mataloona
Rahman Baba
Comprehension drill: Learning location through commands
Exercises for Lesson Eleven
Lesson Twelve
Dialogue twelve: Ladies visiting a newborn
Renting a house
Pronunciation drill
Twelve intransitive verbs in the present tense
Infinitive
The prepositions
په حق کښې
- pu haq ke
,
په باره کښې
- pu baara ke
,
باندې
- baande
meaning “about”
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Twelve
Summary of verbs in the present tense
Lesson Thirteen
Dialogue Thirten: Talking about the weather
Some useful vocabulary about the weather:
Pronunciation drill
Changing verbs to the passive voice
Passive ideas using intransitive verbs
The prepositions
په شان
- pu shaan
,
غوندې
- ghwunde
,
لکه
- lăka
(lafa)
,
داسې
- daase
and
په رنګ
- pu rang
(like, as)
Comprehension drill: Learning colours
Memorising moments
Exercise for Lesson Thirteen
Lesson Fourteen
Dialogue fourteen: Directions
Pronunciation drill
Imperatives
A summary of the imperative forms of verbs
Intransitive verbs in the imperative mood
Transitive verbs in the imperative mood
Comprehension drill: Asking and giving directions
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Fourteen
Lesson Fifteen
Dialogue fifteen: Public transportation
Pronunciation drill
The future tense
The verb
کېدل
- kedúl
(to become)
in the future tense
The verb
کول
- kawul
(to make)
in the future tense.
The verb
کول
- kawul
(to do)
in the future tense.
The future progressive
وی
- wee
Comprehension drill: Learning your way around
Towns in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Fifteen
Lesson Sixteen
Dialogue sixteen: Ladies finding out about cooking
Men: Eating at a restaurant
Pronunciation drill
Introducing the subjunctive mood
Telephone Talk
Memorising moments
Exercises for Lesson Sixteen
The subjunctive form of some irregular verbs
Lesson Seventeen
Dialogue seventeen: Ladies’ visit to the tailor
Men: Ordering a pair of sandals
Pronunciation drill
Reviewing Inflection
Expressing the ability to do something
کولے شی
- kawulay shee
Days of the week
Negatives
هېجرته
- hechărta
(nowhere)
,
هېڅ کله
- hetskala
(never - for people)
,
هېچرې
- hechăre
(never - for things)
,
هېڅوک
- hetsok
(no one)
,
هېچا
- hechaa
(no one - inflected)
Comprehension drill: Learning antonyms
Memorising moments
Exercises for Lesson Seventeen
Lesson Eighteen
Dialogue eighteen: Questions about relatives
Kinship terms
Pronunciation drill
The past tense
The verb
کېدل
- kedúl
(to become)
in the simple past tense
Comprehension drill: Inquiring about the time
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Eighteen
Lesson Nineteen
Dialogue nineteen: Making the most of a monolingual situation
Pronunciation drill
An intransitive verb in different tenses
More intransitive stative compound verbs
Regular intransitive verbs that take an
و
- oo / w
prefix in the simple past tenses
Irregular intransitive verbs
The use of adjectives in the comparative degree
The use of adjectives in the superlative degree
General comparisons
Memorising moments
Exercises for Lesson Nineteen
Lesson Twenty
Dialogue twenty: Make your own texts
Pronunciation drill
Transitive verbs in the simple past tense
Comprehension drill: Cooking
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Twenty
Lesson Twenty-One
Dialogue twenty-one: What happened yesterday?
Pronunciation practice
Compound transitive verbs in the simple past tense
Some irregular transitive verbs
Phrases that express time
Common responses to questions
Compehension drill: Housework
Memorising memorizingMoment
Exercises for Lesson Twenty-One
Lesson Twenty-Two
Dialogue twenty-two: Friendship
Rhythm and stress
'was doing’: The past progressive tense
Prepositions showing location
Comprehension drill: Laundry
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Twenty-Two
Lesson Twenty-Three
Dialogue twenty-three: Ladies’ home-life
Men’s dialogue: Enmity
Pronunciation drill
'used to, would’: The habitual past
Useful time words
Seasons
Comprehension drill: Pictures
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Twenty-Three
Lesson Twenty-Four
Dialogue twenty-four: Sickness
Pronunciation drill
'to have done’: The present perfect tense
Intransitive verbs in the present tense
Negatives in the present perfect tense
Intransitive stative compounds in the present perfect
Passive sentences in the present perfect
Transitive verbs in the present perfect
Compound transitive verbs in the present perfect
Answering questions in the present perfect
Oneself:
پخپله
- pukhpula
Using
خپل
- khpul
(own)
and
پخپله
- pukhpúla
(oneself)
in the same sentence.
Medical talk
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Twenty-Four
Lesson Twenty-Five
Dialogue twenty-five: Pukhto
Life story
Pronunciation drill
'had done’: The past perfect tense
Compound intransitive verbs in the past perfect
Substitution drill
Are you busy?
مصرُوف
- masróof
,
اخته
- akhtá
,
لګیا
- ligyáa
Memorising moment
Comprehension drill: Tense production
Exercises for Lesson Twenty-Five
Lesson Twenty-Six
Dialogue twenty-six: Questions, questions, questions
'should have’: The subjunctive mood in the past tense
Expressing an unfulfilled desire
Expressing something that is doubtful or contrary to fact
The all purpose
چې
- che
(who, whom, that, which)
The conjunction
چې
- che
The prefix
هر
- hăr
(ever-, any-)
Improving fluency in the tenses
Comprehension drill: Speed counting
Memorising moment
Lesson Twenty-Seven
The past potential
Emphatic and exclamatory
Rhyming words
Some useful idioms
Comprehension drill: Body language
Memorising moment
Exercises for Lesson Twenty-Seven
Memorising Moments
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