When you are starting your journey on how to learn Pashto, the very first thing you need to master is the "identity" ending. In the KPK dialect , especially the way we speak in Kohat , the verb usually comes at the very end of the sentence. This is where the rules of Yam and Yu come into play. The word Yam (یم) is used exclusively for yourself. Whenever you start a sentence with " Za " (meaning I), you must finish it with "Yam." It functions like the word "am" in English. For instance, if you want to tell someone you are fine, you say "Za kha yam." Whether you are hungry, tired, or happy, as long as you are talking about yourself, "Yam" is your anchor. It is a simple pattern that builds immediate confidence in your speaking ability. On the other hand, we have Yu (یو). This is the plural form used when you are talking as a group. In our culture, the "we" is often more important than the "I...
📝One feedback I got about my writing is that it's very simple and plain, e.g., with no complex and difficult words and structure. I want to disclose that it is intentional! I keep it simple and easy so everyone can read.
Not everyone has a Ph.D. degree. Similarly, writing experts say to keep your writing level to a 7th or 8th-grader's level. Marketers say that don't overwhelm them with verbosity. I like simplicity, too.
Also, it's non-fiction. Fiction has more scope for creativity and flowery language. I don't like fiction except for some Urdu writers.
🌍 In my Analytics, I found that a lot of my readers are non-Pakistanis. I use Urdu phrases sometimes that they obviously won't understand. So, I will translate these phrases for them in the future.
🗽Moreover, I found that the "Hawk-Tuah Girl" was inspired by one of my blog posts where I used that exact phrase (or expression, to be precise). I feel embarrassed 😔, to be honest. Maybe she read my blog.
👉One of the articles that I published on wikiHow - How to speak basic Pashto, just crossed 237,000 views. It's a huge achievement for me. A couple of other articles also got more than 100K views. Maybe they should consider revenue Sharing with writers from the advertising as YouTube does.
However, the site is notorious for taking down content occasionally. Once I wrote an article titled How to deal with an embarrassing situation, it was taken down although it had more than 70K views. It was pioneering. It ranked first on SERP for a few years. Now, when you search for the phrase how to deal with embarrassment, you get a slew of results. Now, a similar article is still on Google's first page from Wikihow, but it has been so extensively edited that my initial idea cannot be seen anywhere.
❌Another article was: How to Say No diplomatically it went viral, pioneer in its category, and remained first on SERP for a couple of years. If I combine all views from these articles, it will be more than a million views.
🦍 Okay, enough of this chest-thumping!
🌎 Elections are imminent in the US, and I predict Trump will win easily. I don’t know if The Simpsons has predicted it or not. He just got sympathy votes, too.
🤖💩 A confession! When Chat GPT came, I used it to write comments on Facebook and LinkedIn. I soon discovered it feels crappy. Now, when I see AI comments on Facebook and LinkedIn, I feel like slapping them one or two times as Will Smith did to Chris Rock. I use Chat GPT for proofreading and a bit of editing, though.
📇 Why do I keep the blog posts short? People don't have the patience and time to read long blocks of text. Some people do read lengthy articles, but most people don't. But I am thinking of writing in-depth articles once a month.
👉I can’t help thinking about Palestinians and what they are going through. Nearly 40,000 innocent civilians have been killed, including 15,000 children. 62% of homes have been destroyed by Israeli forces. Hoping sanity will soon prevail, and this bloodshed will cease.
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