Welcome to the second lesson of our mini-course on how to speak Pashto. n this lesson, we’ll cover pronouns . Pashto pronouns are simple and can be learned easily in one go. For those who aren’t familiar with what the heck a pronoun is! A pronoun is a word you use instead of a person’s or thing’s name. For example, if I’m talking about John: John is a good guy. John goes to work daily. John does his work with dedication. Using John again and again becomes repetitive and a bit awkward. So, we use a placeholder word , or a pronoun , for John, “he.” Now it sounds more natural: John is a good guy. He goes to work daily. He does his work with dedication. There are three types of pronouns : First-person pronouns: I and We Second-person pronouns: You (and thou in Old English) Third-person pronouns: He / She / It The same concept applies in Pashto: Za = I Mong = We Hagha (ha-gha) = He / She Ta = You (singular) Ta-so = You (plural) Da ...
Welcome to the second lesson of our mini-course on how to speak Pashto. n this lesson, we’ll cover pronouns . Pashto pronouns are simple and can be learned easily in one go. For those who aren’t familiar with what the heck a pronoun is! A pronoun is a word you use instead of a person’s or thing’s name. For example, if I’m talking about John: John is a good guy. John goes to work daily. John does his work with dedication. Using John again and again becomes repetitive and a bit awkward. So, we use a placeholder word , or a pronoun , for John, “he.” Now it sounds more natural: John is a good guy. He goes to work daily. He does his work with dedication. There are three types of pronouns : First-person pronouns: I and We Second-person pronouns: You (and thou in Old English) Third-person pronouns: He / She / It The same concept applies in Pashto: Za = I Mong = We Hagha (ha-gha) = He / She Ta = You (singular) Ta-so = You (plural) Da ...