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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Pashto

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Pashto words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

Fresh naan bread prepared in Afghanistan
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Christine A. Darius (U.S. armed forces), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Pashto phrases in this lesson

... لرئ؟la-RAI
Do you have...?

Literally "do you have ...?".

... چیرته دی؟CHER-ta day
Where is...?
خلاص دیkhlaas day
Open
بند دیband day
Closed

Many shops close for Friday prayers.

کڅوړه غواړئ؟kats-WRA ghwa-RAI
A bag?

Literally "do you want a bag?".

ډېر ګران دیdzer GRAAN day
Too expensive

Bargaining is expected in bazaars.

ما ریزرویشن کړیmaa re-zer-WE-shan kə-RAI
I have a reservation
ناشته پکې شامله ده؟NAA-shta pə-ke shaa-MI-la da
Is breakfast included?
د وای فای پاسورډ څه دی؟də WAI-fai PAAS-ward tsə day
What's the wifi password?
کولی شم چې...؟ko-LAI shəm che
Can I...?

Literally "can I ...?".

Where Pashto is spoken

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