DARI BASIC COURSE

Certain nouns that are plural in English, such as ‘grapes,’ ‘berries,’ etc., are used as singular nouns in Dari, and thus they require the singular form of verbs when used in

In conversational and occasionally in formal Dari we drop the personal ending for the third person singular in the present perfect tense. You may have noticed this in the last two

The easiest way to express the above in Dari is to use the preposition ﯼاﺮﺑ ‘for’ together with the infinitive form of the verb: .ﺖﻓر ﺪهاﻮﺧ ﻒیﺮﺷراﺰﻣ ﻪﺑ شا ﻩداﻮﻥﺎﺧ

• Grammar: Verb ‘to be’ in present tense; sentence structure in short statements; negation; personal pronouns; yes-no questions; who questions; where questions; how questions.. •

Compare the future tense conjugation of the verb ﻦﺘﻓر /raf-tan/ ‘to go’ in both formal and conversational Dari:.. Formal

Conversational Dari is different from formal (or literary) Dari in two major ways: there is a change in part of a word and/or a change in choice of word. Look at the

The easiest way to express the above in Dari is to use the preposition ﯼاﺮﺑ ‘for’ together with the infinitive form of the verb: .ﺖﻓر ﺪهاﻮﺧ ﻒیﺮﺷراﺰﻣ ﻪﺑ شا ﻩداﻮﻥﺎﺧ

Descriptive word(s).. When constructing the passive voice of such compound verbs, we often omit the past participle of ندﺮﮐ, which is ﻩدﺮﮐ, in both formal and