welkom bienvenue willkommen Привет benvenuto bienvenidos    Tempus Fugit : Carpe Deum Here are the most recently added NEW sites    Learn Pashto w/videos    Pashto Grammar    Dictionaries    Afghanistan Travel Guide    Games for Pashto    Kabul Travel Guides    Pashto Tutorials    Quizzes on Pashto    Pashto Teacher Hints, Advice and Teaching Tips 143 Fun Learning Games and Activities for the Pashto Classroom They work well as I used each of them for over 35 years Teacher, call on me please. I can answer in Pashto. s The 143 Activities Website above translated into Pashto Professor Polyglot I want you to learn I love to speak Pashto We search the world for travel sites to share with you - Senior Citizen Travel - This site is for those of you who enjoy travel Students learning Pashto It is your attitude and NOT your Aptitude that determines your altitude. Jim Becker's Travel Websites

January 14, 2020

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." -Henry James They dug up the 30 Most Important Words in Pashto And here they are. See how many you already know. Black for the obscure past, red for blood shed for independence, and green for prosperity from agriculture. As a national language of Afghanistan, Pashto is primarily spoken in the east, south, and southwest, but also in some northern and western parts of the country. The exact numbers of speakers are unavailable, but different estimates show that Pashto is the mother tongue of 45 per cent of the total population of Afghanistan. Speakers of the language are called Pashtuns or Pakhtuns and sometimes; Afghans or Pathans. Native speakers: 40-60 million. Pashto is one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, and it is the second-largest regional language of Pakistan, mainly spoken in the west and northwest of the country. Afghanistan is a multilingual country in which two languages - Dari and Pashto - are both official and most widely spoken. Dari is the official name of the Persian language in Afghanistan. It is often referred to as the Afghan Persian. A Pashto lady in colorful costume Our Pashto teacher has lots of CLASS Pashto is a member of the southeastern Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian languages spoken in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. There are three main varieties of Pashto: Northern Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan; Southern Pashto, spoken mainly in Afghanistan; and Central Pashto, spoken mainly in Pakistan. The exact number of Pashto speakers is not known for sure, but most estimates range from 45 million to 55 million. Pashto is the first language of between 40% and 55% (11 to 15.4 million) of the people of Afghanistan, and 10% to 28% (2.8 to 7.8 million) speak it as a second language, and the total is around 18 or 19 million.. I am stirring up some new vocabulary words in Pashto. "Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are in it, there is nothing you can do." Quizzes on Pashto Test Your Pashto Here This page contains a quiz in Pashto related to grammar and vocabulary. The test has 20 questions. Take a variety of Pashto Language Tests A Mini-Quiz on Pashto Greetings This Pashto quiz tests what you have practiced A quiz on common phrases Learn to Speak Pashto English to Pashto Translator BING Guide to Learning Pashto Pashto Music and Songs Pashto Vocabulary Builders Pashto Word Of The Day Pashto Grammar Rules "We learn very little from our successes, but an awful lot from our failures" All about Pashto Grammar from Wikipedia A short summary of Pashto Grammar Rules The important grammar rules for Pashto Pashto Grammar Verbs on YouTube Learning the Pashto Verbs Welcome to the 10th lesson about verbs in Pashto All about the Pashto language from the Language Gulper Past Tense of the To Be Verbs in Pashto We dug up 119 Free Online Language Sites for you. And here they are. Enjoy exploring each one of them. Pashto Dictionariy / York University English-Pashto Dictionary Online "Monolingualism Can Be Cured" So let's learn Pashto right now Dictionary.com for Pashto Google Listing of More Dictionaries English-Pashto Dictionary. An excellent online searchable dictionary. A dictionary of the Pukhto, Pushto, or language of the Afghans. A Free Pashto Dictionary. Lots of them on this site. A Major Listing of Pashto Resources for Audio Links Pashto Phrases links It can get quite cold here in Afghanistan, so we dress for it. Travel Guide to Afghanistan View World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan List of World Heritage Sites in Afghanistan The Beauty of Afghanistan / Dozens of photos / A must see link 17 photos of Afghanistan Photos that prove the country where America has been fighting its longest war is actually one of the most beautiful on earth. But underneath this brutal and frustrating modern history lies a country with a natural and cultural beauty that has few equals in today's world. With sweeping valleys, snow-capped peaks, and a patchwork of cultures and peoples, Afghanistan is truly one of the most gorgeous places on earth. Afghanistan Beautiful Landscape / A video Afghanistan Images Afghanistan Landscapes My Beautiful Afghanistan Gorgeous Photos of Afghanistan Dozens of Afghanistan Landscapes by Asifa Babury Multiple Images of Afghanistan Beautiful Afghanistan Landscapes Gallery / Do not miss one 30 Photos From Afghanistan That You Won't See In The News Possibly the most beautiful part of Afghanistan All about Kabul via Wikipedia How to travel Kabul and stay safe in Kabul Lonely Planet takes us to Kabul Kabul - 5th fastest growing city in the world. A YouTube video. So what's wrong with that response? "By three methods we may learn wisdom. First, by reflection, which is noblest, second, by imitation, which is easiest, and third by experience, which is the bitterest." - Confucius And way over here is Kabul Pashto NEWSPAPERS ===> A major listing Many Pashto Newspapers Online Best Pashto Websites Note that this site rates #1 with Google. Learn Pashto Online Pashto TV Pashto 1 offers viewers a thrilling ride with an exciting slate of programs designed to exhilarate and help viewers escape the humdrum of daily routine. Pashto 1 aim is to present its philosophy in a modernistic style and its targeted audience is youth. Its mission is to promote Pashto melodies and culture according to current industry's requirement. Afghanistan Pashto With a RAPID REFERENCE INDEX The Best Views in the World Worth Traveling For Lots of help from YouTube Starting off with the Pashto Alphabet The Khaama Press News Agency It is the largest news agency in Afghanistan TOLO News from Afghanistan JAWEDAN Web-based new from Afghanistan a web-based news, analysis and commentary outlet which covers politics and culture in Afghanistan. Dozens of glimpses of Afghanistan - Great Site Favorite Pashto Songs, lots of them on YouTube Dozens of neat photos of Afghanistan. Enjoy. JEB Now meet the people of Afghanistan - a video Pashto Phrasebook Now learn some fruits in Pashto A the end, how many can you repeat? The latest News from Afghanistan. Right here. Learn to Speak Pashto English to Pashto Translator BING Guide to Learning Pashto BING Guide to Learning Pashto English to Pashto Translation Punjabi, Hindi, and Pashto translation, editing, and voice over services Learn Pashto Online with Glovico Have you been on the lookout for a credible and affordable way to learn Pashto? If so, you have come to the right place to kick start your Pashto journey. Learn Pasto Have you always wanted to learn Pashto online, but failed to come across a suitable language platform that offers affordable, reliable, yet fun-filled lessons at your convenience? Look no further, for your search ends here at Glovico. Tea time in Japan All about the Pashto Alphabet From Ohio State University Pashto Language and Culture Resources - A rich site Pashto courses about adjectives, adverbs, articles, gender and more. Learn the Pashto Alphabet on YouTube Pashto Numbers on YouTube Pashto from UniLang Various Pashto Courses Youtube Tutorials for Learning Pashto Pashto Language Games Learn to Speak Pashto Language Exchange via Email, Text Chat and Voice Chat Learn Pashto Phrases on Video The Best Way to Learn Pashto by GOOGLE Name this famous lost legend As busy as a honey bee An Ad For Learning Another Language From YouTube If this turtle can learn Pashto you can too. "On the day of victory no one is tired" The Rural Beauty of Afghanistan Jim's Multilanguage Homepage with 29 languages English to Pashto Translator This one provides an translation either direction It is a great site...check it out! Talk about a site that does your language homework...this is it! You select the language you want translated from English and VOILA! Come on over to Afghanistan and we will get aquainted. Pashto Teacher hints, advice and tips I know from my own experience that being on a continual path of self-improvement is an absolute necessity toward be a good teacher. Hang out with other Pashto educators that you admire. Watch them closely and learn from them. Imitation is the greatest compliment! Whenever you can in your own environment, ask to observe colleagues in action in their classroom. Pick up ideas that work for them and adopt and adapt them to you own classroom. Always be on the "lookout" for new ideas, new means of teaching, new ways to incorporate things that work for others into your own methodology. Don't hesitate to ask questions of Pashto teachers who have had much success as to how and why that happened. I used to observe elementary teachers and how they interacted with their young students. Always something to learn. "Learn from the mistakes of others. You'll never live long enough to make all of them yourself." Another that I always believed in is - If you think you're green, you'll grow - if you think you're ripe, you'll rot. All true. Don't rot! That's an axiom that will never grow old. You may think that you are the best, but you're not. There is always someone better than you. (I learned this playing basketball) Learn from them. Know what the best practices are and be aware of the current online resources that can be of great help to you and your Pashto language students. Keep your Pashto classroom presentations FRESH. Keep up with innovation and the changing needs of your students by incorporating technology such as computer use, iPhones, iPads, e-mail and a host of other innovations into your routine classroom activities to communicate with others in the target language and to access authentic resources. Stay current with options and trends in the field such as the National Standards and know how to incorporate them into your daily plans. Hopefully these few ideas will aid in your growth and success. Stay with it. Don't throw in the towel like many have, but again as I point out above, whatever new ideas you discover, you must first adopt and then adapt. Not everything you see elsewhere will work for you as I have personally learned. You must adapt those ideas to your own classroom. There are a host of great ideas available on all these sites, but they are only as successful as you will make them. And perhaps most important of all, do ask your Pashto students often how they feel about what they are doing and learning and what they enjoy the most and the least in your classroom. Most of all, do enjoy your students and share yourself with them. [They don't care how much you know until they know how much you CARE] I hope that you picked up some ideas here that will aid in your total success. Have fun in your classroom. (ps I picked up these ideas in a recent dream and wanted to share with each of you) I'm 78 now, but never too old to learn and never too old to share ideas. Best yet, why not be learning another language yourself? Check out one of the sites above. It is a great means to experience first-hand what your Pashto students are feeling. Now you are "walking in their shoes." Don't forget to have FUN doing it. (See Below) Jim Becker = BA, Cornell College (Iowa), MA, La Sorbonne (Paris), PhD.-ABD, The Ohio State University (Foreign Language Education) 143 Fun Learning Games and Activities for the Pashto Classroom A wide array of proven fun games and learning activities for teachers to use in the classroom. 35 years of classroom experience for students and their teachers to enjoy. I hope you enjoyed all the Pashto links on this site. Jim Becker, Professor Emeritus and your Webmaster. Now listen to the National Anthem of Afghanistan with me The "Afghan National Anthem"