Learn Pashto
Pashto is spoken by tens of millions across Afghanistan and Pakistan, written in a Perso-Arabic script and read right to left.
Below you'll find 1,170 native-checked Pashto phrases organized by theme, the essential phrases to learn first, and a self-guided path from beginner to advanced. Browsing is free — the real progress comes when you say these out loud with a person.
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Essential Pashto phrases for beginners →
The handful of phrases worth learning first, with pronunciation and usage.
Self-guided
The Pashto mastery path →
A sequenced A1→C2 path: the Core 3000 words, graded readers, conversations and games.
Common Pashto phrases people ask about
- How do you say “How are you?”? مېږه کوونۍ، خوب شتونه؟
- How do you say “Hello, what's up?”? ښه کولو، په اړه ورځې؟
- How do you say “Where are you going?”? څو چې تویې؟
- How do you say “Hello, how are you?”? ښه کولېږدیي، دغه څوکۍ؟
- How do you say “Hello, are you okay?”? ښه کولو، دې اړه نه مخلي؟
- How do you say “I'm fine, and you?”? مەن سرخىږم، شما کوم؟
- How do you say “Where are you from?”? چې تو از کجا اومدی؟
- How do you say “How much is this?”? دې سره چېږي؟
Browse Pashto phrases by theme
A path from beginner to fluent
Phrases are the start. flountain's self-guided path sequences your whole journey across the CEFR levels:
A1–A2 · Beginner
Survival Pashto: greetings, courtesy, numbers, ordering food and asking directions — the phrases on this page.
B1–B2 · Intermediate
Real conversations: opinions, plans, stories and small talk, plus the Core 3000 vocabulary and graded readers.
C1–C2 · Advanced
Nuance and fluency: idiom, register and culture — built through reading, conversation and tutor feedback.
Ready to actually speak Pashto?
Browsing phrases is the start. Practice out loud with native-speaker peers for free, or book a 1-1 video lesson with a vetted Pashto tutor.