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🇦🇫Essential Pashto phrases for beginners

If you're starting Pashto from zero, these are the phrases to learn first. They cover the moments you'll hit on day one — saying hello, being polite, asking for help, ordering food and finding your way. Each one is native-checked, with romanization to help you say it, and a tap through to usage and related phrases.

How to use this list: don't try to memorize all of them at once. Learn the greetings and the courtesy phrases first — they're the ones you'll use every single day — then add a few situational ones (directions, food, emergencies) before a trip. Say each out loud; reading silently won't build the muscle. When you're ready, practice them with a real Pashto speaker.
  1. 1
    مېږه کوونۍ، خوب شتونه؟

    How are you?
  2. 2
    ښه کولو، په اړه ورځې؟

    Hello, what's up?
  3. 3
    څو چې تویې؟

    Where are you going?
  4. 4
    ښه کولېږدیي، دغه څوکۍ؟

    Hello, how are you?
  5. 5
    ښه کولو، دې اړه نه مخلي؟

    Hello, are you okay?
  6. 6
    مەن سرخىږم، شما کوم؟

    I'm fine, and you?
  7. 7
    چې تو از کجا اومدی؟

    Where are you from?
  8. 8
    دې سره چېږي؟ Dë sér koy?

    How much is this?
  9. 9
    هیلو، کېږي؟

    How much is it?
  10. 10
    د مالیږې اړخو، چې د خپلیږې دي؟

    What's the total price?
  11. 11
    ګڼۍ کې پاڼه دی، اچو نه توګه؟

    Do you have change?
  12. 12
    مړینه توګه وروسته چېږي؟ Murrine tooqah wuruzeh chayz?

    Where are your parents?
  13. 13
    د اخیت په څانګې لري؟ D aghiyt peh zangay lari?

    Where are the children?
  14. 14
    د اخوانو کې دیمې چې تویې؟ D ākhwānu kē demay chey tuvey?

    Where are your brothers?
  15. 15
    په دې پوښتنه کوم؟

    Where is my phone?
  16. 16
    میام، په خانځ کوم؟

    Where is the bathroom?
  17. 17
    د کیتکو جراهي دي؟ D kītkaū jarrāhi di?

    Do you play chess?
  18. 18
    په دې پاڼه کارول؟

    What are you doing?
  19. 19
    دې اچېرځ وایل، څو خوب هم پاڼۍ لومړي؟

    I'm fine too, and you?
  20. 20
    دې سېلوم، کیږم.

    Goodbye, I'm leaving.
  21. 21
    سېلوم، دا افغانۍ دي؟

    Hello, are you from Afghanistan?
  22. 22
    ګڼۍ، تو هغه خوب دي؟

    Good morning, are you well?
  23. 23
    ښه کولو، چې توګه ورځې؟

    Hello, and how are you?
  24. 24
    من خوشم بود، واقعاً.

    I'm fine, really.

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