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Your First 100 Words in Pashto

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The title is quite clear--this book will teach you 100 words/phrases of pashto. The games/puzzles/connect-the-words pages are on the one hand quite stupid but on the other hand serve as the repetition necessary to commit the words to memory. So far, my favorite word in Pashto is "ghwaa" (cow). I completed the book in 3 days. The editorial comment is wrong, Pashto is not spoken in Iran but is rather spoken in Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. A few words but not an overwhelming number are Farsi cognates (gul, pul, darwaazah, na, paak) and there are a few English/French cognates (talvezyoon, telefoon, hottel). The reader unfamiliar with the Arabic alphabet will find the book harder, and this book can serve as an introduction to the Pashto alphabet. (Arabic emphatic letters, th, dh, etc. are not used much).

I loved this book because it was the only thing I could find that helped me read the complicated arabic script. The flash cards are awesome. It does not have conversational Pashto, but it definitely helped with my understanding of the written language. A quick way to learn 100 words in Pashto. I recommend using this in conjunction with other Pashto learning devices.

Caveat: buy this in the paperback version only if you want it to be useful as a language learning tool. If you wish a backup copy in your computer, get the Kindle version. The flashcards are vital for visual learners to reinforce learning. The transliterations are also helpful until the learner is comfortable with the alphabet.

I bought this so my men would be prepared for our 2nd deployment to the Stan. As many of you know, the ANA speak Dari, so it had limited use for us. You should use the free one's the Army provides, which I think works just as well. There is nothing wrong with the product, but when it comes right down to it, that's why we pay terps.

Great book would recomend if your kids are going to afghanistan and want to understand somewhat the dialogue

I just downloaded this book to my Kindle, worthless. The book is entirely flash cards with not a word of Pashto spoken in conjunction with the flash cards. Further, the flash card print and pictures in both Pashto and English are incredibly small, unreadable, even after changing to the largest font. A total waste of money and time. I want a refund.