Feminine

Pashto Lesson 5 (Feminine and Clothes)

Duration: 30 mins

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The 5th Pashto lesson teaches the use of the gender by creating the feminine from the masculine form. In addition to that, I included a vocabulary list about clothes and finally common phrases about origins. I will try to give examples using both vocabulary and grammar. That way it will be easy for you to see the words when they are separate and when they are in a sentence. Going through the whole page should take about 30 min. Make sure to read the pronunciation and hear the audio as well. If you have any question about this course, please email me directly at Pashto Classes.

Feminine

Knowing how to derive the feminine from the masculine form is very useful. It can make it easy to have a conversation about family members, pets, or professions. An example would be: "man", "woman", "Cat (fem.)", "cat (masc.)" etc.

Below is a list of 12 masculine and feminine forms that you might come across or use very often. The table contains 3 columns (English, Pashto, and Audio). Make sure you repeat each word after hearing it by either clicking on the audio button or by reading the pronunciation. That should help with memorization as well as improving your pronunciation.

Masculine vs. Feminine in Pashto

Feminine Pashto Audio
Boyهلک
Girlنجلۍ
Manسړي
Womanښځه
Fatherپلار
Motherمور
Brotherورور
Sisterخور
Actorلوبغاړی
Actressلوبغاړې
Cat (Masc.)پیشی
Cat (Fem.)پیشو

Now we will try to implement some of the forms above into full Pashto sentences. That way you will be able to use the word not only by itself but embedded in a structure.

Pashto Gender in a Sentence

English Pashto Audio
He is tallدی جګ دی
She is tallداجګه ده
He is a short manدی ټیټ سړی دی
She is a short womanداټیټه ښځه ده
He is Germanدی جرمنی دی
She is Germanداجرمنی ده
Japanese men are friendlyجاپانی سړی ملګرتیا پالن دی
Japanese women are friendlyجاپانی ښځی ملګرتیا پالنی دی

Questions?

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Vocabulary List about Clothes

Below is a list of 20 words related to clothes and wearable accessories. Memorizing them by heart can make it easy for you to shop for clothes and maybe get some good bargains.

Clothes List in Pashto

Clothes Pashto Audio
Beltکمربند
Clothesکالی، جامی، لباس
Coatکوټ، جمپر، کورتۍ
Dressښځینه کالی یا جامی
Glassesعینکی، چشمی
Glovesدست کش
Hatخولۍ
Jacketجاکټ
Pants (Trousers)پتلون
Ringګوتمۍ
Shirtخنکاک، یخن
Shoesبوټان
Socksجرابی
Suitدرېشي
Sweaterبنیل، بنین
Tieنیک ټایی
Umbrellaچترۍ
Underwearنیکر
Walletبټوه
Watchلاسی ساعت

Daily Conversation in Pashto

Finally, these are a couple of phrases used in conversations to express where you are from or where you live etc. For a complete list of commonly used sentences, please visit our Pashto Phrases page.

Common Expressions in Pashto

Do you like my dress?زما جامې دې خوښې شوې؟
I lost my socksزما جرابې ورکې شویدی.
It looks good on youدا تا سره ښکلی ښکاری
She has a beautiful ringهغه یوه ښکلې ګوتمۍ لري.
These pants (trousers) are longدا پتلون اوږد دی.
These shoes are smallدا بوټان تنګ دی
Where are you from?تاسو د کوم ځای یاست؟
I'm from the U.Sزه دامریکا ځخه یم
I'm Americanزه امریکایی یم
Where do you live?تاسو چیرته اوسیږی؟
I live in the U.Sزه په امریکاکی اوسیږم
Do you like it here?دغه ځای مو خوښ شو؟

Fun Facts

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Congratulations! You finished your 5th lesson in Pashto about masculine, feminine, and clothes. Are you ready for the next lesson? We recommend Pashto Lesson 6. You can also simply click on one of the links below or go back to our Learn Pashto homepage.

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