Numbers

Pashto Lesson 6 (Numbers and School)

Duration: 30 mins

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Linguistic Pashto Vocabulary
Culture Pashto Phrases
Structure Pashto Grammar

The 6th lesson teaches counting in cardinal and ordinal numbers in Pashto. I also included a vocabulary list about school and finally common daily phrases. 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.

Numbers

Knowing how to count in Pashto is essential and should be one of first things to learn. By simply knowing numbers from 1 to 9 you could express large numbers in a simplified way. Cardinal numbers are for counting such as "1, 2, 3 ...". Ordinal numbers represent order or rank such as "1st, 2nd, 3rd ...".

Below is a list of the first 20 cardinal and ordinal numbers 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.

Numbers in Pashto

Numbers Pashto Audio
Oneيو
Firstلومړی
Twoدوه
Secondثانیه
Threeدرې
Thirdدریم
Fourڅلور
Fourthڅلورم
Fiveپنځه
Fifthپنځم
Sixشپږ
Sixthشپږم
Sevenاووه
Seventhاووم
Eightاته
Eighthاتم
Nineنهه
Ninthنهم
Tenلس
Tenthلسم
Elevenيوولس
Eleventhېوولسم
Twelveدولس
Twelfthدولسم
Thirteenدیارلس
Thirteenthديارلسم
Fourteenڅوارلس
Fourteenthڅورلسم
Fifteenپنځه لس
Fifteenthپینځلسم
Sixteenشپاړس
Sixteenthشپاړسم
Seventeenاووه لس
Seventeenthوولسم
Eighteenاته لس
Eighteenthاتلسم
Nineteenنولس
Nineteenthنولسم
Twentyشل
Twentiethشلم
Thirty threeدرودیرش
One hundredسل
Three hundred and sixtyدری سوه وشپیته
One thousandزریازرګون
Two thousand and fourteenدوه زره وڅورلس
One millionیوکړول
Onceيو ځل
Twiceدوه ځله

Now we will try to implement some of the numbers 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 Numbers in a Sentence

Numbers Pashto Audio
I'm thirty years oldزه ددیرشوکالویم
I have 2 sisters and one brotherزه دوی خورګانی ویوورورلرم
English is my first languageزمااوله ژبه اینګلیسی ده
Her second language is Spanishددي دوهمه ژبه هسپانوی ده

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact me using the Pashto contact form on the header above.

Vocabulary List about School

Below is a list of 26 words related to school and classrooms. If you can memorize them by heart, you will be able communicate to a teacher/students many objects in your class.

School Words in Pashto

School Pashto Audio
Answerځواب
Bookكتاب
Booksکتابونه
Chairچوکۍ
Deskدفتری میز
Dictionaryقاموس
Languagesژبی
Libraryكتابتون
Notebook (paper notebook)کتابچه
Pageپاڼه
Paperکاغذ
Penقلم
Pencilپنسل
Questionپوښتنه
Schoolمکتب یامدرسه
Studentزده کونکی
Teacherښوونکی، استاذ
Universityدرمعلمین

Daily Conversation in Pashto

Finally, a couple bonus sentences that you might find useful. For a complete list of commonly used sentences, please visit our Pashto Phrases page. Enjoy!

Common Expressions in Pashto

English Pashto Audio
I have a questionیوه پوښتنه لرم
To listenغوږنیول
To readلوستل
To speakویل
To thinkسوچ کو
To understandپوهیدل
To writeلیکل
What's the name of that book?د هغه کتاب نوم څه دی؟
What do you do for a living?تاسو ځه کاروبار کوی؟
I'm a (teacher/ artist/ engineer)زه یو معلم/هنرمند/انجینر یم
Oh! That's good!ډیر ښه
Can I practice with you?اجازه ده چه تاسو سره تمرینی خبری وکړم؟

Fun Facts

Language Quote: Approximately one new word is added to the English language every two hours and around 4,000 new words are added to the English dictionary every year.

Congratulations! You finished your 6th lesson in Pashto about numbers, and school terms. Are you ready for the next lesson? We recommend Pashto Lesson 7. You can also simply click on one of the links below or go back to our Learn Pashto homepage.

Lessons Pashto Lessons
Linguistic Pashto Vocabulary
Culture Pashto Phrases
Structure Pashto Grammar