Afghan Dari→English

Translate Afghan Dari to English the way locals mean it.

Afghan Dari speakers soften refusals, reassurance, and reproach with small words such as خو, خیر است, and باز, so a textbook reader can mistake the literal wording for the speaker’s actual intent.

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What locals actually say

مه خو شوخی کدم، جدی نگیر.

I was only joking, so don’t take it seriously.

خو adds gentle insistence or contrast, while کدم is a common colloquial Afghan past form of کردن, making this sound conversational rather than formal.

خیر است، تشویش نکو، جور میشه.

It’s okay, don’t worry, it’ll work out.

خیر است is a reassurance meaning “it’s alright,” not a statement about goodness, and جور میشه means that a problem will get sorted out.

باز خودت می‌فامی.

It’s up to you now.

باز can mean “then” or “again,” and خودت می‌فامی is an idiomatic way to hand the decision back to someone, sometimes with mild exasperation.

پیسه‌ات ره سبا می‌تم، امروز خورد ندارم.

I’ll pay you tomorrow. I don’t have any small change today.

پیسه is the everyday Afghan Dari word for money, while ره is the colloquial object marker common in Kabul speech.

از اینجه به بعد، مستقیم برو، سرِ چهارراهی به راست بپیچ، پوهنتون پیش رویت میایه.

Go straight from here, turn right at the intersection, and the university will be ahead of you.

پوهنتون is the Afghan Dari word for university, and میایه is the colloquial Kabul form of می‌آید, meaning will come or appear.

قابلی ره گرم کدم، نان هم بگیر که مهمان می‌رسه.

I’ve warmed up the kabuli pulao. Pick up some bread too, the guests are arriving.

قابلی names a familiar Afghan rice dish, and ره marks the dish as the object in colloquial Dari.

کاکایت امشب از مزار می‌رسه، خانه باش.

Your uncle is arriving from Mazar tonight, so be home.

کاکا is the Afghan Dari kinship term for a paternal uncle, and خانه باش is a direct everyday way to say stay home.

رئیس گفت گزارش ره تا چاشت خلاص کده روان کن.

The boss said to finish the report by noon and send it off.

چاشت is the Afghan Dari word for midday or lunchtime, while خلاص کده روان کن is a colloquial serial construction meaning finish it and send it on.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Afghan Dari differs

Afghan Dari. Kabuli standard; Dari vocabulary where it differs from Iranian Persian (پوهنتون for university, بخير greetings); respectful register default.

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