English→Afghan Pashto

Translate English to Afghan Pashto like a local.

Afghan Pashto sounds like itself through Kandahari and Kabuli vocabulary, respectful ـئ endings, and everyday Afghan terms such as افغانۍ and لوکېشن.

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What locals actually say

Uncle, how much is the taxi to the bazaar?

کاکا جانه، تر بازاره ټکسي څو افغانۍ اخلي؟

کاکا جانه is a familiar Afghan respectful address for an older man, while افغانۍ makes the fare explicitly local.

Could you send me your location?

خپل لوکېشن راته راولېږئ.

Afghan urban speakers commonly use the English loan لوکېشن, and the ـئ ending marks the respectful request.

Have you eaten yet, son?

زویه، ډوډۍ دې خوړلې ده که لا نه؟

ډوډۍ literally means “bread” but is the ordinary Afghan Pashto way to refer to a meal in family speech.

Could you break this thousand-afghani note for me?

کولای شئ د زرو افغانیو نوټ راته مات کړئ؟

ماتول means to break money into smaller denominations, while راته is a benefactive form signaling “for me,” common in polite Afghan Pashto requests.

My father's sister is coming to our house tomorrow.

زما ترور سبا زموږ کره راځي.

ترور specifically means the speaker's paternal aunt, and کره is the Pashto construction for being at or going to someone's home.

I will send you the report before noon.

راپور به تر غرمې مخکې درولېږم.

به marks the future, while درولېږم includes the recipient-oriented “to you” meaning and تر غرمې مخکې sets the deadline.

It looks like it will snow tonight.

داسې ښکاري چې نن شپه به واوره وشي.

داسې ښکاري چې means “it looks like,” and به ... وشي presents the expected snowfall as a future event.

I am worried about my mother.

د خپلې مور په اړه اندېښنه لرم.

خپلې is the reflexive possessive agreeing with مور, signaling that the mother belongs to the subject, while اندېښنه لرم is the Afghan Pashto way to express having worry.

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How Afghan Pashto differs

Afghan Pashto (Kandahari/Kabuli conventions); respectful register default.

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