Almost all sentences in Pashto are in the following format:
Subject - Object - Verb
Or simply
Subject - Verb
Example: I am going home
Pashto |
Roman |
زه کور ته ځم |
Za kor ta zam |
Breakdown
Pashto |
Roman |
Literal Meaning |
Notes |
زه |
Za |
I |
Subject |
کور |
Kor |
Home/House |
Object |
تع |
Ta |
To |
|
ځم |
Zam |
Going |
Verb |
Example: He/She is going home
Pashto |
Roman |
هغه کور ته ځي |
Hagha kor ta zi |
Breakdown
Pashto |
Roman |
Literal Meaning |
Notes |
هغه |
Hagha |
He or She |
Subject |
کور |
Kor |
Home/House |
Object |
تع |
Ta |
To |
|
ځم |
Zi |
Going |
Verb |
Example: I am living in Kabul
Pashto |
Roman |
زه کابل کې اوسېږم |
Za Kabul ke osegam |
Breakdown
Pashto |
Roman |
Literal Meaning |
Notes |
زه |
Za |
I |
Subject |
کابل |
Kabul |
Kabul |
Object |
کې |
ke |
in |
|
اوسېږم |
Osegam |
Living |
Verb |
Example: When I was a child, I played outside
Pashto |
Roman |
کله جې زه ماشوم وم، ما دباندې مستي کوله |
Kala che za mashum wam, maa debaande masti kawala |
Breakdown
This is a compound sentence made up of two sentences. You will notice that both the sentences end with a verb.
Pashto |
Roman |
Literal Meaning |
Notes |
کله |
Kala |
When |
|
چې |
Che |
that |
|
زه |
Za |
I |
Subject |
ماشوم |
Mashum |
Child |
|
وم |
Wam |
Was |
Verb |
ما |
Ma |
Me |
Subject |
دباندې |
Debande |
Outside |
|
مستي |
Masti |
Play |
|
کوله |
Kawala |
did |
Verb |