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Speaking Afghan Pashto by Randall Olson		$35.00
	We recommend that students of Pashto make use of the whole range of materials that accompany the key language textbooks. English/Pashto phonetics.This new language learning resource is designed to help learners acquire conversational ability in Afghan Pashto. Pashto is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. It is estimated (1999 figures) that the Pashtuns of Afghanistan number about 10 million, while those in Pakistan total about 18 million people. Each Lesson in Speaking Afghan Pashto includes dialogues, pronunciation drills and grammatical explanations, augmented by exercises, comprehension drills, vocabulary lists, and proverbs, all in easy-to-use phonetic script with English explanations. This course is designed to provide the basis for an intensive language learning program for students, relief and development workers and agencies assisting in the reconstruction of Afghanistan or working in neighboring Pakistan. The book will be of special interest to development agencies and NGOs, and their international sponsors, as well as to universities offering, or desirous of offering, a Pashto Language Course as a part of their Near and Middle Eastern Studies or Iranian Languages Programs. The third edition (2007) has been prepared with the addition of an English Vocabulary Index, and a General Index to assist students. Other than some minor corrections, the rest of the text is the same as the second edition. Click to view a sample of the text Spiral Bound, 465 pages 3rd Edition, published 2007 ISBN: 978-969-8343-37-8
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Progressing in Pashto compiled by David Burns		$15.00
	This is primarily a book for those wanting to learn Eastern Afghan Pashto. It is ideally used as a supplement to Randall Olson's Speaking Afghan Pashto and as material to stimulate ongoing Pashto language study. Principles in this book will be useful when learning other regional languages of Pakistan or Afghanistan. Cover photo and text sample coming soon Chapter 1 - Personal Language Learning Assessment Chapter 2 - Language Learning Methods - Beginning Seminar     Knowing Why We Do Things The Way We Do Them     How Have People Actually Learned Languages?     Starting to Learn - Where Do We Go From Here? Chapter 3 - The Silent Period - Introductory Syllabus for the First 6 Weeks     "The Comprehensive Radio"     Variety, Total Physical Response, Picture Book     Text, Vocabulary, Survival Conversations Chapter 4 - Lessons Supplements for Chapters 3-26 of Speaking Afghan Pashto Chapter 5 - Language Learning Methods - Continuing Seminar     Keeping on Learning is the Key to Keeping On     Comprehending, Speaking, Reading, Writing Chapter 6 - Language Learning Exercises     27 Exercises varying from verb endings, comparisons, expressing hopes, asking permission, expressions of regret, and more Chapter 7 - Appendices     Bibliography     Teacher Interview & Sample Pashto Teaching Contract     Listing of Conversation Topics     Ideas for Cultural Texts     Managing Language Data Chapter 8 - Picture Book     Over 75 photographs to stimulate language conversation Click to view a sample of the text Spiral Bound First Edition, Copyright 2007 Published by: Interlit Foundation 118 pages plus an 18 page picture book section ISBN: 978-969-8343-38-5
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Combination Pashto Bundle		US $45.00
	We are offering a discounted price for a bundle of Speaking Afghan Pashto and Progressing in Pashto.
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A Dictionary of Spoken Pukhto* by Robert Sampson with the help of Sayed Arif Hussain Shah		US $12.50
	This conversational dictionary provides a valuable resource for both Pukhto* language students and Pukhtuns learning English. Over 8,000 of the most commonly used English words are presented in script plus a simple phonetic system to aid pronunciation. It is the first conversational Pukhto dictionary in 70 years. Published in 2004 Paperback 8.5" x 5.5" [size] 234 pages ISBN 969-8343-25-3 *Pukhto may also be known as Pushto, Pashto, Pashtu CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK
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Sound the Bells, O Moon Arise by Jens Enevoldsen, with a preface by Dr. Leonard Bartlotti.Pashto/English		US $6.00
	A selection of Pashto proverbs and tappas in Pashto script with English translation and cultural illustrations. "Through proverbs and tappas Pashtuns paint miniature portraits of themselves." This book provides a mini portrait gallery of Pashtun culture, including religion, ethics and human nature. It is a window into "a world in which faith and pakhto, honour and shame, power and weakness, friendship and rivalry are lived out in the dangerous, ambiguous social world of common Pashtuns." Published in 2000 5" x 7.75" [size] 80 pages ISBN 969-8343-15-6
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Pashto Language Bundle		US $60.00
	All four Pashto Language books at a special discounted price (see individual descriptions on this page): Speaking Afghan Pashto Progressing in Pashto A Dictionary of Spoken Pashto Sound the Bells, O Moon Arise
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Picture it in Dari and Pashto compiled by IAM.		US $6.00
	Click to view a sample of the text Published in 2004 32 pages Spiral Bound Soft Cover ISBN 969-8343-29-6
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Rohi Mataluna		US $30.00
	New Edition by Leonard N. Bartlotti and Raj Wali Shah Khattak, based on the original work by Mohammad Nawaz Tair and Thomas C. Edwards. Rohi Mataluna is a selection of 1,350 Pashto proverbs, with English translations and cultural annotations, providing insight into the world of the infamous Pashtun people of the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier. This second edition has been completely revised and expanded, and includes extensive notes on Pashtun culture; the social usage of proverbs; Islam and the "code of honor"; background stories; parallel texts; the poetics, form and structure of Pashto proverbs; and a detailed Index of key words. Click to view a sample of the text Published in 2006 by Interlit Foundation and Pashto Academy, University of Peshawar Hardback 385 pages ISBN 969-8343-35-0
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The Nightingale of Peshawar by Jens Enevoldsen, selections from Rahman Baba Pashto/English.		US $20.50
	The Nightingale of Peshawar is an unsurpassed English translation of fifty poems from the work "diwan" of the 17th Century Pashtun mystic "Poet of Divine Love", Abdur Rahman Baba. Each poem is also presented in the original Pashto script, with English poetic translation on facing pages, with cultural and linguistic annotations, and a scholarly introduction by Jens Enevoldsen. Click to view a sample of the text Published in 1993 Hardback 7" x 9.75" [size] 204 pages ISBN 969-8343-00-8
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Sow Flowers		US $2.25
	Selections from Rahman Baba, The Poet of the Afghans translated into English by Robert Sampson & Momin Khan. A selection of the most striking verse written by the famous 17th Century Pashtun poet, Rahman Baba. This simple, pocket-size book contains 120 of Rahman Baba's best known poetic couplets, written in Pashto script with English translation. Click to view a sample of the text Published in 2003 4" x 5.25" [size] 56 pages ISBN 969-8343-28-8

 

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