Forming Sentences

Now, we will look at how to form full sentences in Pashto.

How Do Sentences Form?

Words are separated by spaces. Pashto has the following puncutation marks that are very similar to the ones found in English:

In addition, it is important to remember that Pashto is written from right to left. (The only exception stems from numbers, as they are written from left to right.)

Sentence Structure

Sentences in Pashto follow the SOV (subject-object-verb) structure. This is different from the familiar SVO (subject-verb-object) structure that English uses.

Examples

Below is the color code that I used.

• Subject
• Object
• Verb

• .زه اوبه څښم - I drink water.
• .ته ۲۶ کتابونه لرې - You have 26 books.

Wait, This Doesn't Look Familiar!

Don't worry! These examples were only meant to introduce you to the basic sentence structure of Pashto. You will learn more of these vocabulary words later on. For now, just recognize the SVO structure and how the words work together in the above sentences to make that structure work.