Bibliograph

Dari/Pashto phrasebook for military personnel, [compiler, Robert F. Powers ; Dari translators, Mir Abdul Zahir Sahebi, Wali Shaaker ; Pashto translator, Javed Momand ; Dari editor, Edris Nawin ; Pashto editor, Subhan Fakhrizada]

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Label

Dari/Pashto phrasebook for military personnel, [compiler, Robert F. Powers ; Dari translators, Mir Abdul Zahir Sahebi, Wali Shaaker ; Pashto translator, Javed Momand ; Dari editor, Edris Nawin ; Pashto editor, Subhan Fakhrizada]

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dari/Pashto phrasebook for military personnel

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

[compiler, Robert F. Powers ; Dari translators, Mir Abdul Zahir Sahebi, Wali Shaaker ; Pashto translator, Javed Momand ; Dari editor, Edris Nawin ; Pashto editor, Subhan Fakhrizada]

Summary

An essential companion for anyone in the military serving in Afghanistan, this phrasebook provides the Dari (in red font) and Pashto (in blue font) equivalents of 3512 English phrases, 2083 terms and 3031 individual words applicable to military operations, training, logistics, equipment, basic social conversation and everyday necessities. The material in the phrasebook is organized in dictionary fashion, rather than categories, with phrases and terms listed under the main words (alphabetized) that they containches Eight appendices are included, which cover Dari pronunciation, Pashto pronunciation, Dari grammar, Pashto grammar, numbers, clock time, calendar time, and metric measurements. A ninth appendix is a map of Afghanistan

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Pashto phrasebook for military personnel

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