Everyday Kabul Speech: ره for the Object Marker

Level 3

ره sits in the same place as را, right after the whole object phrase.

How It Works

The little word را comes after a specific object. Friends in Kabul say it as ra and write it ره in messages.

ره goes after the whole object phrase, the same place as را. A phrase such as کتاب نو (a new book) takes it at the end: کتاب نو ره خواندم.

Iranian speech has a third form, رو. It does not belong in Dari. Dari writing uses را, and Kabul speech uses ره.

You will hear ره in the bazaar and in films, and you will read it in chats. In your own writing, use را.

کتاب ره خواندم.
I read the book.
Everyday speech: ره. In writing: را.
لطفاً چای ره بیاورید.
Please bring the tea.
Everyday speech: ره. In writing: را.
احمد دوستش ره دید.
Ahmad saw his friend.
Everyday speech: ره. In writing: را.
مادرم قابلی پلو ره پخت.
My mother cooked the Kabuli palaw.
Everyday speech: ره. In writing: را.
شما این فلم ره دیدید؟
Did you see this film?
Everyday speech: ره. In writing: را.

Using the Iranian speech word رو in Dari.
کتاب رو خواندم.
کتاب را خواندم.
رو is Iranian. Dari writes را, and Kabul speech says ره.
Writing the speech word ره in a school essay or a letter.
من کتاب ره خواندم.
من کتاب را خواندم.
ره belongs to speech. Essays, letters and news use را.

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Everyday Kabul Speech: ره for the Object MarkerLevel 3

This row is for listening. The written را comes first, and ره is how people in Kabul say it.

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