Everyday Kabul Speech: He or She Goes
The negative adds نـ in front: نمیره is said for نمی‌رود.
How It Works
In writing, the present tense for he and she ends in ـد. Kabul speech says these two verbs with a short -a at the end, and friends write it ـه.
| Everyday speech | Written Dari | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| میره (mēra) | می‌رود | goes |
| میکنه (mēkuna) | می‌کند | does |
| نمیره (namēra) | نمی‌رود | does not go |
| نمیکنه (namēkuna) | نمی‌کند | does not do |
The speech form is for one person, he or she. The words around the verb stay as they are in writing.
Speech spelling joins می to the verb with no gap, as in میره. Writing always puts a half-space after می: می‌رود.
Iranian chats spell the same words میره and میکنه, so you will see them in Iranian texts too. In Dari writing, use می‌رود and می‌کند.
Examples (5)
- او هر روز به مکتب میره.
He goes to school every day.
Everyday speech: میره. In writing: می‌رود.
- پدرم در دکان کار میکنه.
My father works at the shop.
Everyday speech: میکنه. In writing: می‌کند.
- برادرم امروز به پوهنتون نمیره.
My brother is not going to the university today.
Everyday speech: نمیره. In writing: نمی‌رود.
- فریده در شفاخانه کار میکنه.
Farida works at the hospital.
Everyday speech: میکنه. In writing: می‌کند.
- خواهرم امروز به مکتب نمیره، چون مریض است.
My sister is not going to school today, because she is sick.
Everyday speech: نمیره. In writing: نمی‌رود.
Common Mistakes
Writing the speech form in a school essay or a letter.
او به مکتب میره.او به مکتب می‌رود.میره belongs to speech. Essays, letters and news use می‌رود.
How It Connects
Learn This First
This row is for listening. The written می‌رود and می‌کند come first, and میره and میکنه are how people in Kabul say them.
- Written Dari and Everyday Kabul Speech
Know that written Dari and Kabul speech differ, because میره and میکنه is a speech form and the written form always comes first.
Foundations - The Present Tense
Know the written present tense, like می‌رود and می‌کند, because people in Kabul say میره and میکنه for them.
Level 2
Related Patterns
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