Language/Central-pashto/Grammar/Conditional-Mood

Central Pashto Grammar - Conditional Mood

Hi Central Pashto learners! 😊
In today's lesson, we will be discussing the conditional mood in Central Pashto. The conditional mood is used to express a hypothetical situation or an event that could happen in the future. It is also used to express wishes and polite requests. We will look at how to form the conditional mood in Central Pashto, as well as some examples of its usage.

Formation

The conditional mood in Central Pashto is formed by adding the suffix -a to the verb stem. For example, the verb stem for the verb "to write" is نوشته (nawsha-). To form the conditional mood, the suffix -a is added to the verb stem, resulting in نوشته‌ا (nawsha-a).

Examples

• نوشته‌ا (nawsha-a) - to write (conditional mood)
• خوانده‌ا (khwanda-a) - to read (conditional mood)
• بگیره‌ا (biga-ra-a) - to take (conditional mood)

Usage

The conditional mood is used to express a hypothetical situation or an event that could happen in the future. It is also used to express wishes and polite requests.

Examples

• اگه به دنبال کاری بودم، من نوشته‌ا (Agha ba dana-bal kaari budam, man nawsha-a) - If I had a job, I would write.
• اگه به دنبال کاری بودی، تو نوشته‌ا (Agha ba dana-bal kaari budi, tu nawsha-a) - If you had a job, you would write.
• اگه به دنبال کاری بودیم، ما خوانده‌ا (Agha ba dana-bal kaari budim, ma khwanda-a) - If we had a job, we would read.
• اگه به دنبال کاری بودید، شما بگیره‌ا (Agha ba dana-bal kaari budid, shoma biga-ra-a) - If you had a job, you would take.

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