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Why learn Tajik?
Learning Tajik improves the knowledge of your own language. Four out of five new jobs in the US are created as a result of foreign trade. Creativity is increased with the study of Tajik. it fosters an understanding of the interrelation of language and human nature.
How Long Does it Take to Learn Tajik?
Tajiki is rated as a category 3 language by the Foreign Service Institute. It is considered moderately difficult for English speakers to learn and takes an average of 44 weeks (or 1100 class hours) to gain professional working proficiency.
Tajik Alphabet & Pronunciation
Tajik Persian is currently written in Cyrillic script, although it was written in the Latin script beginning in 1928, and the Arabic alphabet prior to 1928. The Tajik alphabet added six additional letters that are distinguished in the Tajik orthography by the use of diacritics.
(a)
[a]
(be)
[b]
(ve)
[v]
(ge)
[g]
(de)
[d]
(ye)
[e]
(zhe)
[zj]
(ze)
[z]
(i)
[i]
(dotted i)
[i]
(ka)
[k]
(el)
[l]
(em)
[m]
(en)
[n]
(o)
[o]
(pe)
[p]
(er)
[r]
(es)
[s]
(te)
[t]
(u)
[oo]
(ef)
[h]
(kha)
[h]
(tse)
[tz]
(che)
[ch]
(sha)
[sh]
(shcha)
[sht]
(yer)
[u]
(front yer)
[ɨ]
(yeri)
[э]
(e)
[y]
(yu)
[you]
(ya)
[ya]
Basic Phrases in Tajik
Hello | Салом (Salom) |
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Goodbye | Хайр (Xajr) |
Yes | бале (ʙale) |
No | нест (nest) |
Excuse me | бубахшед (ʙuʙaxşed) |
Please | Лутфан (Lutfan) |
Thank you | сипос (sipos) |
You are welcome | хушомадед (xuşomaded) |
Do you speak english | Шумо бо забони англисӣ гап зада метавонед? (Şumo ʙo zaʙoni anglisī gap zada metavoned?) |
Do you understand | Шумо фаҳмидед? (Şumo fahmided?) |
I understand | ман мефаҳмам (man mefahmam) |
I do not understand | ман намефаҳмам (man namefahmam) |
How are you | Шумо чӣ хелед? (Şumo cī xeled?) |
Fine thanks | Хубам ташаккур! (Xuʙam taşakkur!) |
What is your name | Номи шумо чӣ? (Nomi şumo cī?) |
My name is | Номи ман (Nomi man) |
Pleased to meet you | Аз шиносоӣ бо шумо шодам (Az şinosoī ʙo şumo şodam) |
Tajik Grammar
Tajik Nouns
Man | мардона (mardona) |
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Woman | занона (zanona) |
Boy | писарбача (pisarʙaca) |
Girl | духтаре (duxtare) |
Cat | гурба (gurʙa) |
Dog | саг (sag) |
Fish | моҳӣ (mohī) |
Water | об (oʙ) |
Milk | шир (şir) |
Egg | тухм (tuxm) |
House | хона (xona) |
Flower | гул (gul) |
Tree | дарахт (daraxt) |
Shirt | ҷома (çoma) |
Pants | шим (şim) |
Tajik Adjectives
Colors in Tajik
Black | сиёҳ (sijoh) |
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White | сафед (safed) |
Red | сурх (surx) |
Orange | норанҷӣ (norançī) |
Yellow | зард (zard) |
Green | сабз (saʙz) |
Blue | кабуд (kaʙud) |
Purple | арғувон (arƣuvon) |
Pink | гулобӣ (guloʙī) |
Gray | хокистарранг (xokistarrang) |
Brown | қаҳваранг (qahvarang) |
Numbers in Tajik
Zero | сифр (sifr) |
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One | Як (Jak) |
Two | Ду (Du) |
Three | Се (Se) |
Four | Чор (Cor) |
Five | Панҷ (Panç) |
Six | Шаш (Şaş) |
Seven | Ҳафт (Haft) |
Eight | Ҳашт (Haşt) |
Nine | Нӯҳ (Nūh) |
Ten | даҳ (dah) |
Eleven | Ёздаҳ (Jozdah) |
Twelve | Дувоздаҳ (Duvozdah) |
Twenty | бисту (ʙistu) |
Thirty | сӣ (sī) |
Forty | чил (cil) |
Fifty | Панҷоҳ (Pançoh) |
Sixty | шаст (şast) |
Seventy | ҳафтод (haftod) |
Eighty | ҳаштод (haştod) |
Ninety | навад (navad) |
Hundred | сад (sad) |
Thousand | ҳазор (hazor) |
Tajik Verbs
To be | будан (ʙudan) |
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To have | доштан (doştan) |
To want | мехоҳанд (mexohand) |
To need | лозим аст (lozim ast) |
To help | кумак кунанд (kumak kunand) |
To go | рафтан (raftan) |
To come | омадан (omadan) |
To eat | хӯрдан (xūrdan) |
To drink | нӯшидан (nūşidan) |
To speak | сухан ронда (suxan ronda) |
Building Simple Sentences
The word order of Tajiki Persian is subject–object–verb.
More Complex Tajik Sentences
And | ва (va) |
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Or | ё (jo) |
But | аммо (ammo) |
Because | зеро (zero) |
With | бо (ʙo) |
Also | низ (niz) |
However | аммо (ammo) |
Neither | на (na) |
Nor | на (na) |
If | агар (agar) |
Then | баъд (ʙa'd) |
Useful Tajik Vocabulary
Tajik Questions
Who | ки (ki) |
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What | чӣ (cī) |
When | кай (kaj) |
Where | куҷо (kuço) |
Why | чаро (caro) |
How | Чӣ хел (Cī xel) |
How many | чӣ қадар (cī qadar) |
How much | чӣ қадар (cī qadar) |
Days of the Week in Tajik
Monday | Душанбе (Duşanʙe) |
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Tuesday | сешанбе (seşanʙe) |
Wednesday | Чоршанбе (Corşanʙe) |
Thursday | Панҷшанбе (Pançşanʙe) |
Friday | Ҷумъа (Çum'a) |
Saturday | шанбе (şanʙe) |
Sunday | Якшанбе (Jakşanʙe) |
Yesterday | дирӯз (dirūz) |
Today | имрӯз (imrūz) |
Tomorrow | фардо (fardo) |
Months in Tajik
January | Январ (Janvar) |
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February | Феврал (Fevral) |
March | Март (Mart) |
April | Апрел (Aprel) |
May | Май (Maj) |
June | Июн (Ijun) |
July | Июл (Ijul) |
August | Август (Avgust) |
September | Сентябр (Sentjaʙr) |
October | Октябр (Oktjaʙr) |
November | Ноябр (Nojaʙr) |
December | Декабр (Dekaʙr) |
Seasons in Tajik
Winter | зимистон (zimiston) |
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Spring | баҳор (ʙahor) |
Summer | тобистон (toʙiston) |
Autumn | тирамоҳ (tiramoh) |
Telling Time in Tajik
What time is it | Соат чанд? (Soat cand?) |
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Hours | соат (soat) |
Minutes | дақиқа (daqiqa) |
Seconds | сонияҳо (sonijaho) |
O clock | соати (soati) |
Half | нисфи (nisfi) |
Quarter past | семоҳаи гузашта (semohai guzaşta) |
Before | пеш (peş) |
After | пас аз (pas az) |