Resources for learning the Tajik language
иборат: consists Оилаи мо аз панҷ нафар иборат аст. Our family consists of five people. Як сол иборат аз дувоздаҳ моҳ аст. One year consists of twelve months. Bonus: This is a good example of a word that is hard to translate. Sometimes it translates better as “contains” or “is made up of”. To get … Continue reading “иборат”
пӯлод: steel Милтиқу тӯп аз пӯлод сохта мешаванд. Guns and cannons are made from steel. Корду қайчӣ низ аз пӯлод сохта мешаванд. Knives and scissors are also made from steel. Bonus: If you want to ask what something is made from you can do it like this: Корду қайчӣ аз чӣ сохта мешавад? What are … Continue reading “пӯлод”
порсол: last year Ин китобро ман порсол харида будам. I bought this book last year. Порсол дар Тоҷикистон беш аз 1200 тонна пилла истеҳсол шуда буд. Last year in Tajikistan more than 1200 tons of silk cocoons were produced. Bonus: Try to use the word “порсол” five times today in your conversations. Find out how … Continue reading “порсол”
гузаранда: contagious, infectious Илми тиб касалиҳоро ба ду навъ ҷудо мекунад: касалиҳои гузаранда ва касалиҳои нагузаранда. Medical science divides illnesses into two types: infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases. Bonus: Ask a friend to give you examples of infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases. In English we can describe other things as being contagious, for example, laughter. … Continue reading “гузаранда”
Welcome to the Talk Tajik Today webpage. Here you will find a collection of resources to use as you study Tajik. There are links to Tajik videos, lesson plans ready to download and use, a beginning grammar book to download, and much more. Have a look around. Talk Tajik Today sends out a Word of … Continue reading “Home”
Audio Resources Survival Tajik Survival Tajik (pdf file) and Survival Tajik audio Short stories: Listen or download The Little Black Ant story and Questions about the story. Jokes – Заҳр, Гум намешавад, Дегатон мурд, Риш ва мӯи сар Tajik language learning audio Language Survival Kit Module – A language resource developed by the US Defense. … Continue reading “Audio”
Interactive Resources Games and flash cards online Tajik Flashcards – Sets of flash cards developed by the US Department of Security. Interactive flash cards, with several options for how to use. For a challenge try space race. Intermediate learning modules. From CelCAR. There are 10 different texts to read and listen to. There are also … Continue reading “Interactive”
General Resources for Learning Language Useful websites Growing Participator Approach – Greg Thomson’s language learning blog Use this Dropbox link to download the most recent Growing Participator Approach materials. Fluent in 3 months is a blog with lots of good articles about language learning. Here are a few to get started on: How to make … Continue reading “Language Learning”
Grammar Grammar online Brief Tajik grammar on Wikipedia. Learn Tajik A few Tajik lessons to get you started. Basic grammar and some word lists. Tajiki Familiarization Course from Foreign Language Training Center in Washington. This is a full textbook online with lots of audio samples. Grammar to download A Basic Course in Tajik, by Randall … Continue reading “Grammar”
Dictionaries Dictionaries online Луғат online dictionary with over 4000 words. Glosbe online dictionary. English-Tajik and Tajik-English. This is a collaborative dictionary. You can even log in and add words and phrases to it. Sahifa English-Tajik online dictionary. 25000 words Sahifa Tajik-English online dictionary. 35000 words Oxford Living Dictionaries. Type in the English word and get … Continue reading “Dictionaries”