Author: talktajik

Бо шукуфтани пахта мо ба пахтачинӣ баромадем.
With the blooming of the cotton, we went out cotton-picking.
Дар Тоҷикистон мавсими пахтачинӣ оғоз ёфт.
In Tajikistan the season of cotton picking began.

пахта: cotton
Somebody who picks cotton, a cotton picker, is пахтачин.
This compound word is formed from the noun пахта (cotton) and the verb stem of чиндан (to pick).
Adding the suffix ӣ forms the new word, пахтачинӣ (cotton-picking).
Another word ending with чинӣ –
гулчинӣ: flower-picking

Деҳаи мо маркази район аст.
Our village is the centre of the region.
Душанбе шаҳри калонтарини ҷумҳурӣ, маркази илму фарҳанг, пойтахти Тоҷикистон мебошад.
Dushanbe is the largest city in the country, the centre of science and culture, the capital of Tajikistan.

Bonus:
маркази савдо: shopping centre, a large shop
Add the suffix ӣ to make this word an adjective. Example:
ҳукумати марказӣ: central government

Ҳеҷ кас ва ҳеҷ чиз фаромӯш намешавад!
Nobody and nothing will be forgotton!
Наметарасам аз ҳеҷ чиз.
I am scared of nothing.

Bonus:
Tajik is a language that uses double negatives, so when using ҳеҷ чиз you also have to put the negative prefix на on the verb. When translating to English, then, we can translate two ways deciding which word in English will take the negative. So the second sample sentence can be translated “I am scared of nothing” or “I am not scared of anything”.
Forgetting to use the double negative is a common mistake for English speakers who are learning Tajik. Tajiks who are beginning to learn English will also make the same mistake which is why they might say something like, “I am not scared of nothing”.