Video Resources Online

Learning Tajik

• Tajik Alphabet Song – Learn the letters of the Tajik alphabet with this kids’ song.
• Tajik Number Song – Learn the numbers from 1 to 20 with this kids’ song.

Tajik videos for children

• Tajik Kids TV – YouTube channel with songs for children. Very easy to understand; can be used for language learning.

Tajik films

• The Miracle of Love, Муҷизаи Ишқ – A student at the agricultural university falls in love with a girl studying at the medical university. Interesting points – dating, хостгорӣ, tuberculosis
• The Modern Bride, Аруси замонавӣ
• The Modern Bride 2, Аруси замонавӣ 2
• The Modern Groom, Домоди замонавӣ
• The Story of Jesus for Children
• Jesus film
• There are a lot more Tajik films on youtube. Check here: Тоҷикфилм

Tajik short videos

• Animation Love Story of Malika and Rustan – A 3 minute cartoon with English subtitles.
• Videos from muhabbatin website – a series of 1 to 3 minute videos about the rights of women, marriage, divorce, alimony etc.
• Two Little Girls – 3 minute video about human trafficking translated into Tajik
• Prophets Story – An overview of the main prophets. (7 minutes long)

Current Events

• Video of the day – a news video from Ozodi.org.

Movie clips translated into local dialects

• Some clips from Kung Fu Panda in colloquial Tajik.
• 5 minute clip of Madagascar in colloquial Tajik.

Comedy sketches – local dialects

• Тарбуз ту ширинай? – 3 minute sketch about a man buying a watemelon.
• Хуроки бепул – 5 minute sketch about eating in a restaurant.
• Шахарханд – Маслиҳат – several 2-3 minute sketches. 22 minutes total.
• Шахарханд – Шикор. – more 2-3 minute sketches. 22 minutes total.
• Ба ман зан ёбед – 8 minute sketch about an old man asking his three children to find somebody to help him.
• Electricity Thief – 8 minute sketch about the electricity meter readers.
• To find more go youtube and search for шакарханд or лаҳзаҳои гуворо (or just click on those quick links).

Tajik cartoons

• Буд-набуд будгор буд – A 7 minute long Tajik cartoon about a mirror.
• The Hen – cartoon and Tajik folk song
• Боғбон ва дузд – The Gardener and the Thief, 2 minutes, very easy to understand, funny

Other fun stuff

• Ну погоди – this cartoon series is usually wordless but this one has a song that has been translated into Tajik.
• Tajik song using clips from Shrek.
• Short song clips – 8 minutes of short music clips from Disney cartoons with Tajik audio. Funny.