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Family & Relations
کورنۍ او خپلوان

مور

mor

mother

Hear it
  • 865wordsلغتونه
  • 20categoriesکټګورۍ
  • 160phrasesجملې
  • 20situationsحالتونه
  • 15units · 3 stagesڅپرکي
  • 3gamesلوبې
  • 4quiz formatsازموینې

§ 01·The lesson path

د زده کړې لار

Fifteen units.
Three stages.
One route home.

Every unit bundles word lessons, phrase lessons and a checkpoint. The Culture and Advanced units add the story and songs as lessons of their own.

Stage 1Foundations

بنسټونه

  1. 1
    Greetingsسلامونه

    First words: hello, please, thank you

  2. 2
    Numbersشمېرې

    Count and tell time

  3. 3
    Familyکورنۍ

    Family members and home

  4. 4
    Colorsرنګونه

    Colors and descriptive words

  5. 5
    Foodخواړه

    Food, drinks, and dining

Stage 2Conversations

خبرې اترې

  1. 6
    Homeکور

    Household objects and daily home talk

  2. 7
    Bazaarبازار

    Clothing and shopping conversations

  3. 8
    Timeوخت

    Days, months and everyday questions

  4. 9
    Feelingsاحساسات

    Emotions and giving opinions

  5. 10
    Healthروغتیا

    Body parts and visiting the doctor

Stage 3Fluency

روانتیا

  1. 11
    Travelسفر

    Transport, directions and travel phrases

  2. 12
    Cultureکلتور

    Stories, songs, calls and celebrations

  3. 13
    Natureطبیعت

    Animals, weather and the natural world

  4. 14
    Work & Schoolکار او ښوونځی

    Jobs, school and the workplace

  5. 15
    Advancedپرمختللي

    Verbs and advanced practice with songs

Lesson kindsWORDPHRASECHECKPOINTSTORYSONGPassing score gates each checkpoint

§ 02·How it sticks

حافظه

Learn it once.
We bring it back
just before you forget.

Every word you learn goes on a calendar. Khabara asks you about it again tomorrow, then in a week, then in a month. The gap grows each time you remember and shrinks to a day when you don’t. That is the whole trick, and this is the schedule the app really runs.

One word · Unit 03 · Family

ورور

wror

brother

Hear it

When the word comes back

  1. Lesson

    Day 1

    learning

    You meet it in a lesson.

  2. Review 1

    Day 2

    learning

    Remembered. Next in 6 days.

  3. Review 2

    Day 8

    familiar

    Remembered. Next in 17 days.

  4. Review 3

    Day 25

    familiar

    Remembered. Next in 49 days.

  5. Review 4

    Day 74

    familiar

    Remembered. Next in 147 days.

  6. Review 5

    Day 221

    mastered

    Remembered again. Mastered.

To scale · first 80 days

then day 221 →

Five clean reviews and the word is spaced out to day 221, with the app checking on it less and less often. It costs you six short answers in total.

Daily goal

50XP a day

A ten-question lesson on new words is worth up to 35 XP: 2 for each right answer, 5 for a perfect run, 10 for finishing. Two lessons meet the goal. Reviews and games count too.

Streak

2freezes, banked

Every day you meet the goal, the streak grows. Miss a day and a banked freeze covers it for you. You earn one with 7 lessons or reviews in a week and can hold 2 at a time.

Levels

  1. Newcomerنوی0
  2. Learnerزده کوونکی500
  3. Conversationalistخبرې کوونکی2,000
  4. Scholarپوهاند8,000
  5. Masterماهر20,000

Total XP · titles at each milestone

§ 03·Stories

کیسې

Read the language
the way it is actually spoken.

Illustrated scenes with voiced dialogue, line by line, in script, romanization and English. Tap a line to reveal the translation.

Ahmad and Zarmina ride a rickshaw through Peshawar, scene one of The Meeting
Story 01Scene 1 / 8

The Meeting

Ahmad brings his daughter Zarmina to visit family in Peshawar. Greetings, introductions, family talk, and farewells through their journey.

ملاقات

8 scenes · 12 min · level 1

Dialogue · scene 1

§ 04·Songs · 2 songs · 39 recorded lines

سندرې

Songs are how
the words stay.

Before anyone wrote Pashto down, it was sung. Khabara keeps that: one original song built from the course vocabulary, and a Zeek Afridi classic broken into lines you can replay until they stick. The waveforms are the real recordings.

Full track · 3:31

Zma Watanزما وطن

Khabara خبره · Original · 3 min · level 1

Written from the app’s own vocabulary: homeland, family, nature, and keeping the language.

0:003:31

Lyrics · tap a line to hear it alone

Verse 1

Chorus

Line by line · 19 study lines, no full track

Bibi Shireenبي بي شیریني

Zeek Afridi زیک افریدي · Traditional · 4 min · level 2

A beloved Pashto song of love, devotion and longing — studied line by line.

Lyrics · tap a line to hear it

Chorus

Verse 1

§ 05·Games & quizzes

لوبې

For the kid who won’t sit
through a flashcard.

Three arcade games and four quiz formats draw from the same 865-word bank, so play counts toward the same progress as lessons. The screens below are the real games, drawn to scale.

Baraan

باران

rain · Catch Words in the Rain

An English word is called out. Pashto words fall through the rain — tap the right one before it lands.

Alwat

الوت

flight · Fly & Learn Vocabulary

Tap to keep the chukar in the air and fly it through the gap labelled with the correct translation.

Kabul Runner

کابل منډه

endless runner · Smash Through the Right Word

Three lanes, three words, one meaning. Swap lanes to smash the right one and collect Pashto letters on the way.

Quiz formats · same word bank

  1. 01Multiple choicePick the correct answer from four options
  2. 02ListeningHear the audio, choose the meaning
  3. 03TypingType the English meaning from Pashto
  4. 04MatchingMatch Pashto words to English meanings

Numbers unit · one to ten

  1. یوyaw · 1
  2. دوهdwa · 2
  3. درېdre · 3
  4. څلورtsalor · 4
  5. پنځهpinza · 5
  6. شپږshpag · 6
  7. اووهowa · 7
  8. اتهata · 8
  9. نههnaha · 9
  10. لسlas · 10

§ 06·Two tongues · 41 words recorded both ways

لهجې

One word.
Two valleys.

Most Pashto is shared. 41 everyday words are not: they are said one way in Peshawar and another in Kandahar. Khabara records both and lets you choose which you hear first. Look at the shapes; you can see the difference before you hear it.

  • grandmothersame meaning
    Peshawari · Peshawarnia

    نیا

    Kandahari · Kandaharana

    انا

  • chickensame meaning
    Peshawari · Peshawarcharg

    چرګ

    Kandahari · Kandaharmargha

    مرغه

  • rabbitsame meaning
    Peshawari · Peshawarkhargosh

    خرگوش

    Kandahari · Kandaharsway

    سوی

  • husbandsame meaning
    Peshawari · Peshawarkhawand

    خاوند

    Kandahari · Kandaharmayra

    مېړه

  • sugarsame meaning
    Peshawari · Peshawarshkar

    شکر

    Kandahari · Kandaharshakara

    شکره

  • buttersame meaning
    Peshawari · Peshawarmakahan

    مکھن

    Kandahari · Kandaharkoch

    کوچ

Peshawari is the default voice throughout Khabara. Switch once in settings and lessons, quizzes and games follow.

§ 07·Built for families

کورنۍ

One word.
Three generations.

Khabara is heritage-first. Every word is shown three ways at once — sound, romanization, script — because three people at the same table are starting from three different places.

Sound · what she says

Press play.

Romanization · what you remember

kor

Script · what the child learns to see

کور

کور · kor · home — Unit 06, Home & Objects

  1. 01

    The grandmother has always said it.

    She wants to be understood, not corrected.

    انا
  2. 02

    The parent half-remembers it.

    Grew up hearing it, never learned to read it. Wants to teach it without embarrassment.

    مور
  3. 03

    The child has never seen it written.

    Understands it at the dinner table. Needs the shape to match the sound.

    ماشوم

§ 08·The Language

ژبه

One of the world’s
oldest living languages.

Spoken by 40–60 million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan, and diaspora communities worldwide, Pashto has a literary tradition spanning centuries.

Speakers

40–60million

  • Afghanistanافغانستان
  • Pakistanپاکستان
  • Diaspora communities worldwide

From the warrior-poetry of Khushal Khan Khattak to the Sufi verses of Rahman Baba — discover the rich history, dialects, and script behind the language.

Explore Pashto’s Story

A literary tradition spanning centuries

  1. 01Khushal Khan KhattakWarrior-poetry
  2. 02Rahman BabaSufi verses

Khabara teaches the living language — the Peshawari everyday speech of the diaspora, with Kandahari variants marked wherever the two differ.

§ 09·Begin

Start with
سلام.

The first lesson is four greetings. By the end of it you will have read, heard and typed the words your family has said to you a thousand times.

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  1. Lesson 01 · Greetings · سلامونه
  2. سلام علیکمsalaam alaikum1 · Peace be upon you
  3. څنګه یې؟tsanga ye?2 · How are you?
  4. ښه یم، مننهkha yam, manana3 · I am fine, thank you
  5. خوشحاله شومkhoshaala shwam4 · Nice to meet you