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Pashto/Pushtu

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Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Language Course for Pashto The Rosetta Stone intensive courses assume no prior knowledge of a foreign language and will take the student through the equivalent of a year's college study, teaching both the spoken and written foreign language. Unlike learning in language classrooms, Rosetta Stone is designed to be entertaining and self-paced. You can learn a foreign language when you want, for as long or short a time as you wish. Each Rosetta Stone language CD-ROM contains over 8,000 real life color images, plus thousands of words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Available for Arabic (Modern Standard), Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, American English, British English, French, German, Indonesian, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Latin, Japanese, Pashto, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Welsh. The Power Pac sampler has over 20 lessons in each of seven languages - French, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, German, Spanish, and English. Great for schools and families. Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM. Rosetta Stone for Pashto Level 1 $269   More information for Rosetta Stone...

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Accent on Afghanistan: Pashto, The Language And Culture Of Afghanistan Successfully communicating in a country is more than just speaking the language. Accent on Afghanistan is a versatile communication survival tool not only covering useful phrases and vocabulary, but also Afghan culture - its history, geography, ethnic groups, major holidays, education, food, religion, and customs - including a "Do's and Don'ts" for interacting with the Afghanistani people. Comes with an Audio CD recorded by a native speaker providing learning through listening and repetition of key words, phrases, and sentences; 32 Flash Cards in a removable notebook with useful vocabulary and point-to pictures for everyday living. Each side of a card illustrates four words or phrases in English and Pashto/Dari with accompanying pictures, and pronunciation guidance; Cultural Notes providing a detailed overview of the culture of Afghanistan and "do's and don'ts" on Afghanistani customs and sensitivities; and a Quick Reference stand-alone, plasticized, ultra-light foldout with over 350 words in Pashto/Dari and English. $39

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Pashto Newspaper Reader
MRM, Inc. Staff
These fifty newspaper selections provide the intermediate student of Pashto with a representative sampling of newspaper articles, accompanied by a body of suitable lexical and grammatical aids aimed at assisting comprehension and bridging the gap between elementary Pashto and the complexities of formal journalistic style. With audio recordings of the articles read by a native speaker. 1984, 246 pages, hardbound.
Book and 3 cassettes
$109  
Book and 3 CDs
$119  

English Pushtu Dictionary: The Pushtu Academy's Larger Pushto Dictionary A Bilingual Dictionary of the of the Pakhto, Pushto, Pukhto Pashtoe, Pashtu, Pushtu, Pushtoo, Pathan, or Afghan language This is not only a bi-lingual dictionary but the definitive tome on the Pushtu language. The 828 page dictionary is a blockbuster, that can be used by beginners and advanced users alike. The dictionary is in the Arabic and English script. This dictionary was compiled by Noor Mohammed Taraki and others at the Pashto Academy Kabul under the direction of the Academy's director general Abdur Raof Benawa. The team, at the forefront of language research, focused on Pashto as it is used today, their work became the largest language research project by the Academy. Over 828 pages of definitions in large format were compiled over years. The end result of the project was the publication of the most comprehensive bi-lingual dictionary of the Pashto language. Later Taraki became president of Afghanistan and introduced Marxist reforms. This great dictionary sadly went out of print during the subsequent Afghan wars. With the appointment of Hamid Karzai as the new president along with democratic government the dictionary has now been published in its new updated format. "The finest scholarly reference work available for studying Pushtu. This dictionary retains its reputation as the single best reference work for use when studying the Pashto language" - Telegraph Online "This dictionary has enough information to be useful for even the most learned Pashto linguist" - Dost Mohmmad Prof Kabul University $89

A Dictionary of the Pukhto, Pushto, or Language of the Afghans
by Capt H.G. Raverty
This comprehensive hardback Pushtu to English dictionary has over 1100 pages. Each Pushtu word is written in Pushtu script then and romanized, with definitions and easy to read printing.
$95  

A Grammar of the Pukhto, Pushto, or Language of the Afghans
H.G. Raverty
A grammar of Pushto by H.G. Raverty, the author of the comprehensive dictionary of Pushtu. 1987, 205 pages.
$95  

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Rosetta Stone CD-ROM Language Course for Pashto The Rosetta Stone intensive courses assume no prior knowledge of a foreign language and will take the student through the equivalent of a year's college study, teaching both the spoken and written foreign language. Unlike learning in language classrooms, Rosetta Stone is designed to be entertaining and self-paced. You can learn a foreign language when you want, for as long or short a time as you wish. Each Rosetta Stone language CD-ROM contains over 8,000 real life color images, plus thousands of words and phrases spoken by native speakers. Available for Arabic (Modern Standard), Chinese (Mandarin), Danish, Dutch, American English, British English, French, German, Indonesian, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Latin, Japanese, Pashto, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, and Welsh. The Power Pac sampler has over 20 lessons in each of seven languages - French, Chinese, Russian, Dutch, German, Spanish, and English. Great for schools and families. Windows and Macintosh CD-ROM. Rosetta Stone for Pashto Level 1 $269   More information for Rosetta Stone...

EuroTalk Network Editions Now you can run Vocabulary Builder, Talk Now!, World Talk, and Movie Talk through your school or college CD server or CD tower for simultaneous use of these titles on your network! You'll have access to permanent reports for all the activities done by each student in the class for such things as time and sessions spent on each activity, scores in the quizzes and games. These network discs operate on most networks that are in common use in schools and colleges, such as NT, Novell, and Macintosh networks. Students can select their names from classes, and run the program currently assigned to that class, and students may optionally also be allowed to join classes. Teachers can see at a glance which students are currently logged on and what they are doing, and they can add students to classes, remove them, or move them around. A reports facility allows you to display or print reports for entire classes, or for individual students. Student reports show the number of sessions, the time spent on each activity, and scores in the quizzes and games, and times and scores can also be displayed in chart form. The prices are highly competitive, and the price per unit goes down dramatically as one goes up in the number of users and units. With a configuration of 100 users and 100 units, which goes for $9,995, you pay less than $1 per unit per person! More about EuroTalk Network...

Talk Now! CD-ROM Course for Pashto The Talk Now! series is for any language beginner who wants an entertaining self-study course to learn basic phrases, such as colors, numbers, food, shopping, and time. We have been selling this European-produced CD-ROM for a few years and find that it is highly praised by people from all over the world. Designed by language experts, Talk Now! includes great features like speak and repeat, interactive games, and digital recordings with native speakers. Interactive and fun, it is ideal for beginners and travelers. Test your knowledge with easy and hard quizzes and play a challenging memory game. Monitor your progress: keep your total score and print your own awards. You can also print your own picture dictionary for handy reference. On-screen help is available at all times in over 50 languages. Talk Now! runs on both Macintosh and Windows computers. Shipping weight 1 lb. $45   More about the Talk Now! series...

Global Office Suite Now get Global Writer and Global Office for Office 97/2000/XP in one package for an amazing price! Global Writer is the word processor that lets you write in 100 languages with one keyboard, and Global Office is the enhancement to Microsoft Office that adds text entry and visual keyboard display in over 100 different languages - together they provide a complete multilingual suite. This package gives you a savings of $80 over buying these products individually! $299   More information for Global Office Suite...

Global Writer Professional Multilingual Word Processor Global Writer Professional is a word processor that lets you express yourself in 100 languages without learning a new keyboard layout or using stickers. It is very easy to use because it looks and feels like popular Windows applications. Global Writer's built-in and customizable spell checker and thesaurus make typing faster and more convenient than ever. Best of all, everything you need is included in the box, at an amazingly low price. Shipping weight 1 lb. $129   More information for Global Writer...

Global Office Language Support for Office 97/2000 Now you can write in all major languages from your standard English Windows in Office 97/2000! Unitype Global Office is an enhancement to Microsoft Office that adds text entry and visual keyboard display in over 100 different languages to these Microsoft products: Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint. It is easy to use, yet powerful enough to support the most demanding tasks of businesses, translation professionals, and academics worldwide. Best of all, the program is simple to install and everything you need is on one CD-ROM. Shipping weight 2 lbs. $250   More information for Global Office...

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