Recent Projects: Elementary Language Tools: Dari

Common Phrases

Below are some of the most common phrases in Dari. Click on the Dari phrase to hear it spoken aloud. Click on the 'Transliteration' to hear how each word is pronounced.

Writing the Alphabet

The Dari alphabet consists of 32 letters and uses a modified Arabic script which is written from right to left. Each letter has 3 forms, depending on where in the word it is written. Below is a sampling of the forms that Dari letters may take at the beginning (initial), middle (medial), or end (final) position of a word. Click on the component letters to hear how the word is spelled and sounded out slowly. Click on the complete word to hear the pronunciation.