English-Bashgali Sentences. 
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1242. The scent of the dog-rose is nicer 
than the scent of the flower 
of the apple. 
1243. The scissors of the tailor are 
so blunt they won’t cnt 
cloth. 
1244. Scorpions go somewhere in 
the winter. Would to God 
they would not return in 
summer! 
1245. Send two men to scout , and give 
them orders to stay on the 
road tilbevening (sun down). 
Parr pish gun ta tari pish gun 
lesst ass. 
Basnd shut trutsan sail duru biss, 
basnd na petann. 
Ziwdr upoh kor ettabd . Imrd wiz - 
dor dl upoh n’awelonn ! 
Du manchldn namo sbu kudosth 
dugd : amki manchldn hukm pre 
sai yur wlk p’putt nizheld. 
1246. I saw him scowling and I am 
sure he is my enemy. 
1247. The old woman is screaming 
from fear of the thieves. 
1248. The seam (?) of my choga 
has become undone. 
1249. Go and search in the village 
for a ladder, and I shall 
myself go shortly to search. 
1250. This is not the season for 
fruit to ripen. 
1251. He came secretly by night to 
my house and took away 
my coat. 
1252. I am blind and I saw (see) 
nothing last night when 
Mirak came. 
1253. I have sown the seeds, but not 
one has sprouted. 
1254. It seems to me they are all 
rotten. 
1255. Have you seen Kabul? No, I 
have not seen it, but my 
father saw it. 
Id ikle manchl waridm miok 
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andhr kunn: o purjanam idst 
pachanwarl assd. 
Wdl publ kutt; shtar duga biluah 
widarett. 
Idst shugd wizhu biss (?). 
Tu prets b’gram p’mich chik osh 
kshi (5she) o dl 5sh kusth dugd 
zapp anam. 
Ind kajwaj pagasth dugd wokt na 
ess. 
Ikld manchl rador chilli attl idst 
shugd brd. 
Ots kar assum; kul Mirak ossabd 
id kd dl n wariam. 
O bklm ta bi ajissl, e dl na wd ass. 
'V 
O purjinam sundl pkhuld bd . 
<y 
Tu Kabul warian ? I n’warins, 
Iasi tdtt warians. 
