Product Description

"An Essential Tool For Soldiers and Civilians Working in Afghanistan. Survive and thrive with Accent on Afghanistan Dari! Learn useful phrases and vocabulary, Afghan culture—history, geography, people, food, religion, and customs—plus ""Do's and Don'ts"" for interactions with Afghans! Includes: * Illustrated Flash Cards. The words you need, with both the Dari script and pronunciations, plus simple pictures of everyday occurrences—just point it out! The cards come in an easy-snap 3-ring binder. * Audio CD of the vocabulary, recorded with a native speaker of Afghan Dari. * Cultural Notes Booklet: Get an overview of Afghanistan, especially of important customs and crucial etiquette. * Quick Reference Guide: The laminated foldout card covers more than 350 essential words and phrases in Afghanistan Dari and English. Accent on Afghanistan: Dari comes from Accent on Languages, a company providing translation and interpretation services to the federal government since 1997. With over twenty years' experience with foreign language audio programs, Accent on Languages tailored this product to the special needs of military personnel in Afghanistan. Although designed for soldiers, anyone going to Afghanistan can use this program!"

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #565339 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Dari for Soldiers
I was looking for a guide to Dari for someone with some Persian experience. That's not what I found here. Instead I found a good basic introduction to Dari with an extremely heavy military orientation. I have students who immigrated to the United States from Afghanistan. I'd like to speak with them and their parents in Dari. But I have no desire to say, "Do you have any unauthorized weapons?" or "Hands behind your back." Both of these phrases are representative of the more complex translations on the CD. There are also instances where opportunities to explain are missed. For example, there is the translation of "pistol" as "tofangcheh" immediately followed by the translation of "rifle" as "tofang." This occurs without any mention of the diminutive which might be applied to many other circumstances. On the other hand, it can only be a good thing for soldiers to read advice on how to show respect to Afghans.

helpful, but more military-oriented
this is a great product - very compact and focused on the basics of Dari langauage. it also comes with good cultural guidelines. the only thing that didn't work for me was the emphasis on military words, etc. about 1/5 of the language CD helps you learn words and phrases like, "how many guns do you have", or "i am a brigade general", etc. still, the product is packaged well, and is very easy to use. i would purchase it again.

pretty good, but could be better
I gave this to an acquaintance after reviewing what was in it. It has useful phrases and vocabulary, but is very basic. One would have to learn Dari grammar somewhere else or assume analogies with Farsi.

The large format of this package makes it unnecessarily bulky and the back cover was pealing off when I got it. They need to use better glue.