The learning activities for weeks 7 and 8 were quite different. The tasks for both weeks were split between learning terms in regards to family and asking questions in Dari.
There are a few interesting things about familial terms in Dari. For instance the word for uncle differs if that uncle is maternal or paternal. Likewise, there are multiple terms for the word cousin (that are also differentiated by gender), there is one term for each of the following: cousin (paternal uncle), cousin (maternal uncle), cousin (paternal aunt) and cousin (maternal aunt). Additionally, there is no distinction between the words niece and nephew, but there is a distinction if the niece or nephew is your brother's or sister's child.
Below are some words related to family:
father - پدر
mother - مادر
brother - برادر
sister - خواهر
uncle (paternal) - کاکا
uncle (maternal) - ماما
aunt (paternal) - عمه
aunt (maternal) - خاله
cousin (male / paternal uncle) - پسر کاکا
cousin (female / paternal uncle) - دختر کاکا
cousin (male / maternal uncle) - پسر ماما
cousin (female / maternal uncle) - دختر ماما
cousin (male / paternal aunt) - پسر عمه
cousin (female / paternal aunt) - دختر عمه
cousin (male / maternal aunt) - پسر خاله
cousin (female / maternal aunt) - دختر خاله
grandfather - پدر کلان
grandmother - مادر کلان
grandchild - نراسه
As I mentioned before, some of the two weeks was spent on asking questions in Dari. Below are a list of common terms used in asking questions:
Why . . . ? - چدا
What kind / type . . . ? - چى نرع
What else . . . ? - دىگر چى
How much / many . . . ? - چند
Who . . . ? - کى
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