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Lesson 9 of 10

Time and days in Pashto

Now, later, tomorrow, what time it opens and one moment please. Play the ten Pashto words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

The citadel in Herat, Afghanistan
Time and days
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All 10 Pashto phrases in this lesson

اوسOWS
Now

Immediate and urgent. "اوس جي" (right now) adds emphasis.

وروستهwar-US-ta
Later

When Pashto speakers say "later", timing is vague; it could mean an hour or a week.

ننnun
Today

Simple one-word answer. Also "نن ورځ" (today, the day).

سباsa-BAA
Tomorrow
نن شپهnən SHPA
Tonight
کله؟KƏ-la
When?
څو بجې خلاصېږي؟tso ba-JE khlaa-SE-zhi
What time does it open?
یوه شېبهya-WA she-BA
One moment, please

Literally "one moment".

دقیقېda-kee-KE
Minutes
ساعتونهsaa-ə-TOO-na
Hours

Where Pashto is spoken

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