Pashtoons do not place as much emphasis on time as compared to other parts of the world, particularly the Western world where every task is performed in a timely fashion. Still, there exist certain significant activities that have to be performed at a scheduled time, such as offering prayers five times a day and going to the field to take part in the agricultural activities. Some model sentences pertaining to time have been depicted in the following table.
| English |
Pashto |
| Time is money |
وخت قيمتی دے |
| Time once lost is never regained. |
تير وخت بيرته نۀ راځی |
| Always catch the time by forelocks. |
همېشه د وخت صحيح استعمال كوه |
| You have no value for time |
تاسو سره د وخت څه قدر نشته |
| It seems that time hangs heavy on you |
داسې ښكاری چې تا نه وخت نۀ شی تيرېدے |
| Once should be opportunist |
هر چاله موقع پېژندل پكار دی |
| Never miss a chance |
چرې موقع د لاسه مه وركوه |
| He came in the nick of time |
هغه بالكل په صيحې وخت راغلو |
| He does his work at the eleventh hour |
هغه كار په وخت راتللو كوی |
| Time and tide wait for none |
وخت د چا انتظار نۀ كوی |
| Always reach office in time |
همېشه دفتر ته په وخت رارسه |
| You left the office before time |
تۀ د وخت ختميدو نه اګاهو له دفتر نه لاړې |
| Your claim is time barred |
ستا د كليم د دعوې وخت ختم شوې دې |
| Please do not waste your time |
مهربانی اوكړه، خپل وخت مۀ بربادوه |
| Come what may, I will reach there in time |
كۀ هر څه وی خو زۀ به هلته په وخت رسم |
| During winter, days are shorter than nights. |
په يخنۍ كښې د شپې په مقابله كښې ورځ وړۀ وی |
| Always get up early. |
همېشه زر پاسه |
| Early to bed and early to rise: Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise |
زر اودۀ كيدل او وختی پاسيدل سړے تندرست، مالدار او هوښيار جوړوی. |
| The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. |
نمر سحر راخيژی او ماښام پريوځی. |
