Persian Adverbs
Learning the Persian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Persian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Persian.
Persian adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Persian Adverbs |
| adverbs | queyedehā - قیدها |
| I read a book sometimes | be'ez̤ey oquetehā ketāb meyekhoānem - بعضی وقتها کتاب میخوانم |
| I will never smoke | men herekez seyekār nekhoāhem kesheyed - من هرگز سیگار نخواهم کشید |
| are you alone? | shemā tenehā heseteyede? - شما تنها هستید؟ |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Persian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Farsi.
List of Adverbs in Persian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Persian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Persian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Persian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | queyedehāy zemān - قیدهای زمان |
| yesterday | deyeroz - دیروز |
| today | āmeroz - امروز |
| tomorrow | feredā - فردا |
| now | ākenon - اکنون |
| then | be'ed / der ān henekām - بعد / در آن هنگام |
| later | be'ed - بعد |
| tonight | āmesheb - امشب |
| right now | der ḥāl ḥāz̤er - در حال حاضر |
| last night | sheb keẕesheteh - شب گذشته |
| this morning | āmeroz ṣebeḥ - امروز صبح |
| next week | hefeteh āyenedeh - هفته آینده |
| already | quebelā - قبلا |
| recently | beh tāzekey - به تازگی |
| lately | ākheyerā - اخیرا |
| soon | bezodey - بزودی |
| immediately | belāfāṣeleh - بلافاصله |
| still | henoz - هنوز |
| yet | henoz - هنوز |
| ago | quebel - قبل |
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| adverbs of place | queyedehāy mekān - قیدهای مکان |
| here | āyenejā - اینجا |
| there | ānejā - آنجا |
| over there | der ānejā - در آنجا |
| everywhere | der hemeh jā - در همه جا |
| anywhere | her kejā - هر کجا |
| nowhere | heyech jā - هیچ جا |
| home | khāneh - خانه |
| away | dor - دور |
| out | khārej - خارج |
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| adverbs of manner | queyedehāy ḥālet - قیدهای حالت |
| very | kheyeley - خیلی |
| quite | kāmelā - کاملا |
| pretty | nesebetā - نسبتا |
| really | weāque'ā - واقعا |
| fast | sereye' - سریع |
| well | khob - خوب |
| hard | sekhet - سخت |
| quickly | beh sere'et - به سرعت |
| slowly | beh āhesetekey - به آهستگی |
| carefully | beh dequet - به دقت |
| hardly | beh sekhetey - به سختی |
| barely | beh sekhetey - به سختی |
| mostly | ghālebā - غالبا |
| almost | tequereyebā - تقریبا |
| absolutely | beh heyech ojeh / bey shek - به هیچ وجه / بی شک |
| together | bā hem - با هم |
| alone | tenehā - تنها |
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| adverbs of frequency | queyedehāy tekerār - قیدهای تکرار |
| always | hemeyesheh - همیشه |
| frequently | ghālebā - غالبا |
| usually | me'emolā - معمولا |
| sometimes | kāhey - گاهی |
| occasionally | kehekāh - گهگاه |
| seldom | benederet - بندرت |
| rarely | benederet - بندرت |
| never | herekez - هرگز |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Persian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Farsi Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Persian lessons here: Learn Persian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.