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Learning the Pashto 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 Pashto language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Pashto.
Pashto 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 | Pashto Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | qadewnh - قیدونه |
| I read a book sometimes | zh yew ketab kelh nakelh lewlem - زه يو کتاب کله ناکله لولم |
| I will never smoke | zh bh heyceklh segraṭ wencekwem - زه به هيڅکله سګریټ ونڅکوم |
| are you alone? | tasa ewaza aaset? - تاسی ېوازی یاست؟ |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Pashto.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Pashto placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Pashto vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Pashto Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | qadewnh dewkhet - قیدونه دوخت |
| yesterday | perwen - پرون |
| today | nen werz - نن ورځ |
| tomorrow | seba - سبا |
| now | awes - اوس |
| then | lh hegh werwesth - له هغې وروسته |
| later | lh hegh werwesth - له هغې وروسته |
| tonight | nen sheph - نن شپه |
| right now | hemda awes - همدا اوس |
| last night | tarh sheph - تیره شپه |
| this morning | nen shar - نن سهار |
| next week | ratelwenka awewney - راتلونکی اووني |
| already | la demkhh, la pekhewa - لا دمخه، لا پخوا |
| recently | nẓ̌da wekhet kṣ̌a - نږدی وخت کښی |
| lately | nẓ̌da wekhet kṣ̌a - نږدی وخت کښی |
| soon | jer - ژر |
| immediately | semd lash - سمد لاسه |
| still | la ter awesh - لا تر اوسه |
| yet | ter awesh - تر اوسه |
| ago | wṛaned - وړاندې |
| adverbs of place | qadenh d zaa - قیدنه د ځای |
| here | delth - دلته |
| there | helth - هلته |
| over there | helth - هلته |
| everywhere | ph her zaa k - په هر ځای کې |
| anywhere | her zaa - هر ځاى |
| nowhere | hechereth - هېچېرته |
| home | kewr - كور |
| away | lera - لری |
| out | debaneda - دباندی |
| adverbs of manner | qadewnh d shan (teraqa) - قیدونه د شان (طریقی) |
| very | ḍer - ډېر |
| quite | ḍer - ډېر |
| pretty | ḍer - ډېر |
| really | ph heqyeqt k - په حقيقت کې |
| fast | tez - تېز |
| well | ṣ̌h - ښه |
| hard | sekhet - سخت |
| quickly | ph taza serh - په تیزی سره |
| slowly | werw werw - ورو ورو |
| carefully | ph ahetaat serh - په احتیاط سره |
| hardly | ph sekheta serh - په سختی سره |
| barely | lẓ̌ - لږ |
| mostly | zeyaterh - زياتره |
| almost | teqraba - تقریبآ |
| absolutely | hetma - حتمآ |
| together | yew zay - يو ځاي |
| alone | yewaz - يوازې |
| adverbs of frequency | qadewnh d paṣ̌a - قیدونه د پیښی |
| always | tel - تل |
| frequently | dem ter dem - دم تر دم |
| usually | m'emewla - معمولآ |
| sometimes | kelh nakelh - کله ناکله |
| occasionally | wekhet na wekhet - وخت نا وخت |
| seldom | lẓ̌ - لږ |
| rarely | ḍer lẓ̌ shemer - ډېر لږ شمېر |
| never | heyceklh nh - هيڅکله نه |
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