Armenian Adverbs
Learning the Armenian 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 Armenian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Armenian.
Armenian 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.
Grammar Tips:
While in English adverbs are usually formed
by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Armenian many adverbs are formed
from adjectives, by adding the suffixes –ական, որեն, բար,
պես, ովին to the singular form of
adjectives. Examples:
Դանդաղ (slow) becomes դանդաղորեն (slowly)
Կատարյալ (perfect) becomes կատարելապես (perfectly)
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature.
For example:
հիմա (now), իսկապես (really), and շուտով (soon) are all Armenian adverbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Armenian Adverbs |
| adverbs | makbayner - մակբայներ |
| I read a book sometimes | Es erbemn girq em kardowm - Ես երբեմն գիրք եմ կարդում |
| I will never smoke | Es erbeq chem c'xi - Ես երբեք չեմ ծխի |
| are you alone? | Dow menak es? - Դու մենակ ես? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Armenian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Armenian.
List of Adverbs in Armenian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Armenian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Armenian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Armenian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | jhamanaki makbayner - ժամանակի մակբայներ |
| yesterday | erek - երեկ |
| today | ayso'r - այսօր |
| tomorrow | vaghy' - վաղը |
| now | hima, ays pahin - հիմա, այս պահին |
| then | heto - հետո |
| later | aveli owsh - ավելի ուշ |
| tonight | ays ereko, ays gisher - այս երեկո, այս գիշեր |
| right now | henc hima - հենց հիմա |
| last night | erek erekoyan - երեկ երեկոյան |
| this morning | ays ar'avot - այս առավոտ |
| next week | hajord shabat' - հաջորդ շաբաթ |
| already | arden - արդեն |
| recently | verjers - վերջերս |
| lately | verjers - վերջերս |
| soon | showtov - շուտով |
| immediately | anhapagh - անհապաղ |
| still | der' - դեռ |
| yet | der' - դեռ |
| ago | ar'aj - առաջ |
| |
| adverbs of place | teghi makbayner - տեղի մակբայներ |
| here | aystegh - այստեղ |
| there | ayntegh - այնտեղ |
| over there | ayntegh - այնտեղ |
| everywhere | amenowr, amenowreq - ամենուր, ամենուրեք |
| anywhere | cankacac' tegh - ցանկացած տեղ |
| nowhere | och mi tegh - ոչ մի տեղ |
| home | town - տուն |
| away | her'avorowt'yan vra - հեռավորության վրա |
| out | dowrs - դուրս |
| |
| adverbs of manner | d'&i makbayner - ձևի մակբայներ |
| very | shat - շատ |
| quite | bavakan - բավական |
| pretty | geghecik, sirownik - գեղեցիկ, սիրունիկ |
| really | iroq - իրոք |
| fast | arag - արագ |
| well | lav - լավ |
| hard | djhvar - դժվար |
| quickly | arag - արագ |
| slowly | dandagh - դանդաղ |
| carefully | owshadir - ուշադիր |
| hardly | haziv - հազիվ |
| barely | haziv t'e - հազիվ թե |
| mostly | sovorabar, mec' masamb, ar'avelapes - սովորաբար, մեծ մասամբ, առավելապես |
| almost | gret'e - գրեթե |
| absolutely | bacard'akapes - բացարձակապես |
| together | miasin - միասին |
| alone | menak - մենակ |
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| adverbs of frequency | hatwaxakanowt'yan makbayner - հաճախականության մակբայներ |
| always | misht - միշտ |
| frequently | hatwax - հաճախ |
| usually | sovorabar - սովորաբար |
| sometimes | erbemn - երբեմն |
| occasionally | erbemn, jhamanak ar' jhamanak - երբեմն, ժամանակ առ ժամանակ |
| seldom | hazvadep - հազվադեպ |
| rarely | hazvadep - հազվադեպ |
| never | erbeq - երբեք |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Armenian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Armenian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Armenian lessons here: Learn Armenian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.