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Adjectives & Adverbs
Adjective placement with ezafe, comparatives, superlatives and adverbs
صفت با اضافه
adjective with ezafe
N-e Adj
کتاب بزرگ (ketaab-e bozorg) = big book
صفت + اضافه + صفت
adjective chain with ezafe
N-e Adj1-e Adj2
کتاب جدید جالب = interesting new book
صفت پیشوند: خوب / بد
basic adjectives: good / bad
khub / bad
Common descriptive adjectives
تر — comparative
-tar — comparative
-tar
بزرگتر = bigger; بهتر = better (irregular)
تر از — than
-tar az — bigger than
-tar az
بزرگتر از = bigger than
ترین — superlative
-tarin — superlative
-tarin
بزرگترین = the biggest; بهترین = the best
خیلی / بسیار — very
kheili / besyaar — very
kheili / besyaar
خیلی خوب = very good; بسیار = more formal
کمی / زیاد — a little / a lot
kami / ziyaad — a little / a lot
kami / ziyaad
کمی بزرگتر = a little bigger
قید حالت: خوب، تند، آهسته
manner adverbs: well, fast, slow
khub, tond, aaheste
Adverbs often same form as adjective in Persian
قید تکرار: همیشه، گاهی، هرگز
frequency adverbs: always, sometimes, never
hamisha, gaahi, hargez
هرگز = never (usually with negative verb)
