Tag: adverb

Пашшаи хонагӣ хеле тез парвоз карда метавонад.
A house fly can fly very quickly.
Баъд аз пухтан тухмро ба оби хунук меандозанд, то ин ки пусташ тез ҷудо шавад.
After cooking, eggs are put in cold water so that the shell can be quickly separated.
Солҳо тез мегузаранд.
The years pass quickly.

Bonus:
Synonyms: зуд, бошитоб

In these sample sentences, тез is used as an adverb, but it can also be an adjective.
ҳавопаймои тез: fast aeroplane

The word тез can also mean “sharp”, and “spicy”.

тез калон шудан: to grow up quickly
тез хашмгин шудан: to quickly become angry

Тез is also used in a lot of compound words, like тезпарвоз (fast-flying).

Онҳо аз дарё шабона гузаштанд.
They crossed the river at night.
Зардуштиён ба суйи равшанӣ ибодат ва парастиш мекарданд, рӯзона ба офтобу шабона ба моҳ.
Zoroastrians praised and worshiped towards the light, in the day to the sun and at night to the moon.

Bonus:
The word шабона can also be used an adjective.
институти шабона: night school

рӯзона: by day, in the day time

Answer to yesterday’s riddle:
If you read “ако” and “амак” backwards,
You will, of course, see two world rivers.

The rivers Oka and Kama are two major rivers in Russia.

Аввал авқот паз, баъд телевизор тамошо кун.
First cook the food, then watch television.
Ин бори аввал нест, ки ман туро дар инҷо мебинам.
This is not the first time that I have seen you here.

Bonus:
2 забурмасал (proverbs, sayings) –
Аввал андеша баъд гуфтор. First a thought, then a speech. Equivalent to “Think before you speak”.
Аввал бубин ҷои худ, баъд бимон пои худ. First see your place, then put your foot. Similar to “Look before you leap”. It is often used in relation to financial decisions, as in “don’t take on more than you can handle”.