learning the grammar of the new language is important, therefore, we will learn about the adverb of time and place in Arabic.

What is an adverb of time and place?

In Arabic adverb of time is called (Zarf Az-zaman)ظرف زمان, while the adverb of place is calledظرف مكان (Zarf AL-makaan). The word Zarf literally means something that contains something else, we can simply say a container.

In Arabic grammar, the adverb of time shows when the verb happens, while the adverb of place shows the place where it happens.

Adverb of place in Arabic.

The adverb of place is the one that shows the place where the noun happens, and it always answers the question ‘where?’.

For example, when saying the pen is on the table (القلم على الطاولة) from the example you can easily understand where the pen is.

Let’s take another example, the student is in school (الطالب في المدرسة). As you can see the adverb place always shows you the place of something

Examples:

The book is on the table.

الكتاب على الطاولة.

The mat is on the floor.

السجادة على الأرض.

The girl sat on the chair.

جلست الفتاة على الكرسي.

The kid is sleeping on the bed.

الطفل نائم على السرير.

 

Time adverb in Arabic grammar

The adverb of time specifies the time when the verb happened, here are some examples:

I met my friends in the morning.

التقيت بأصدقائي في الصباح.

I was late for school yesterday.

لقد تأخرت عن المدرسة أمس.

The teacher punished a student today.

قام المعلم بمعاقبة الطالب.

I met a new friend a week ago.

قابلت صديقًا جديدًا من أسبوع.

I greeted my friend in the morning.

سَلَّمْتُ على صديقى صَباحًا

The train reached at noon

وَصَلَ القطار ظُهرًا

My friends and I will go to the park tomorrow.

سأذهب أنا وأصدقائي إلى الحديقة غدًا.

I will meet my friends next week.

سوف أقابل أصدقائي الأسبوع المقبل.

 

Adverbs of Time and place in Arabic Examples

Here are some examples to practice yourself:

The book is on the table.

الكتاب على الطاولة.

The mat is on the floor.

السجادة على الأرض.

The girl sat on the chair.

جلست الفتاة على الكرسي.

The kid is sleeping on the bed.

الطفل نائم على السرير.

I met my friends in the morning.

التقيت بأصدقائي في الصباح.

I was late for school yesterday.

لقد تأخرت عن المدرسة أمس.

The teacher punished a student today.

قام المعلم بمعاقبة الطالب.

I met a new friend a week ago.

قابلت صديقًا جديدًا من أسبوع.

I greeted my friend in the morning.

سَلَّمْتُ على صديقى صَباحًا

The train reached at noon

وَصَلَ القطار ظُهرًا

My friends and I will go to the park tomorrow.

سأذهب أنا وأصدقائي إلى الحديقة غدًا.

I will meet my friends next week.

سوف أقابل أصدقائي الأسبوع المقبل.

The pen is on the table.

القلم على الطاولة

The student stood in front of the teacher.

وقف الطالب أمام المعلم.

The student sat in front of the teacher.

جلس الطالب أمام المعلم.

The dog walked in front of his friend.

مشى الكلب أمام صديقه.

The kid walked behind his mother.

مشى الطفل خلف والدته.

The guard walked in front of the man.

سار الحارس أمام الرجل.

The kids walked behind their teacher.

سار الأطفال خلف معلمهم.

The book is under the table.

الكتاب تحت الطاولة.

The cat is on the roof.

القطة على السطح.

My house is in front of a supermarket.

بيتي أمام سوبر ماركت.

There’s a garden behind my house.

هناك حديقة خلف منزلي.

My friend and I went to a restaurant.

ذهبت أنا وصديقي إلى مطعم.

 

Adverb in Arabic

Adverbs complete the verb and give more information about when, where, and how many times it happened. Here are some examples:

I study a lot before exams.

أدرس كثيراً قبل الامتحان.

I don’t eat a lot at breakfast.

لا أكل كثيراً في الإفطار.

My friend love chocolate a lot.

صديقي يحب الشوكولاتة كثيرًا.

 

There are some specific words that when you see you will know right away that it is an adverb, like:

•       Very
•       جداً
•       Always
•       دائماً
•       Usually
•       عادة
•       Never
•       أبداً
•       Sometimes
•       أحياناً

 

Here are some other examples of adverbs:

When I’m late I walk very fast.

عندما أتأخر أمشي بسرعة كبيرة.

I study a lot these days because of the final exams.

أدرس كثيرًا هذه الأيام بسبب الامتحانات النهائية.

I barely sleep these days.

بالكاد أنام هذه الأيام.

A bat sleeps in the day and wakes at night.

الخفاش ينام نهاراً ويصحو ليلاً.

The magazine appears weekly.

تصدر المجلة أسبوعياً.

 

Zarf in Arabic grammar

here’s a list of the Arabic adverbs:

adverbs of time	ظُرُوْف الْوَقْت
yesterday	أَمْس – aams
today	الْيَوْم – aleeawm
tomorrow	غَدا – ghada
now	الْآَن – alaan
then	ثُم – thom
later	فِيْمَا بَعْد – feeemaa ba’d
tonight	هَذِه الْلَّيْلَة – hatheh allaeelah
right now	فِي الْوَقْت الْحَالِي – feee alwaqt alhaaleee
last night	لَيْلَة أَمْس – laeelah aams
this morning	هَذَا الْصَّبَاح – hathaa alsabaah
next week	الْأُسْبُوْع الْمُقْبِل – alaosbow’ almoqbel
already	سَابِقَا – saabeqaa
recently	مُؤَخَّرا – mo’akhara
lately	مُؤَخَّرا – mo’akhara
soon	قَرِيْبا – qareeeba
immediately	فَوْرَا – fawraa
still	لَا يَزَال – laa eeazaal
yet	بَعْد – ba’d
ago	مُنْذ – month
adverbs of place	ظُرُوْف مَكَان
here	هُنَا – honaa
there	هُنَاك – honaak
over there	هُنَاك – honaak
everywhere	فِي كُل مَكَان – feee kol makaan
anywhere	فِي أَي مَكَان – feee aaee makaan
nowhere	لَا مَكَان – laa makaan
home	مُنَزَّل – monazal
away	بَعِيْدا – ba’eeeda
out	خَارِج – khaarej
adverbs of manner	ظُرُوْف مِن الْطَّرِيْقَة
very	جَدَّا – jadaa
quite	تَمَامَا – tamaamaa
pretty	جَمِيْل – jameeel
really	حَقّا – haqa
fast	سَرِيْع – sareee’
well	جَيِّد – jaeeed
hard	الثَّابِت – althaabet
quickly	بِسُرْعَة – besor’ah
slowly	بِبُطْء – bebot’
carefully	بِعِنَايَة – be’enaaeeah
hardly	بِالْكَاد – bealkaad
barely	بِالْكَاد – bealkaad
mostly	فِي الْغَالِب – feee alghaaleb
almost	تَقْرَيْبَا – taqreeban
absolutely	إِطْلاقَا – eetlaqaa
together	مَعَا – ma’aa
alone	وَحْدَهَا – wahdahaa
adverbs of frequency	ظُرُوْف مِن الْتَّرَدُّد
always	دَائِمَا – daa’emaa
frequently	كَثِيْرا – katheeera
usually	عَادَة – ‘aadah
sometimes	أَحْيَانا – aaheeaana
occasionally	أَحْيَانا – aaheeaana
seldom	نَادِرَا مَا – naaderaa maa
rarely	نَادِرا – naadera
never	أَبَدا – aabada