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### Expressing "Never"

When you want to say that something *never* happens—like having strict dietary rules or allergies—Farsi uses words like **هرگز** and **هیچ‌وقت**. Both mean "never," though **هیچ‌وقت** is very common in everyday spoken Farsi.

Unlike English, which generally avoids double negatives, Farsi requires them. When you use a negative adverb of time, the main verb must also be made negative.

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### Placement in the Sentence

These adverbs typically go before the object or the verb, similar to other adverbs of time. Notice how the verb always takes the negative prefix (**نـ** or **نیـ**).

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### Contrasting Habits

You can easily contrast what you do and don't consume by combining a positive statement with a negative one using **اما** (but). Just remember that the half of the sentence with **هرگز** or **هیچ‌وقت** must always contain a negative verb!

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Never (hargez, hich-vaght)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

preposition

pronoun

sentence

suffix

verb

Singular pronouns and copula (man, -am)

Plural pronouns and copula (mâ, -im)

Subject pronoun omission

Singular demonstratives (in, ân)

Plural demonstratives (inhâ, ânhâ)

Independent copula (hastam, hast)

Negative present copula (nistam, nist)

Yes/No questions (âyâ)

Regular plurals (-hâ)

Animate plurals (-ân)

Indefiniteness (yek)

Indefinite marker (-i)

Describing nouns (-e / -ye)

Possession (-e / -ye)

Singular possessives (-am, -at, -ash)

Plural possessives (-emân, -etân, -eshân)

Basic prepositions (dar, be, az, bâ)

Spatial prepositions (ru-ye, zir-e...)

Numbers 1 to 10 (yek, do, se...)

Numbers and singular nouns

Numbers 11 to 20 (yâzdah, davâzdah...)

Counting by tens to 100

Telling time (sâ'at)

The verb to have (dâram)

Negative to have (nadâram)

Basic word order (SOV)

Infinitives and present stems (-an)

Present indicative (mi-)

Negative present indicative (nemi-)

Compound verbs

Question words (che, kojâ)

How many (chand)

The definite object marker (râ)

Object pronouns (man râ, to râ)

Singular commands (be-)

Formal and plural commands (be- ... -id)

Negative commands (na-)

The present subjunctive (be-)

The negative present subjunctive (na-)

Must (bâyad)

Might (shâyad)

Wanting to do something (khâstan)

Being able to do something (tavânestan)

Forming the past stem

The simple past of to be (budan)

The simple past tense

Negative simple past (na-)

Attached object pronouns on verbs (-am, -at, -ash)

Comparative adjectives (-tar)

Basic conjunctions (va, ammâ, yâ)

Giving reasons (chon)

Adverbs of frequency and degree (hamishe, hargez, kheyli, kam)

Everyday actions (kâr kardan, bâz kardan)

Non-human plural subjects

Indefinite pronouns (kasi, chizi, jâyi)

Negative indefinite pronouns (hich-kas, hich-chiz, hich-jâ)

Reciprocal pronouns (hamdigar, yekdigar)

Reflexive pronouns (khod-)

Reflexive direct objects (khod râ)

Emphatic pronouns (khod)

The quantifier every (har)

The quantifier all (hame)

The quantifier some (ba'zi)

Another and other (-i digar)

Which (kodâm)

How much (cheghadr)

Comparisons of equality (mesl-e)

Superlative adjectives (-tarin)

Irregular comparatives and superlatives

Ordinal numbers (-om)

Pre-nominal ordinal numbers (-omin)

Fractions and percentages

Prepositions of theme (dar mored-e)

Prepositions of time (ghabl az, ba'd az)

Preposition of exclusion (bedun-e)

Resultative conjunctions (banâbarin, pas)

Hortative construction (biyâ, biyâyid)

The present progressive tense (dâram mi-)

The past continuous tense (mi-)

Negative past continuous (ne-mi-)

Past continuous of to have (dâshtam)

The past progressive tense (dâshtam mi-)

The past participle (-e)

Present perfect tense (-e-am, -e-ast)

Negative present perfect (na-)

Question	Answer
pig	خوکkhuk
vegetarian	گیاه‌خوارgiâh-khâr
I never eat pork because I am a vegetarian.	من هرگز گوشت خوک نمی‌خورم چون گیاه‌خوار هستم.man hargez gusht-e khuk nemikhoram chon giâh-khâr hastam.
never	هیچ‌وقتhich-vaght
nuts	آجیلâjil
allergy	حساسیتhassâsiyyat
He never eats nuts because he has an allergy.	او هیچ‌وقت آجیل نمی‌خورد چون حساسیت دارد.u hich-vaght âjil nemikhorad chon hassâsiyat dârad.
tomato	گوجه‌فرنگیgojeh-farangi
If you are allergic to tomatoes, never eat them!	اگر به گوجه‌فرنگی حساسیت داشته باشی، هرگز آن را نخور!agar be gojeh-farangi hassâsiyat dâshte bâshi, hargez ân râ nakhor!
alcohol	الکلalkol
My friend never buys alcohol.	دوست من هیچ‌وقت الکل نمی‌خرد.doost man hich-vaght alkol nemikharad.
pepper	فلفلfolfol
They never use pepper.	آنها هرگز از فلفل استفاده نمی‌کنند.ânhâ hargez az felfel estefâde nemikonand.
eggplant	بادمجانbâdemjân
A vegetarian never eats pork, but likes eggplant.	یک گیاه‌خوار هرگز گوشت خوک نمی‌خورد، اما بادمجان دوست دارد.yek giyâh-khâr hargez gusht khuk nemi-khorad, ammâ bâdemjân dust dârad.
We never eat eggplant and tomatoes here.	ما اینجا هیچ‌وقت بادمجان و گوجه‌فرنگی نمی‌خوریم.mâ injâ hich-vaght bâdemjân va gojeh-farangi nemikhorim.
She drinks alcohol, but never eats nuts.	او الکل می‌نوشد، اما هیچ‌وقت آجیل نمی‌خورد.u alkol mi-nushad, ammâ hich-vaght âjil nemi-khorad.
mushroom	قارچghârch
The child never eats mushrooms and peppers.	بچه هیچ‌وقت قارچ و فلفل نمی‌خورد.bacche hich-vaght ghârch o felfel nemikhorad.
He is allergic to mushrooms and never eats them.	او به قارچ حساسیت دارد و هرگز آن را نمی‌خورد.u be qârch hassâsiyyat dârad va hargez ân râ nemikhorad.