Questions & Answers about پیاده به مدرسه میروم.
English says 'on foot', but Farsi just uses پیاده. Does this word need a preposition?
No, پیاده works perfectly on its own as an adverb meaning 'on foot' or 'walking'. You don't need to add a preposition like با or بر before it.
Does پیاده literally mean 'foot'?
The core word for 'foot' is پا. پیاده specifically means 'pedestrian' or 'on foot' and comes from that same root. If you wanted to literally say 'with my foot', you would say با پا, but Farsi speakers naturally use پیاده when talking about walking somewhere.
Why does پیاده come before به مدرسه instead of right before the verb?
In Farsi, words describing how you do something often come at the beginning of the sentence or right after the dropped subject. You could also completely naturally say به مدرسه پیاده میروم, but putting پیاده first slightly emphasizes the method of travel.
How would this sentence sound in everyday, casual spoken Farsi?
In casual speech, the verb میروم usually shortens to میرم. It is also very common in spoken Farsi to drop the preposition به when talking about going to a destination, and to put the destination after the verb, so you would likely hear پیاده میرم مدرسه.
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