فقط

Only with فقط

Level 3

Where you put فقط changes what it limits, so the same words can mean two things.

How It Works

SentenceMeaning
فقط فرید چای خورد.Only Farid had tea.
فرید فقط چای خورد.Farid had only tea.
فرید فقط صبح چای خورد.Farid had tea only in the morning.

The verb keeps its own form, positive or negative. فقط does not make a sentence negative.

تنها also means only, and it goes before the word too: تنها او آمد. (Only she came.) After the subject, تنها means alone: او تنها آمد. (She came alone.)

فقط fits numbers and times well: فقط دو نفر (only two people), فقط تا ساعت شش (only until six). In a shop, a short question checks the total: فقط همین؟ (Only this?)

Examples (5)

  1. من فقط دو برادر دارم.

    I have only two brothers.

    فقط limits the number دو.

  2. فقط فرید در خانه بود.

    Only Farid was at home.

    فقط before the person limits who.

  3. دکان فقط تا ساعت شش بجه باز است.

    The shop is open only until six o'clock.

    فقط before the time limits it.

  4. فقط امروز وقت دارم.

    I only have time today.

    فقط before امروز limits the day.

  5. این کار فقط پنج دقیقه وقت می‌گیرد.

    This job takes only five minutes.

    فقط before the amount limits it.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting a plural noun after a number.

    من فقط دو برادران دارم.
    من فقط دو برادر دارم.

    After a number the noun stays singular, with or without فقط.

How It Connects

Tap a pattern to see what it builds on and what it leads to.

فقطLevel 3Only with فقط

Learn This First

فقط goes before the thing it limits, often یک and a noun, so یک + noun comes first.

Words in This Pattern

فقط