هرچه، هر وقت، هر جا

Whatever, Whenever and Wherever

Level 4

For a person, say هر کس که: هر کس که بیاید، مهمان ما است. (Whoever comes is our guest.)

How It Works

WordMeaningExample
هرچهwhateverهرچه بخواهی، برایت می‌پزم.
هر وقتwheneverهر وقت وقت داشته باشی، به دیدن ما بیا.
هر جاwhereverهر جا که می‌رفتیم، مردم ما را به چای دعوت می‌کردند.
هر کسwhoeverهر کس که بیاید، مهمان ما است.

Each word begins a clause, and the clause usually comes before the main sentence. After هر جا, هر وقت and هر کس, you may add که.

The verb shows the time. For something that has not happened yet, use the subjunctive: هرچه بخواهی, هر وقت بیایی. For something that happens again and again, use the present or the past with می‌: هر وقت باران می‌بارد، مادرم آشک می‌پزد. (Whenever it rains, my mother makes aushak.)

هرچه with ـتر means "as … as possible": هرچه زودتر خبرم کن. (Let me know as soon as possible.)

هرچه is for things. For a person, say هر کس: هرچه بیاید says "whatever comes", and هر کس که بیاید says "whoever comes".

Examples (5)

  1. هرچه بخواهی، برایت می‌پزم.

    Whatever you want, I'll cook it for you.

    هرچه starts the clause, and بخواهی is the subjunctive.

  2. هر وقت وقت داشته باشی، به دیدن ما بیا.

    Whenever you have time, come to see us.

    هر وقت is followed by the subjunctive داشته باشی for a time that has not come yet.

  3. هر جا که می‌رفتیم، مردم ما را به چای دعوت می‌کردند.

    Wherever we went, people invited us for tea.

    می‌رفتیم and می‌کردند both use می‌ for something that happened again and again.

  4. هر وقت باران می‌بارد، مادرم آشک می‌پزد.

    Whenever it rains, my mother makes aushak.

    The present tense می‌بارد says that it happens each time.

  5. هرچه زودتر به ما خبر بده.

    Let us know as soon as possible.

    هرچه with زودتر means "as soon as possible".

Common Mistakes

  • Giving a plural verb to هر کس.

    هر کس که بیایند، مهمان ما استند.
    هر کس که بیاید، مهمان ما است.

    هر کس means "each person", so its verbs stay singular, even when many people come.

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هرچه، هر وقت، هر جاLevel 4Whatever, Whenever and Wherever

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These start with هر and join a clause.

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هرچه