Adverbs are words or phrases that describe verbs. Their endings do not change according to context.

In English, adding “-ly” can be added to the end of a word to make it an adverb  (e.g. ‘quiet’ to ‘quietly’, ‘angry’ to ‘angrily’, ‘near’ to ‘nearly’ etc.). Similarly, there are a few common ways to make adverbs in Punjabi.

Repeated: Some adverbs are created by repeated a noun or adjective

• ਖੁਸ਼ੀ khushī (happiness) => ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ khusī khusī (happily)
• ਵਾਰ vār (turn) => ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ vār vār (repeatedly)
• ਨਾਲ nāl (with) => ਨਾਲ਼ ਨਾਲ਼ nāḷ nāḷ (simultaneously)
• ਹੌਲੀ haulī (slow) => ਹੌਲੀ ਹੌਲੀ haulī haulī (slowly)

Postposition ending: Some adverbs are created with the help of postpositions like ਕੇ kē (by), ਨਾਲ nāl (with), and ਤੌਰ ‘ਤੇ taur ‘tē (in such manner)

• (normal) => ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ‘ਤੇ ām taur ‘tē (normally)
• (fat) => ਮੋਟੇ ਤੌਰ ‘ਤੇ moṭē taur ‘tē (largely)
• (attention) => ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ dhiān nāl (attentively, carefully)
• (lovingly) => ਪਿਆਰ ਨਾਲ piār nāl (lovingly)
• (to know) (to comprehend) => ਜਾਣ ਬੁੱਝ ਕੇ jāṇ bujjh kē (knowingly)

ਨ n ending: Some adverbs are created by changing a word’s ending to ਨ n, though this is only the case for some Arabic loan words

• ਕਰੀਬ karīb (near) => ਤਕਰੀਬਨ takarīban (nearly)
• ਕੁਦਰਤ kudarat (nature) => ਕੁਦਰਤਨ kudaratan (naturally)
• ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ਾ anddāzā (approximation) => ਅੰਦਾਜ਼ਨ anddāzan (approximately)
• ਮਿਸਾਲ misāl (example) => ਮਸਲਨ masalan (for example)