Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grammar. Show all posts

September 15, 2016

Learn Uzbek Language - Question sentences WHICH (So'roq gaplar Qaysi) [video]


September 8, 2016

Learn Uzbek Language - Question sentences WHERE (So'roq gaplar Qayerga/Qayerda) [video]


September 21, 2013

Uzbek grammar lessons - Adjectives 3


Assalomu alaykum,

This is part 3 of Adjectives in Uzbek language. If you have not reviewed previous lessons about Adjectives in Uzbek, please follow part 1 and part 2 grammar lessons.
"Did you know? During XV - XVI centuries the Great Silk Road passed through cities Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shash (Tashkent) and Fergana valley of Uzbekistan, trading horses, carpets, linen and woolen fabrics, semiprecious stones."
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September 4, 2013

Quiz: Uzbek Adjectives, part 2

Assalomu alaykum,

Here is the quiz for Uzbek Adjectives part 2. Please review lesson before you start this quiz.
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Try until you get 100% correct answers... Good luck!


  1. I am wearing a blue dress. - Men _______ ko'ylak kiyayapman.
  2. oqko'kyashilqora


  3. I am buying a brown bag. - Men ________ sumka sotib olyapman.
  4. yashilko'kjigarqora


  5. I need a new car. - Men ______ avtomobilga muhtojman.
  6. eskitez-yurarshinamyangi


  7. Curious lady lives below. - _________ ayol pastda yashaydi.
  8. QiziqqonQariChiroyliQiziqarli


  9. Our guests were polite people. - Mehmonlarimiz _________ kishilar edi.
  10. yaxshiodoblixushmuomala


  11. I have lovely children. - Mening ___________ bolalarim bor.
  12. sevimlisho'xodobli


  13. I want comfortable car. - Men _______ avtomobil xohlayman.
  14. yangishinamtez-yurar


  15. I am buying a black bag. - Men _______ sumka sotib olyapman.
  16. qoraoqko'k


  17. I am buying red dress. - Men _______ ko'ylak sotib olyapman.
  18. jigaroqqizilyashil


  19. well-behaved children - _________ bolalar
  20. odoblisho'xqo'polsevimli



Let me know if you have any quesionts!

See you soon! Tez orada ko'rishguncha!


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August 30, 2013

Uzbek grammar lessons - Adjectives 2

Assalomu alaykum,

Like in English language we have also comparative adjectives in Uzbek language.
Comparative adjectivesSifat darajalari.

In Uzbek we have following similar types:

⑴ oddiy daraja - normal form or regular adjectives
⑵ orttirma daraja - superlative form of adjectives 
⑶ qiyosiy daraja - comparative adjectives 

⑴ This type of adjective does not have any suffixes and known to be core (base) of adjectives. 

Examples: yashil (green), yumshoq (soft), sariq (yellow), yengil (light [weight]), qattiq (hard), qisqa (short).

⑵  This type describe very high or low quantity of the objects or subjects. And usually made by adding following words front of the adjectives: juda (very), juda ham (greatly), g'oyat (extremely), g'oyatda, nihoyatda, eng, hammadan. (similar exaggerate words)

Examples: juda og'ir (very heavy), juda ham qattiq (greatly hard), g'oyat go'zal (extremely beautiful), g'oyatda bema'ni (truly nonsense), nihoyatda uzoq (very far), eng kuchli (greatly strong). 

⑶ This type of adjectives created by adding "-roq" to the base of adjectives and describe comparative quantity of the objects or subjects. 

Examples: qoraroq (blacker), uzunroq (longer), qattiqroq (harder), aqlliroq (smarter), torroq (narrower).

Besides above types there are another 2 form of adjectives in Uzbek. Namely,  Weaken (Ozaytirma) and Strengthen (Kuchaytirma) adjectives (sifatlar). 

1. Weaken adjectives describe less or light marks of the objects and subjects.

Examples: oq (white) - oqish (whitish), qora (black) - qoramtir (blackish), sariq (yellow) - sarg'ish (yellowish), qizil (red) - qizg'ish (reddish), yashil (green) - och yashil (greenish or light green). 

2. Strengthen adjectives vice versa, increase or strengthen the mark.

Examples: qora - qop-qora (very dark black), tim qora (strong black); oq - oppoq (very white or strong white), ko'k (blue) - ko'm-ko'k (strong/dark blue), tekis (smooth) - tep-tekis (very flat), yumaloq (round) - yum-yumaloq (very/even round), katta (big) - kap-katta (big enough), yolg'on (lie) - g'irt yolg'on (completely lie), ho'l (wet) - jiqqa ho'l (very wet), sariq (yellow) - sap-sariq (yellowish).


Here now continue audio lessons with Adjectives 2, part two adjectives in Uzbek. 
Same list of adjectives like we had in Adjectives 1, only now we see them in short Uzbek sentences. 


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NOTE: from this lessons I try to include Uzbek transcripts of the audio in ID tag which is viewable from most audio players. In iPad you can push middle button until you see text and then you can scroll through lyrics. In Android phones native player usually shows the lyrics by default. As an example see picture:

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Video version with transcripts. For those who like to watch.



I hope you enjoy the lesson, please let me know if you have any questions!
You can also use forum for questions and answers so that someone else with similar question might find the answer for their questions. Feel free to contribute, add your answers or just share opinion.

Thank you and see you in next lesson.

Don't forget to practe!
Ko'rishguncha! 


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August 21, 2013

Quiz: Uzbek Adjectives, part 1

Assalomu alaykum,

Today I have prepared quiz about Adjectives, that we learned in last post.

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I hope you had time to review it, Adjectives in Uzbek. If not, please do so before you start this quiz.

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Omad, Ko'rishguncha! (good luck and see you in next lesson)


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August 18, 2013

Uzbek grammar lessons - Adjectives 1

Assalomu alaykum,

Today we learn adjectives in Uzbek, part one. 

Adjectives describe marks of the subjects and objects. Words that answer questions like "How?", "What kind?"(Qanday?), "Which kind?" (Qanaqa), "Which?" (Qaysi) is also considered to be adjectives.

Adjective has following types with respect to their meaning:
  • specific characteristics meaning
yaxshi-good, yomon-bad, aqlli-smart, sergak-alert, so‘zamol-fluent, yoqimtoy-pleasant, odobli-wellbehaved, chaqqon-quickly, sun'iy-artificial, tabiiy-natural, ajoyib-wonderful!

  • state meaning
go‘zal-beautiful, erkin-freely, suluv-pretty, cho‘loq-lame, cho‘tir-pitted, soqov-dumb, kar-deaf, ko‘r-blind, sovuq-cold, tinch-peaceful, yangi-new, boy-rich

  • color and appearance meaning
oq-white, qora-black, sariq-yellow, kul rang-gray, qizil-red, ko'k-blue

  • shape and view meaning
yapaloq-flat, tekis-smooth, dumaloq-round, qiyshiq-twisted, do'ng-hilly

  • distance, dimension and size meaning
keng-wide, tor-narrow, chuqur-deep, katta-big, kichik-small, uzun-long

  • taste, flavor meaning
shirin-sweet, achchiq-chilly, nordon-sour, sho‘r-salty, mazali-tasty

  • smell meaning
xushbo'y-aromatic, sassiq-stinky, muattar-fragrant, qo‘lansa-disgusting

  • weight meaning
og‘ir-heavy, yengil-light

  • position and moment relationship meaning
yozgi-summertime, qishki-wintertime, avvalgi-previous, dastlabki-initial, kechki-evening time, tashqi-external, ichki-internal, quyidagi-following

And now we have audio section for Uzbek Adjectives, part 1.

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Follows vocabulary list for above audio...

Adjectives 1
an old lady qari ayol
a curious lady qiziqqon ayol
a new car yangi avtomobil
a fast car tez-yurar avtomobil
a comfortable car shinam avtomobil
a blue dress ko'k ko'ylak
a red dress qizil ko'ylak
a green dress yashil ko'ylak
a black bag qora sumka
a brown bag jigar sumka
a white bag oq sumka
nice people yaxshi kishilar
polite people xushmuomala kishilar
interesting people qiziqarli kishilar
loving children sevimli bolalar
cheeky children qo'pol or sho'x bolalar
well-behaved children odobli bolalar

And Youtube video with vocabulary/transcription included...


I hope you will enjoy this lesson, note that this is not everything about Adjectives in Uzbek Language, we will cover some parts in the following posts. Stay tuned! Meanwhile don't forget to practice and leave your comments and questions below!

Ko'rishguncha!


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March 12, 2013

Numbers in Uzbek - Complete set


Assalomu alaykum! 

Here is the complete list of Numbers in Uzbek Language, please review and try to pronounce them. Once you find pattern it will be easy to remember.

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1bir34o'ttiz to'rt67oltmish yetti
2ikki35o'ttiz besh68oltmish sakkiz
3uch36o'ttiz olti69oltmish to'qqiz
4to'rt37o'ttiz yetti70yetmish
5besh38o'ttiz sakkiz71yetmish bir
6olti39o'ttiz to'qqiz72yetmish ikki
7yetti40qirq73yetmish uch
8sakkiz41qirq bir74yetmish to'rt
9to'qqiz42qirq ikki75yetmish besh
10o'n43qirq uch76yetmish olti
11o'n bir44qirq to'rt77yetmish yetti
12o'n ikki45qirq besh78yetmish sakkiz
13o'n uch46qirq olti79yetmish to'qqiz
14o'n to'rt47qirq yetti80sakson
15o'n besh48qirq sakkiz81sakson bir
16o'n olti49qirq to'qqiz82sakson ikki
17o'n yetti50ellik83sakson uch
18o'n sakkiz51ellik bir84sakson to'rt
19o'n to'qqiz52ellik ikki85sakson besh
20yigirma53ellik uch86sakson olti
21yigirma bir54ellik to'rt87sakson yetti
22yigirma ikki55ellik besh88sakson sakkiz
23yigirma uch56ellik olti89sakson to'qqiz
24yigirma to'rt57ellik yetti90to'qson
25yigirma besh58ellik sakkiz91to'qson bir
26yigirma olti59ellik to'qqiz92to'qson ikki
27yigirma yetti60oltmish93to'qson uch
28yigiıma sakkiz61oltmish bir94to'qson to'rt
29yigirına to'qqiz62oltmish ikki95to'qson besh
30o'ttiz63oltmish uch96to'qson olti
31o'ttiz bir64oltmish to'rt97to'qson yetti
32o'ttiz ikki65oltmish besh98to'qson sakkiz
33o'ttiz uch66oltmish olti99to'qson to'qqiz


100(bir) yuz101bir yuz bir
200ikki yuz215ikki yuz on besh
300uch yuz326uch yuz yigirma olti
400to'rt yuz433to'rt yuz o'ttiz uch
500besh yuz547besh yuz qirq yetti
600olti yuz658olti yuz ellik sakkiz
700yetti yuz769yetti yuz oltmish to'qqiz
800sakkiz yuz871sakkiz yuz yetmish bir
900to'qqiz yuz982to'qqiz yuz sakson ikki
1,000(bir) ming1,001bir ming bir
2,000ikki ming2,234ikki ming ikki yuz o'ttiz to'rt
3,000uch ming3,500uch ming besh yuz
4,000to'rt ming4,867to'rt ming sakkiz yuz oltmish yetti
10,000o'n ming10,500o'n ming besh yuz
42,000qirq ikki ming25,311yigirma besh ming uch yuz o'n bir
700,000yetti yuz ming250,300ikki yuz ellik ming uch yuz
1,000,000(bir) milyon1,500,000bir milyon besh yuz ming
2,000,000ikki milyon2,350,000ikki milyon uch yuz ellik ming
50,000,000ellik milyon

Ordinal numbers in Uzbek made by adding -nchi, -inchi to the number. In case of writing with numeric form one needs to add hyphen (-) to give meaning of ordinal. For example:

1stbirinchi4thto'rtinchi
2ndikkinchi5thbeshinchi
2nd school2-maktab5th page5-sahifa


Fractions, Decimals, and Percentagcs
one half (1/2)yarim (ikkidan bir)
one quarter (1/4)chorak (to'rtdan bir)
three quarters (3/4)to'rtdan uch
one third (1/3)uchdan bir
1.5bir yarim
5.8besh butun o'ndan sakkiz
7.25yetti butun yuzdan yigirma besh
10%o'n foiz
25%yigirma besh foiz

Please don't hesitate to comment or ask questions on the comments.
Good luck!
Ko'rishguncha!

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December 13, 2012

Suffixations - Learn Uzbek Language

Assalomu alaykum,


In this lesson we learn Suffixations in Uzbek language. I try to include all possibilities. Take your time to review them, as I know it might be difficult to learn all of them in one lesson. I will try to make another lesson out of it with some quizes and more examples.

You can also check out earlier lesson about Personal pronouns here and its suffixes forms, because it is also related to the subject.

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The lexical meanings and grammatical functions of Uzbek words are indicated primarily by adding elements called suffixes to the ends of the words.

for example,

ko'z+lar+im  'eye+s+my'='my eyes'

1. Word formation suffixes.

Nominals and verbals with new lexical meanings can be created in Uzbek language through suffixation.So by adding suffixes we create new lexical meaning:

bosh head (anatomy)
boshliq chief, foreman
boshlamoq to begin (infinitive)

Adding a suffix to a verbal root or word also produces a nominal or a verbal with a new lexical meaning:

boshlanmoqto be begun (infinitive)
boshlang'ichbeginning, elementary

2. Grammatical suffixes

Grammatical functions like number, case, mood or tense is accomplished by adding suffixes to words. These grammatical suffixes chage the relationship of one word to other words in a sentence, but they do not change the basic lexical meaning of the word:

LexicalGrammatical
uy homeuydaat home
uylamoqto marryuyga keldihe came home
uylanmoqto get marrieduylandihe got married


3. Plural suffix

The Uzbek language plural suffix -lar is added to nominals to indicate that there is more than one subject or object, but also to verbals to indicate that there is mor than one subject. But NOTE that after a numeral, the plural suffix is not added to nominals:

qizdaughterkeldihe came
qizlardaughterskeldilarthey came
uch qizthree daughters


4. Case suffixes

Case suffixes express relationships between nominals and verbals and are equivalent to English 'to', 'in', 'from' and other ideas:

o'g'ilsono'g'ilgato the son
xalqpeoplexalqdanfrom the people
kitobbookkitobdain the book


5. Possession suffixes

Uzbek has several means of expressing possession. One means require adding possessive suffixes to a nominal:

kitobimmy bookkitobimizour book
kitobingyour bookkitobingizyour book
(singular) - (plural)

A second means requires the possessive relationship construction.
In Uzbek, the possessor of an object is placed first, often with the suffix -ning, while the person or object possessed is placed second, always with the suffex -i or -si (plural -lari). The Uzbek equivalent of an English phrase like 'my daughter's book' is the following:

qizimning kitobidaughter+my+of book+her= my daughter's book


6. Infitive suffix

The Uzbek equivalent of the English infinitive of verbs ('to enter', 'to see', etc.) is created by adding suffix -moq to the verbal root. Without this or other suffixes, the verbal root express the familiar or at times impolite imperative mood:

kirmoqto enter (infinitive)
kir!enter (singular, familiar, impolite)

7. Mood suffixes

To express moods like the imperative or the conditional, Uzbek adds suffixes to verbal roots:

kiring!come in! (singular, familiar, polite)
kirsaif he enters


8. Tense suffixes

In Uzbek, tenses like past, present, and future are formed by adding suffixes to a verbal root, including the past tense suffix -di:

kelmoqto come (infinitive)
keldi he came

Uzbek combines the meanings of English present and future tenses into one idea that is expressed by the suffix -a or -y. This present-future tense indicates hat an action occurs as a habit in the present and may occur at some point in the future:

o'qimoq to read (infinitive)
o'qiydihe reads (as a habit), he will read (tomorrow)


Enjoy learning and practicing, if there are questions, please don't hesitate to post in the comments!

Coming up: Quiz and examples (Suffixations), and some entertainment videos about Uzbekistan.

Ko'rishguncha!


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November 12, 2012

Negative Sentences - Learn Uzbek Language

Assalomu alaykum,

Earlier we have learned how to make Question Senteces in Uzbek Language. Today we will talk about Negative Sentences in Uzbek.

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In Uzbek language there are two ways to make negative sentences.

1. With a word (emas, yo'q).
2. With suffix (-ma, -may ) in the end of verb, but not only. Used before modified forms that comes from pronouns (see here for pronoun suffices).

In Uzbek language we don't have is, are, verbs like in English.

This is book - Bu kitob.
These are the books - Bu kitoblar.

So when we want to make sentence negative we use emas.

This is not book                Bu kitob emas.
These are not the books   Bu kitoblar emas.


Word No-Yo'q in Uzbek, so there are rare cases when we need to use Yo'q word. But at the same time Yo'q can be used often as a short answer to the questions.

Do you want this chair?  Bu kursini xohlaysizmi?
- No, I don't.                    Yo'q, xohlamayman.
Is this a book?              Bu kitobmi?
-No                             Yo'q


-may is used with the verb when sentence is present and future.
-ma is used with the verb when sentence is past.

They couldn't come. Ular kela olmadilar.
They can't come.      Ular kela olmaydilar.



Some more examples:



O'zbekcha English
Men sizni tushunaman.I understand you.
Men sizni tushunmayman.I don't understand you.
Meni tashlab ketma. Don't leave me.
Hech qisi yo'q. No problem.
Bu Fransuz tili emas. This is not French language.
Men Xitoycha gapirmayman. I don't speak Chinese.
U O'zbekchani o'rganmagan. She didn't learn Uzbek.
U bizni ko'ra olmayapti. He cannot see us.
Biz kech kelmaymiz. We will not come late.
O'zbek tilida gapira olmaysizmi? Can't you speak in Uzbek.


Check out left side Grammar section for more grammar lessons. I also recommend you to check updated Introduction lesson for Beginners here.

Coming up: Most commonly used words and phrases in Uzbek language.
Stay tuned!

Ko'rishguncha!

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June 10, 2012

Question Sentences - Learn Uzbek Language

Assalomu alaykum,

Today We are going to learn how to ask/make question sentences in Uzbek.
I should also mention that there are 3 types of the sentences: Question sentences, Informative sentences, Command/Desire sentences named relatively So'roq gaplar, Darak gaplar, Buyruq/Istak gaplar.

So in this lesson we will learn about Question sentences - So'roq gaplar!
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First let us list all question words:

Vocabulary list



English O'zbekcha
Who?Kim?
What?Nima?
How?Qanday?
Which?Qaysi?
Where?Qayerda?
When?Qachon?
Why?Nima uchun?


Some examples in practice

English O'zbekcha
Who are you?Siz kimsiz?
What do you like?Siz nima yoqtirasiz?
How do you go the hotel?Mehmonxonaga qanday boriladi?
Which color do you like?Siz qaysi rangni yoqtirasiz?
Where is Mustaqillik street?Mustaqillik ko'chasi qayerda?
When do you travel Uzbekistan?O'zbekistonga qachon safar qilasiz?
Why are you learning Uzbek language?O'zbek tilini nima uchun o'rganyapsiz?

And there are also question suffixes (-mi, -chi, -a, -ya) as well as questions with tune. We will learn more Question words and Question suffixes in later lessons.  Stay connected!


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February 24, 2012

Personal Pronouns - Learn Uzbek Language

This lesson about personal pronouns, I tried to make it short and useful, so let's get started.

English O'zbekcha
I Men
You Sen, Siz*
He/She U
We Biz
You (plural) Siz, Sizlar*
They Ular

-Sen is used only for young children and close friends. -Siz is used for anyone else.
-The plural of sen is siz.
-Sizlar represents more than one singular siz.
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Unlike most Uzbek verbs the present tense of the verb "to be" (bo'l-) has no written form. It is the Uzbek
language's only irregular verb. Instead, the personal pronouns (or modified forms thereof) are attached directly to the preceding adjective or noun. The forms are as follows:


Men      noun/adjective+man                       Biz      noun/adjective+miz
Siz      noun/adjective+siz                     Sizlar      noun/adjective+sizlar
Sen      noun/adjective+san                     Siz      noun/adjective+siz
U      noun/adjective*                     Ular      noun/adjective*

So, the English phrase "I am Uzbek" would be "Men o'zbekman" in Uzbek. "You are Uzbek" would be "Siz o'zbeksiz." "He/she is Uzbek" would be "U o'zbek."

Some examples:


English O'zbekcha
from noun/adjective+dan
I am from Bukhara. Men Buxorodanman.
You (s/f) are from Samarqand. Siz Samarqanddansiz.
You (s/i) are from Samarqand. Sen Samarqanddansan.
He/She/It is from Tashkent. U Toshkentdan.
We are from Qarshi. Biz Qarshidanmiz.
You (p/f) are from Ferghana. Sizlar Farg'onadansizlar.
You (p/i) are from Ferghana. Siz Farg’onadansiz.
They are from Nukus. Ular Nukusdan.

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January 31, 2012

Interactive Alphabet - Learn Uzbek Language

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Here is the interactive version of the Uzbek Alphabet with pronunciation - O'zbek Alifbosi talafuz bilan

You can click any letter to listen and learn


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January 1, 2012

Alphabet (Alifbo) - Learn Uzbek Language

Hello - Assalomu alaykum!

This is a blog where you learn basics of Uzbek language, with exact Pronunciation. Blog owner myself is not professional language teacher, but I am native Uzbek guy, who like own language and enjoy using it as well as enjoy listening when other talking in Uzbek. I will update blog as often as I can, and video channel in Youtube gets updated once in a month with new video lesson. I wish you very good luck throughout learning process, and I try my best to cover everything from basic to higher levels. At the same time if any of fellow Uzbeks wants to contribute in any way, all welcome to contact at onatili@gmail.com.

So here is First lesson

Learning Alphabet - Alfabetni o'rganish



Pronunciation of letters in our next video








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