Building Up Your Uzbek II

Here are seven more sentences to illustrate the workings of Uzbek. In learning them, you can assimilate the grammar more naturally.

1. Uy-ingiz-ga bor-ing.

uy: home; -ingiz: your; -ga: to; bor: go; -ing: imperative

Uyingizga boring!
Go home!
(Home-your-to go!)

2. Men-i ___-ga olib bor-ing.

men: I; -ni: direct object; meni: me; olib: causative

Meni ___-ga olib boring!
Take me to ___!
(Me ___-to make go!)

3. Men-ga ___-ni ber-ing.

ber: give

Menga ___ bering!
Give me!
(Me-to give!)

4. Men-ga olib kel-ing.

kel: come

Menga olib keling!
Bring me!
(Me-to make come!)

5. Qimirla-mang.

qimirla: to move; -mang: negative command (-ma: not + -ing: imperative)

Qimirlamang!
Don't move!
(Move-not!)

6. Ot-mang!

ot: to throw or shoot

Otmang!
Don't shoot!
(Shoot-don't)

7. Teg-mang!

teg: touch

Tegmang!
Don't touch!
(Touch-don't!)

Once you've read through the items, try reading just the boldface entries a few times to get the sentences better anchored in your memory.