Language/Northern-uzbek/Grammar/Past-Tense

The definite past expresses an event or action completed in the past and the event being viewed as a single whole. It occurred at a specific time and inside the period of time of current relevance to the speaker, usually the recent past. Very often, the speaker is an eyewitness of the event, and is sure about its actual occurrence. The definite past tense is formed by adding to the verb stem the suffix -DI, plus the possessive type of personal suffixes:

For example:

• Biz kecha darsda o’qidik, yozdik va o’zbek tilida suhbatlashdik. Bugun kunduzi Karim majlisda bo’ldi.

Men V(stem) + dim	Biz V(stem) + dik
Sen V(stem) + ding	Siz V(stem) + dingiz
U V(stem) + di	Ular V(stem) + di(lar)

• Kecha siz nima qildingiz? What did you do yesterday?
• Ishladim. I worked
• Bugun ertalab nima qildingiz? What did you do this morning?
• Gazeta o’qidim. I read newspaper

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• Adjectives formed with suffix – li
• Compound verb
• Orthographic rules