Language/Northern-uzbek/Grammar/Adjectives

Rules

Adjectives in Uzbek modify nouns.  

When adjective comes after the noun then it becomes a predicate.  

Adjectives are used as word root, meaning that they can serve as nuclei for further morphological construction by adding suffixes.  

Adjectives in Uzbek do not carry the plural suffix.  

For example:

• yangi kitob – new book
• yangi kitoblar – new books
• bu kitob yangi – this book is new

yangi+lik - news

Examples

English Adjectives	Uzbek Adjectives
adjectives	Sifatlar
a green tree	yashil daraxt
a tall building	baland bino
a very old man	juda qarri odam
the old red house	eski qizil o'y
a very nice friend	juda ajoyib do'st

Sources

• https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/file-attachments/uzbek.original.pdf
• http://mylanguages.org/uzbek_adjectives.php

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• Postpositions
• Sentence structure
• Pronouns
• Forming sentences with negation
• Past Perfect Tense
• Compound verb
• Expressing a desire fo an action
• Accusative case
• Formal and informal YOU