Language/Northern-uzbek/Grammar/Postpositions

Rule

As a language where objects precede the verb, Uzbek has post-positions rather than prepositions, and relative clauses that precede the verb.

For example:

• Biz non haqida gapirdik - We talked about bread.

Uzbek sentences rarely end with suffixes like -dan, -ga, -da.

Those suffixes indicate location and require adding joylashgan or suffix –dir after the case suffix.

For example:

• Kechirasiz, xola. Militsiyaxona qayerda joylashgan? – Parkning yonida joylashgan. O’zbekistonning poytaxti qayer? – O’zbekistonning poytaxti Toshkent(dir).

Example of postpositions

• Oldida – in front of
• Yonida – next
• o’rtasida – between
• orqasida – behind
• qarshisida – across
• ustida – on top of
• ichida – inside
• tagida – under
• Bilan – With
• Keyin – After
• Haqida – About
• Uchun – For

Source

https://slaviccenters.duke.edu/sites/slaviccenters.duke.edu/files/file-attachments/uzbek.original.pdf

Related Lessons

• Expressing a desire fo an action
• Plural
• Adjectives formed with suffix – li
• Accusative case
• Imperative of verbs
• Present Perfect Tense
• Comparative Adjectives
• Verbal nouns
• Nouns
• Present Continuous Tense