Language/Northern-uzbek/Grammar/Compound-verb

Compound verb is a complex predicate that functions as a single verb.

One component of the compound verb is a light verb that provides only fine shades of meaning.

The other, "primary", component is a verb, which carries most of the semantics of the compound.

In Uzbek, in the Verb + Verb compound, the first verb is “heavier” and the second verb is “lighter”. That is removing the “light” verb will not semantically and grammatically affect the meaning.

For example:

• Alisher institutga bir yildan keyin qaitib keldi. Alisher returned to college after a year.

Qaytib keldi is a V+V compound where first verb carries the main meaning “return” and the second means “came”. Compound verbs receives suffix only on the second word.

For example:

• Men atir gullarni yaxshi kuraman. I like roses.

See the following conjugation of the compound verb dam olmoq – “to rest” in Present-Future tense.

• Men dam olaman

• Sen dam olasan

• U dam oladi

• Biz dam olamiz

• Siz(lar) dam olasiz

• Ular dam oladilar