Uzbek Pronouns

Grammar Tips:

In English personal pronouns are (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they), and (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them), In Uzbek, the personal pronouns are:

Men… (I), Sen… (you), U… (he, she, it), Biz… (we), Siz… (you (both plural and polite form)), Ular… (they)

Examples: Men o’qiyman (I learn), Sen o’qiysan (you learn), U o’qiydi (he, she, it learns), Siz o’qiysiz (you learn [polite and plural]), Biz o’qiymiz (we learn), Ular o’qiydilar (they learn).

Grammar Tips:

In Uzbek, unlike English, there is such category as CASE. That is why all the pronouns in the objective form are used differently. There are 6 cases, but there’s no exact correspondence to the last one (Directional case) in English, that’s why it’s rather hard to explain the meaning of it.

 

Nominative case

 In this case pronoun, being the subject of the sentence, is used in the initial form.

Examples:

Men bu yerdaman – I am here. Sen buni qila olmaysan – You cannot do it.

 

Genitive case (Possessive pronouns)

These pronouns show that something belongs to someone. Like in English, in Uzbek there are also 2 types of such pronouns – partially possessive (my, your etc) and full possessive (mine, yours etc). Partially possessive pronouns are used along with the nouns with personal possessive endings.

 

Mening (noun)im                                         Bizning (noun)imiz

Sening (noun)ing                                         Sizning (noun)ingiz

Uning (noun)(s)i                                           Ularning (noun)(s)i

 

Examples:

Bu mening kitobim – This is my book. O’sha kalam seniki – That pencil is yours.

 

Dative case

Pronouns in this case answer the question (to) whom, and are formed according to this formula: Personal pronoun in the Nominative + ending –ga.

Examples:

Menga bu kalitni ber – Give me this key. Men senga savol berdim – I asked you a question.

 

Accusative case

Pronouns in this case answer the question whom. They are formed according to this formula: Personal pronoun in the Nominative + ending –ni.

Examples:

Men kecha seni ko’rdim – I saw you yesterday. Mening dadam uni biladi – My father knows him.

 

Prepositional case

This one is used to add to the verb objects with help of preposition bilan (with). Also this is the case which is used to build sentences in the Passive Voice (along with the ending -dan).

Examples:

Men bugun u bilan ishlayman – Today I work with him. Bino toshdan qurilgan edi – The building was built of stone.

 

Directional case

This case is formed by adding the ending –da to the pronoun. Pronouns in this case appear mostly in the following constructions:

Menda yangi kompyuter bor – I have a new conpyuter; Senda kurtka yo’q – You have not a jacket.