Comparativetypolog y

Present Continuous denotes an action happening now, i.e. at the moment of speech. In English the predicate verb is formed by means of the auxiliary verb ‘be-Participle 1’ of the notional verb which correspond to the Uzbek verb forms in the example of the verb ‘бор-’:

1 person	singular	-аяпман, -мо=даман
	plural	-аяпмиз, -мо=дамиз
2 person	singular	-япсан, -мо=дасан
	plural	-aяпсиз, -мо=дасиз
3 person	singular	-аяпти, -мо=да
	plural	-аяптилар, -ишаяпти; -мо=далар, -ишмо=да

The Present Continuous expresses three ideas:

1) an activity happening now, i.e. at the moment of speech.

Сf.: It is raining. The child is crying. They are looking at you.

Ём\ир ё\аяпти. Ча=ало= йи\лаяпти. Улар сизга =арашаяпти.
2) an activity happening around now, but perhaps not at the moment of speech.

Cf.: I’m reading a very interesting book on astrology these days.

Шу кунларда мунажжимлик ща=ида жуда =изи= бир китоб ы=ияпман,
3) a planned future arrangement.

Cf.: I’m leaving for London next week.

Келаси щафтада Лондонга жынаяпман.

Past Continuous of the English verb is formed by means of the combination of ‘was (were) -P1’ of the notional verb and denotes an action happening (in progress) at a definite time in the past. Definite time may be expressed by means of time expressions or by a clause of time connected to the principle one with the conjunctions while and when. In Uzbek in the past continuous the verbs may take the suffixes -аётган эди, -мо=да эди,