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Pop Quiz. Read and discuss the answer you think is the most appropriate.
You are a college
student in Uzbekistan. You enter the class of 10 - 12 students 5 minutes before the class starts.
What should you do first?
a.
Proceed directly to your seat. Say nothing.
b.
Proceed directly to the friend/student you know. Start talking.
c.
Say hello only to a person you know. Proceed to your place.
d.
Say hello to everybody in the classroom. Proceed to your place.
2. Pronouns
Men
I
Sen/Siz
You
U
He/She /It
Biz
We
Siz(lar)
You
Ular
They
2.1. Note:
Suffix
–lar
(they) is often dropped in spoken language. There are no definite or
indefinite articles in Uzbek. There are no auxiliary verb equivalents to
am, is, are.
Instead of the
auxiliary verb
to be
there are personal predicate suffixes that express the same element.
Personal predicates are added to the nouns or adjectives. E.g:
Men o’qituvchi+man
I am a teacher
Sen (Siz) professor+san (siz)
You are a professor
U talaba
S/he is a student
Biz talabalar+miz
We are students
Siz(lar) professor (+sizlar)
You are professors
U(lar) o’qituvchi+lar
They are teachers
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3-Mashq. Make up your own sentences using personal pronouns.
2.2. Cultural Note. Names in Uzbekistan
Uzbek name consists of three, sometimes four parts and was adopted from Russian system of
last names and patronymics in 20
th
century with coming of Soviet rule. First name (
ism
) for
example Amina, is given by parents at birth, second name is patronymic (
otasining ismi
) for
example Anvarovna, which means father’s name plus a suffix
–o(ye)vich
for males and
–
o(ye)vna
for females and a last name (
familiya
) for example Oripova, is a family name. Since
independence of Uzbekistan, some families changed their russified patronymic names to the
more traditional “
o’g’li”
or
“qizi”
which stands for “son of” or “daughter of”. For example:
Amina Anvar qizi Oripova
3. FORMAL AND INFORMAL “YOU”
3.1. Informal, with the use of suffix
“san”
-
Salom Barno! Yaxshimi
san
?
-
Yaxshi, rahmat!
3.2. Formal, with the use of suffix
“siz”
-
Assalomu alaykum, Salim Ergashevich! Yaxshimi
siz
?
-
Yaxshi, rahmat!
New words:
Yaxshimisiz? - How are you?
Rahmat - Thank you!
Yaxshi - Good
Yomon - Bad
Xudoga shukur – Thank God (another way of saying “good”)
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