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Uzbek Verb Conjugations

Complete conjugation tables for the 20 most essential Uzbek verbs. Uzbek is a Turkic language spoken by over 30 million people, primarily in Uzbekistan. Like Turkish, it uses agglutinative morphology — suffixes stack onto the verb stem to express tense, negation, and person. Modern Uzbek uses the Latin alphabet.

20
Essential Verbs
5
Tenses/Moods
60+
Example Sentences

How Uzbek Verb Conjugation Works

Uzbek verbs follow a highly regular agglutinative pattern: stem + tense marker + personal suffix. The infinitive form ends in -moq (e.g., bormoq = "to go"). Remove -moq to get the stem (bor-), then add suffixes.

Key features of Uzbek verbs:

  • No grammatical gender — verb forms are the same regardless of the subject's gender
  • Vowel harmony — suffixes adapt to match the vowels in the stem (less strict than Turkish)
  • SOV word order — the verb typically comes at the end of the sentence
  • Negation with -ma-/-may- — inserted between the stem and tense suffix
  • Formal/informal distinctionsen (informal "you") vs. siz (formal/plural "you")
  • Question particle -mi — added to the verb to form yes/no questions

Tenses Covered

Present-Future

stem + -a + personal

Habitual actions and general future

Boraman → I go / I will go

Present Continuous

stem + -yap + personal

Action happening right now

Borayapman → I am going

Past Simple

stem + -di + personal

Completed past actions

Bordim → I went

Negative Present-Future

stem + -may + personal

Negation of habitual/future actions

Bormayman → I don't go

Future Intention

infinitive + -chi + personal

Planned or intended future action

Bormoqchiman → I intend to go

Imperative

stem / stem + -(i)ng

Direct commands (informal / formal)

Bor! / Boring!

Action Verbs (11)

Cognitive, Perception & Communication Verbs (5)

Modal & Stative Verbs (4)