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.
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 distinction — sen (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!