Subject - Object - Verb: Men choy ichaman (I tea drink).
I can build SOV sentences and ask yes/no questions with -mi.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Men choy ichaman.
I drink tea.
Biz bozorga boramiz.
We go to the bazaar.
Sen talabamisan?
Are you a student?
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
The verb closes the sentence: Men choy ichaman (I tea drink), Biz bozorga boramiz (we bazaar-to go). Time and place expressions come before the verb too.
Yes/no questions never reorder - they take the particle -mi: Sen talabamisan? (Are you a student?), Bormi? (Is there?).
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesVerb in the middle (Russian/English habit). Intonation-only questions - Uzbek wants the -mi particle.
Misplaced verb or missing -mi
Scrambled-sentence rebuilds; statement→question drills.
Men choy ichaman.
I drink tea.
Literally 'I tea drink'.
Biz bozorga boramiz.
We go to the bazaar.
Place before the verb: bozorga boramiz.
Sen talabamisan?
Are you a student?
-mi- slots before the personal ending.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises