LingoflyRequest and command: kuting, chaqiring
The command is short: the bare stem — kel — come, kut — wait, chaqir — call. A bare order sounds sharper than English "come here" does, and it is never let out into the world without iltimos. For example: “Bir daqiqa kuting, iltimos.” — Wait a minute, please. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The command is short: the bare stem — kel — come, kut — wait, chaqir — call. A bare order sounds sharper than English "come here" does, and it is never let out into the world without iltimos.
The polite "you" is the tail -ing: kuting — wait, please, chaqiring — call, toʻldiring — fill in. The same tail softens: a request to a stranger always lands on -ing.
The prohibition is built with -ma: tegma — do not touch, tegmang — do not touch (polite). The verb is the same one that does the action: a prohibition is the same word with a "not" piece inside.
Even softer is to slip into a question: Arzonroq boʻladimi? or Kutib turishingiz mumkinmi? — this is how offices and repairmen talk. You have already heard every piece of these phrases.
Table
| verb | you (informal) | you (polite) |
|---|---|---|
| kelmoq — to come | kel | keling |
| kutmoq — to wait | kut | kuting |
| chaqirmoq — to call | chaqir | chaqiring |
| toʻldirmoq — to fill in | toʻldir | toʻldiring |
| tegmoq — to touch | tegma | tegmang |
By example
- Wait a minute, please
- Call the repairman!
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Request and command: how does it work in Uzbek?
The command is short: the bare stem — kel — come, kut — wait, chaqir — call. A bare order sounds sharper than English "come here" does, and it is never let out into the world without iltimos.
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Bir daqiqa kuting, iltimos.” — Wait a minute, please. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.