LingoflyIkki haftadan beri: since when
"Since when" is assembled from two pieces: the time takes the tail "-dan", and the word beri — "since then" — follows. Ikki haftadan beri yoʻtalyapman — "I have been coughing for two weeks now". For example: “Ikki haftadan beri yoʻtalyapman.” — I have been coughing for two weeks now. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
"Since when" is assembled from two pieces: the time takes the tail "-dan", and the word beri — "since then" — follows. Ikki haftadan beri yoʻtalyapman — "I have been coughing for two weeks now".
The piece "-dan" is familiar from comparison: "more expensive than". Here it counts time: ertadan beri — since yesterday, tundan beri — since the night, ikki kundan beri — for two days now.
The verb stands in the present continuous — "-yapti": the action is still going on. This is how one complains to a doctor and asks about health: Qachondan beri kasalsiz? — "since when have you been ill?"
Table
| the time | since when | the phrase | in plain words |
|---|---|---|---|
| ikki kun | ikki kundan beri | Ikki kundan beri yoʻtalyapman | coughing for two days |
| bir hafta | bir haftadan beri | Bir haftadan beri charchoq bor | tired for a week |
| kecha | ertadan beri | Ertadan beri harorat yoʻq | no fever since yesterday |
| tun | tundan beri | Tundan beri uxlayapman | sleepless since the night |
| qachon | qachondan beri | Qachondan beri kasalsiz? | since when have you been ill |
By example
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
Ikki haftadan beri: how does it work in Uzbek?
"Since when" is assembled from two pieces: the time takes the tail "-dan", and the word beri — "since then" — follows. Ikki haftadan beri yoʻtalyapman — "I have been coughing for two weeks now".
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Ikki haftadan beri yoʻtalyapman.” — I have been coughing for two weeks now. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.