LingoflyRequest and prohibition: the tail -ing
The verb on its own can be a command: kir! — come in. Politeness adds the tail -ing or -ingiz: kiring — come in, please, oʻtiring — take a seat. To a guest people say marhamat — "be our guest" — and it is the first word in any home. For example: “Marhamat, oʻtiring.” — Please, take a seat. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The verb on its own can be a command: kir! — come in. Politeness adds the tail -ing or -ingiz: kiring — come in, please, oʻtiring — take a seat. To a guest people say marhamat — "be our guest" — and it is the first word in any home.
The prohibition is -mang: kirmang — do not enter, tegmang — do not touch. The signs in museums speak the same word — and it is a polite prohibition, not a shout.
"Let's" is the tail -aylik: kiraylik — let's go in, koʻchaylik — let's move. It calls everyone at once, and on moving day you hear it most of all.
Table
| form | what it means | example |
|---|---|---|
| kir | come in (to one's own) | Kir, marhamat |
| kiring | come in (polite) | Kiring, marhamat |
| kirmang | do not enter | Xonaga kirmang |
| kiraylik | let's go in | Uyga kiraylik |
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
Polite command with -ing?
The verb on its own can be a command: kir! — come in. Politeness adds the tail -ing or -ingiz: kiring — come in, please, oʻtiring — take a seat. To a guest people say marhamat — "be our guest" — and it is the first word in any home.
What does kirmang mean?
The prohibition is -mang: kirmang — do not enter, tegmang — do not touch. The signs in museums speak the same word — and it is a polite prohibition, not a shout.
When marhamat is said?
The verb on its own can be a command: kir! — come in. Politeness adds the tail -ing or -ingiz: kiring — come in, please, oʻtiring — take a seat. To a guest people say marhamat — "be our guest" — and it is the first word in any home.
How to say let's in Uzbek?
The verb on its own can be a command: kir! — come in. Politeness adds the tail -ing or -ingiz: kiring — come in, please, oʻtiring — take a seat. To a guest people say marhamat — "be our guest" — and it is the first word in any home.
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Marhamat, oʻtiring.” — Please, take a seat. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.