LingoflyComparison: the suffix -dan
Comparison hangs the suffix -dan on the one being compared against: avtobusdan tez — faster than the bus. The adjective itself does not change: tez, katta, qimmat stay as they are. Poyezd avtobusdan tez — the train is faster than the bus. For example: “Poyezd avtobusdan tez.” — The train is faster than the bus. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Comparison hangs the suffix -dan on the one being compared against: avtobusdan tez — faster than the bus. The adjective itself does not change: tez, katta, qimmat stay as they are. Poyezd avtobusdan tez — the train is faster than the bus.
"The most" is a separate word, eng, put before the adjective: eng qimmat — the most expensive, eng tez — the fastest. One little word covers the entire superlative.
Both quality and quantity are compared: daromaddan xarajat koʻp — the expenses are more than the income. The one carrying -dan is the yardstick: that is what you measure against.
Table
| what | how | example | translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| faster than something | -dan + tez | avtobusdan tez | faster than the bus |
| bigger than something | -dan + katta | shahardan katta | bigger than the city |
| more expensive than something | -dan + qimmat | bankdan qimmat | more expensive than the bank |
| farther than something | -dan + uzoq | vokzaldan uzoq | farther than the station |
| the most | eng + | eng tez | the fastest |
| the best | eng + yaxshi | eng yaxshi | the best |
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
Comparison with the suffix -dan?
Comparison hangs the suffix -dan on the one being compared against: avtobusdan tez — faster than the bus. The adjective itself does not change: tez, katta, qimmat stay as they are. Poyezd avtobusdan tez — the train is faster than the bus.
How to say faster in Uzbek?
Comparison hangs the suffix -dan on the one being compared against: avtobusdan tez — faster than the bus. The adjective itself does not change: tez, katta, qimmat stay as they are. Poyezd avtobusdan tez — the train is faster than the bus.
Eng the most in Uzbek?
"The most" is a separate word, eng, put before the adjective: eng qimmat — the most expensive, eng tez — the fastest. One little word covers the entire superlative.
Poyezd avtobusdan tez what it means?
Comparison hangs the suffix -dan on the one being compared against: avtobusdan tez — faster than the bus. The adjective itself does not change: tez, katta, qimmat stay as they are. Poyezd avtobusdan tez — the train is faster than the bus.
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Poyezd avtobusdan tez.” — The train is faster than the bus. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.