Lingoflydeyarli hamma
- deyarli hammaalmost everyone
“deyarli hamma” — almost everyone in Uzbek. Phrase, level B1, topic — basic words. Hamma — everyone of people; hammasi — all of things: the subject tells. "Deyarli hamma keldi" — almost everyone came. In a live sentence: “Deyarli hamma oʻz vaqtida keldi.” — Almost everyone came on time. One of 307 words in the set “basic words” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | deyarli hamma |
| Translation | almost everyone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Hamma — everyone of people; hammasi — all of things: the subject tells. "Deyarli hamma keldi" — almost everyone came.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Deyarli hamma oʻz vaqtida keldi.Almost everyone came on time.
Nearby words: basic words
Yes, no, good, bad, very. The small change of a language — and no sentence assembles without it.
- yoʻqnolips rounded around the oʻ in the middle, not "yok"
- yaxshigoodthe first sound is y as in yes
- yomonbadThe partner of yaxshi. About business and health people speak carefully: politeness asks for "hammasi yaxshi" — all is well.
- zoʻrexcellenta rounded vowel between o and yo
- Hammasi yaxshi.I am doing well"hammasi" — everything, "yaxshi" — good. The full answer to "how are you": hammasi yaxshi, rahmat.
- men hamme too"ham" — "too" — stands after the word: men ham — me too, siz ham — you too. "And you?" is built with the same word.
- judaveryThe booster always stands before the word: juda yaxshi — very good, juda mazali — very tasty.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “basic words”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “almost everyone” in Uzbek?
Hamma — everyone of people; hammasi — all of things: the subject tells. "Deyarli hamma keldi" — almost everyone came.
- How do you say “me too” in Uzbek?
"ham" — "too" — stands after the word: men ham — me too, siz ham — you too. "And you?" is built with the same word.
- How do you say “good” in Uzbek?
Both "good" and "well": the word does not change for gender or number. The answer to "how are you" is given willingly here.
- How do you say “there is” in Uzbek?
"There is" with no linking verb at all: "Suv bor" — "there is water". The question is "Suv bormi?", the answer a short bor.
- How do you say “I am doing well” in Uzbek?
"hammasi" — everything, "yaxshi" — good. The full answer to "how are you": hammasi yaxshi, rahmat.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “almost everyone” in Uzbek?
«deyarli hamma». In a live sentence: “Deyarli hamma oʻz vaqtida keldi.” — Almost everyone came on time. Phrase, level B1, from the set “basic words”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Hamma — everyone of people; hammasi — all of things: the subject tells. "Deyarli hamma keldi" — almost everyone came. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.