Uzbek Brian: Grammar

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Intermediate Uzbek Week 3 Quick Review Guide: Uzbek City Transportation & Local Sights

Assalomu alaykum!

Here is my week #3 quick review guide for Intermediate Uzbek at CLI. This week's topics included describing city life, transportation methods, getting around a new location, seeing important sights in a city (e.g. Tashkent), and more having to do with anything city-related. Take a look below or feel free to view and print at this link. Enjoy!

Xayr,
Brian

Intermediate Uzbek Week 3 In Review: Uzbek Cities & Transportation, Homework Practice, & Figs!

Assalomu alaykum!

Hey everyone! Here with my Week 3 review, not to fret! Sorry I didn't post yesterday, wasn't really in a writing mood. Doing well now and off to the start of Week 4 -- I canNOT believe it's gone by so quickly, even though I will say that every time I look back.

We have just about reached the half-way mark as of tomorrow and Wednesday and I can say that it's been a great experience thus far! I am reminded of last year when at about this time I felt like I really was living here and that life was normal in the context of Arizona and Uzbek and all the great stuff here. Not bad! So here we go:

Outlook: As of right now my outlook is pretty good for this program and in general for the summer. I am happy to be busy, even though the work can be tiring at times, especially with a language that I really do enjoy. I have gotten some great feedback on my language learning here through homework, tests, and a presentation (will describe below) and I feel like this is something worthwhile to be doing.

Other life-wise, I feel good because I've been almost 100% consistent with my daily exercise, at the very least walking extensively around campus and usually 20-35 minutes cardio with some strength. Aiming to keep up! Can't let oneself go in this world or else things get really bleak!

FIGS!!! Happy Brian

Class: Class has been good. I continue to enjoy the variation with formal learning in the morning and more dialogue and exercises in the afternoon. I have really gotten into the timing swing of things with the 10:30 start and usually do my larger meal and daily Ugly Betty episode viewing to unwind during the midday break (almost done season 4 -- what will I do when it's done?!). Homework has continued to be interesting, with lots of writing exercises (posted below).

As for Friday's test, it was a pretty tough one, but I am happy with how I did. Basically the test was a full presentation that we had an hour to prepare, including the speech, slides, photos, and a small written text. Mine was about the small Uzbek city of Navoiy, going along with our theme of cities and transport. Aaand--I am excited to say I got an A+ on the test, my first yet here. Seeing as I did put a lot of work into the assignment, I am proud of this score.

Beautiful Arizona sunset seen from top of A mountain

Free time: Free time has been relatively small in quantity but I've been enjoying walking around the campus, exercising, listening to music, getting my items organized both online and in real life as far as what I want to finish as well as keeping things neat and orderly. I am continuing to work on sites for clients and am looking forward to launching towards the end of the month for one client. Lastly, I have been enjoying shopping at the local markets with friends (thanks to those of you guys who have cars!) and the fruit has been GREAT!

What more does one need?

This week: This week I have two exams actually, my final tomorrow, and my regular weekly test on Friday. My goal is to really stay on track with preparing for these and continue to get as much as I can out of class. I also want to crack down on organizing some of my online files for ebooks I want to put out soon, and help get some more tasks done for clients. Lastly, I want to keep exercising, and maybe even get around to posting up those vocab flashcards. :)

Staples!

Resources:

Quite a few resources today! Here they are:

Uy Ishi June 17: Transport Turlari Haqida
"Homework June 17: About Transport Methods"

Uy Ishi June 18: Men Qalamman
"Homework June 18: I Am a Pencil (Spoof Monologue)"

Uy Ishi June 19: “-gi + Kel(ma)”li Gaplar
"Homework June 19: Sentences with "-gi + Kel(ma)"

Uy Ishi June 19: Sevimli Shahar Haqida
"Homework June 19: About a Favorite City"

Thanks for reading! Be in touch soon. Be sure to subscribe by email if you're enjoying the blog! We have almost reached the 10,000 visitors mark... Shh, it'll be a celebration!

Xayr,
Brian

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Uzbek Verb Form Complete Grammar Reference (O‘zbek Tilining Fe’l Shakllari)

Assalomu alaykum!

As a handy reference for Uzbek learners, here is a brief table I put together for CLI Intermediate Uzbek class that includes all the forms (past, present, and future systems) used in modern standard Uzbek. (More reference on verb and other grammatical element listings available at this link.)

Form	O‘zbek	English
infinitive	bormoq	to go
present/future simple	boraman	I go, I will go
present progressive	boryapman	I am going
imperfect/past indefinite	borganman	I have gone, I went
past definite	bordim	I went
past continuous	borayotgan edim	I was going
pluperfect/past perfect	borgan edim	I had gone
past intention	bormoqchi edim	I had intended to go
past habitual	borar edim	I used to go
past inferential	boribman	I supposedly went
past obligatory	boradigan bo’ldim	I had to go
future intention	bormoqchiman	I will go, I intend to go
future possibility	borarman	Maybe I will go

Feel free to download and print this reference list using this Google Doc. Enjoy!

Xayr,
Brian

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Key Free Links for Current, Past, or Future Uzbek Students

Assalomu alaykum!

Brian here with a quick reference post for any past, current, or future Uzbek students stopping by the blog. Throughout my time at CLI I have either created or collected various documents, resources, study tools, and more that have proven extremely helpful for my learning of Uzbek, and I wanted to consolidate the most useful of them here for you today.

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to email me.

KEY FREE LINKS FOR UZBEK STUDENTS

For viewing, downloading, or printing:

Elementary Uzbek Midterm Review (PDF)
Review of language concepts from Elementary Uzbek Semester 1.

Elementary Uzbek Final Review (PDF)
Review of language concepts from Elementary Uzbek Semester 2.

Uzbek Brian Quizlet Page (All Vocab!)
Dozens of free Uzbek vocabulary flashcard sets for easy practice.

Free Online Uzbek Resource Collection
Tons of free links all around the web for Uzbek students.

Brian’s Uzbek Reference Document Collection
A huge compendium of free PDF files including textbooks and research.

Brian’s Uzbek Homework Practice Collection
All of my shared homework practice pieces in PDF form for viewing.

And especially for any students from CLI Elementary Uzbek 2012:

Elementary Uzbek Flipchart Practice (PDF)

CLI Uzbek Students Group Photo (PNG)

Please enjoy!

Xayr,
Brian

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Day 49: Elementary Uzbek Final Review: Flashcards & Study Guide

Assalomu alaykum!

Final tomorrow! Last official test here at CLI Elementary Uzbek and doing massive review work. Cumulative test on all the topics we've covered. Here is our collective grammar example review for Semester 2 topics. Not entirely finished but still useful for reference:

Note: My Semester 1 grammar review packet is available here as well as that section's vocab.

Study these flash cards

And last but not least:

A picture of me and my grandma. She and my mom came down to see me off, program ends Friday! Thank you for your support and for reading my blog :)

Xayr,
Brian

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Day 42: Practice Using Uzbek Modals for Necessity/Obligation/Possibility (Kerak/Shart/Mumkin)

Assalomu alaykum!

Quick post today! Passing on my homework using the topic I introduced the other day, Uzbek modal words.

Tonight's homework is below (sort of like a "do's and don'ts" practice) and is linked here:

:)

Xayr,
Brian

Monday, July 9, 2012

Day 40: Breaking into the Uzbek Modality System! Practicing "I Can ___" with +a Olmoq & More

Assalomu alaykum!

Grammar time! In class today we are breaking into the system of modal verbs (expressing desire, necessity, ability, and so on) which is highly rich in the Turkic languages and is very exciting as far as being able to make more realistic and complex sentences. For today's post I will share some of my homework as well as a key resource I've tracked down that I am enjoying. Later posts will have more explanation as to how to use these functions in Uzbek.

First off, cool news: I am officially designing a layout for an introductory Uzbek textbook to be published at my website by the end of next year. More on this soon!

Next, here is my homework from this afternoon, describing different abilities:

Next, here is my homework for tomorrow, which is sort of a practice letter for a job application, written in the first person by a made-up character who is looking to work for a translation company. Useful setup for practicing things like "I can speak ___ languages", "I can work well with computers", etc:

And to link you to my new favorite PDF ever: Uzbek Tense/Aspect/Modality System from Uzbek-Glossary.com. Thank you so much for this resource!

Here is a sample image visually tabulating Uzbek tense (click to enlarge):

Again, more on this soon!

And last but not least, some photos for today:

Hello!

Working on homework

The Coor building, on the way to Persian Club

First Year Tajiki students singing at Persian Club

Eddie giving some poetry recitations in full Persian garb! Great job tonight!

See you tomorrow!

Xayr,
Brian

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Day 36: Uzbek Chapter 9 Review (Talking About Age & Past Events)

Assalomu alaykum!

Test tomorrow! Short week this week with the no-class-on-Wednesday aspect, but we're getting ready for a quiz tomorrow nonetheless. Just on Chapter 9 tomorrow, so I've focused work time tonight on preparing a big review guide for this chapter, as well as vocabulary cards, both of which are included below. Otherwise, regular day today, moving along well!

Here is the Chapter 9 review guide (or view here externally):

And of course, Chapter 9 Quizlet Vocab (check out more here):

Study these flash cards

And a couple quick photos:

Pic of our Uzbek textbook. Working on Chapter 10 today

Learning Uzbek food names today in class!

Just bought the "new" Madonna album (took me this long to end up getting it!) Loving it

Xayr,
Brian

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Day 27: Homework Practicing Sentences about America with Uzbek Comparatives

Assalomu alaykum!

Midterms today! Test went fine and was nothing unexpected. Now done a semester's worth of Uzbek language credit. All review material still available here if you missed it. Got started with new material this afternoon and went over some information on comparative and superlative adjectives. Below is a quick homework for tonight or you can view it here.

Xayr,
Brian

Monday, June 25, 2012

Day 26: Massive Uzbek Vocabulary and Grammar Review for Midterm

Assalomu alaykum!

REVIEW TIME! Tomorrow is our midterm for Elementary Uzbek. Technically we will have completed 1 semester's worth of material. Wow, this program has gone fast! Very productive day in class today getting all kinds of vocab and grammar review fresh in our minds again and onto online written resources. Today's post is a collection of those resources, whether for my classmates or anyone following interested in learning Uzbek.

Let me tell ya, Uzbek learners out there, Uzbek Brian's your place to come! For many other languages etc you'd have to pay for this stuff. Thinking of selling a companion guide actually to my textbook, no kidding. We shall see!

Let's start with the major Uzbek grammar and language points, all summarized into a printable PDF below or available here if you are having trouble viewing it.

Next, here's a ton of Uzbek flashcard sets on various topics useful for review:

Study these flash cards

Study these flash cards | Study adjectives flash cards

Study these flash cards | Study verbs flash cards

Study these flash cards | Study adverbs flash cards

Study these flash cards

Study these flash cards | Study countries flash cards

Study these flash cards | Study social flash cards

Study these flash cards

That's it for tonight, quite a lot to take in, but hopefully you find these useful or interesting! Please leave a comment below if you are reading or participating in review here on my site, it helps me to know that this time is spent to good use. Much love!

Xayr,
Brian

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Day 22: Uzbek Chapter 5 and 6 Review: Flashcards and Study Guide

Assalomu alaykum!

Test tomorrow! Week 3 has just about come to a close already, going really quickly here when I look at it that way. Tomorrow we have our usual end-of-week quiz on Chapters 5 and 6 which covered directions and more conversational work and then daily routines and describing key activities. Busy studying tonight but I wanted to pass on these resources:

Study these flash cards

And also, my Chapter 5 study guide. Gonna do Chapter 6 tomorrow:

See you tomorrow!

Xayr,
Brian

Monday, June 18, 2012

Day 19: More Uzbek Class Panoramas and Lots of Fun Photos

Assalomu alaykum!

Busy Monday! Got the week going with some good class stuff, finally digging into Uzbek verbs which will really help make the language more usable and exciting for us. Got some videos and pictures (see below) and also am preparing for Uzbek Club tomorrow here at CLI, where all the Uzbek classes get together for some culture, music, cuisine, and language practice here at the dorm. Other than that, a really awesome library visit today & some other goings on.

First off, here are two more quick panorama videos from class:

This one has a great example of spoken Uzbek from our multimedia disc:

Next, some photos:

Practice using and giving directions to and from various places on a map

The character in my textbook was curiously sporting an Evanescence t-shirt in the Daily Routine section, lol!

Uzbek verb synopses on the board

Uzbek som. Super cool! In this currency at this point, price #s are really high, so 1000 som is only around $0.30. Most people pay for things in the millions! Really interesting & my teacher generously gave me this for my foreign money collection. To me it's cool, but for him it's like giving someone a quarter :P