I can name the day of the week, say on what day and how often I do something, and ask “when?”
Hafta kunlari: days of the week and “how often”
Hafta kunlari: days of the week and “how often”
Days of the week are written with a small letter, unlike English. The question qachon? (“when?”) is answered with the day and the word kuni: dushanba kuni — “on Monday” (literally “on the day of Monday”). Ish kuni — a workday, dam olish kuni — a day off: these are names, no -ning.
har — “every”, goes before the time word: har kuni, har hafta, har dushanba. hamma — “everyone, everything”: Hamma dam oladi — everyone rests.
“How often” words go before the verb, never after it: doim, odatda, tez-tez, baʼzan — all the words are in the table. How many times: haftada ikki marta — twice a week.
hech qachon — “never”. The verb with it is negative, unlike English “never”: Hech qachon ishlamayman.
Common mistakes:
• ×Hech qachon ishlayman → Hech qachon ishlamayman
• ×Men ishlayman tez-tez → Men tez-tez ishlayman
• ×har kunlar → har kuni
Hafta kunlari: days of the week
The days of the week are written with a small letter.
| Day | Translation |
|---|---|
| dushanba | Monday |
| seshanba | Tuesday |
| chorshanba | Wednesday |
| payshanba | Thursday |
| juma | Friday |
| shanba | Saturday |
| yakshanba | Sunday |
| hafta | week |
| ish kuni | workday |
| dam olish kuni | day off |
How often
Kamdan-kam is for recognition only.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| doim | always |
| odatda | usually |
| tez-tez | often |
| baʼzan | sometimes |
| kamdan-kam | rarely |
| hech qachon | never (the verb is negative) |
| har juma | every Friday |
| haftada ikki marta | twice a week |
Lesson notes
Hafta kunlari: days of the week and “how often”
Days of the week are written with a small letter, unlike English. The question qachon? (“when?”) is answered with the day and the word kuni: dushanba kuni — “on Monday” (literally “on the day of Monday”). Ish kuni — a workday, dam olish kuni — a day off: these are names, no -ning.
har — “every”, goes before the time word: har kuni, har hafta, har dushanba. hamma — “everyone, everything”: Hamma dam oladi — everyone rests.
“How often” words go before the verb, never after it: doim, odatda, tez-tez, baʼzan — all the words are in the table. How many times: haftada ikki marta — twice a week.
hech qachon — “never”. The verb with it is negative, unlike English “never”: Hech qachon ishlamayman.
Common mistakes:
• ×Hech qachon ishlayman → Hech qachon ishlamayman
• ×Men ishlayman tez-tez → Men tez-tez ishlayman
• ×har kunlar → har kuni