I can ask and say what time it is and at what time, and say what I do in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, and at night.
Soat necha? What time is it?
Soat necha? What time is it?
Soat is both “clock, watch” and “hour”. “What time is it?” — Soat necha? The answer is the word soat and a number: Soat uch — three o'clock.
Half is the word yarim after the hour: uch yarim — “three and a half”, that is, 3:30. As in English “half past three”, yarim follows the hour that has come (the one the hour hand shows): 3:30 — uch yarim. Only the order differs: English says “half” first, Uzbek says it last.
“At what time?” — Soat nechada? The answer adds the familiar -da to the number: soat uchda — at three, soat uch yarimda — at three thirty.
We don't name minutes (daqiqa) on the clock yet: only the full hour and the half.
On a timetable or a sign, the time is written in figures: 8:30. In speech, in words: soat sakkiz yarim.
Common mistakes:
• ×3:30 — yarim uch → uch yarim
• ×da soat uch → soat uchda
• דat three” — soat uch → soat uchda
What time it is, and at what time
“Half” names the hour that has already come.
| On the clock | Soat necha? | Soat nechada? |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00 | Soat uch. | soat uchda |
| 3:30 | Soat uch yarim. | soat uch yarimda |
| 8:00 | Soat sakkiz. | soat sakkizda |
| 8:30 | Soat sakkiz yarim. | soat sakkiz yarimda |
Lesson notes
Soat necha? What time is it?
Soat is both “clock, watch” and “hour”. “What time is it?” — Soat necha? The answer is the word soat and a number: Soat uch — three o'clock.
Half is the word yarim after the hour: uch yarim — “three and a half”, that is, 3:30. As in English “half past three”, yarim follows the hour that has come (the one the hour hand shows): 3:30 — uch yarim. Only the order differs: English says “half” first, Uzbek says it last.
“At what time?” — Soat nechada? The answer adds the familiar -da to the number: soat uchda — at three, soat uch yarimda — at three thirty.
We don't name minutes (daqiqa) on the clock yet: only the full hour and the half.
On a timetable or a sign, the time is written in figures: 8:30. In speech, in words: soat sakkiz yarim.
Common mistakes:
• ×3:30 — yarim uch → uch yarim
• ×da soat uch → soat uchda
• דat three” — soat uch → soat uchda
Mening kunim: my day
Times of day: ertalab — in the morning, kunduzi — in the afternoon, kechqurun — in the evening, kechasi — at night. They need no ending: they already mean “when”.
erta — early, kech — late (and “evening”). Don't confuse erta (“early”) with ertaga (“tomorrow”).
Kun is “day” (and “sun”): bugun — “today”, literally “this day”.
Your day in order is in the table. Breakfast and lunch take the verb qilmoq: nonushta qilaman, tushlik qilaman. Dinner is kechki ovqat. Turmoq means both “to get up” and “to stand”. For recognition only: yuvinaman — I wash up.
Two verbs live in the third person: Dars boshlanadi — the lesson starts, dars tugaydi — the lesson ends.
A time word goes at the start or right before the verb, not at the end as in English: Ertalab men ishlayman. Men ertalab ishlayman.
Common mistakes:
• ×Men erta ishlayman (about tomorrow) → Men ertaga ishlayman
• ×ertalabda → ertalab