I can describe today's weather, say what it was like yesterday and what it will be like tomorrow, and say “I was at home” and “I didn't have time”.
Ob-havo: was, is, will be
Ob-havo: was, is, will be
The weather now: the adjective stands with no word for “is” — Bugun sovuq. Uzbek needs no “it” either. Rain and snow “fall” with the verb yogʻmoq; right now it takes the present continuous: yogʻyapti.
“Was, were” is the word edi. It stands apart, after a noun, an adjective, or a -da word, and takes the second set of endings — the same as the past tense: edim, eding, edingiz, edi, edik, edilar. All the forms are in the table.
“There was / there wasn't (had / didn't have)” is bor edi / yoʻq edi. “Wasn't (what kind, where)” is emas edi.
Edi is a separate word, not a form of a verb, and “was” is never boʻldi: the verb boʻlmoq means “to visit, to become, to happen”, and it is also used for the future: Ertaga dars boʻladi — “there will be a class tomorrow”; the same goes for the weather. Rain tomorrow takes the ordinary present-future form: yogʻadi.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Men uyda boʻldim” (that means “I visited home”) → Men uyda edim
• NOT “Men darsda ediman” → edim
• NOT “Pulim emas edi” → Pulim yoʻq edi
• NOT “Oʻtgan hafta salqin” (about the past, without edi) → salqin edi
Forms of edi
Edi is a separate word after a noun, an adjective, or a -da word.
| Who | edi | Example |
|---|---|---|
| men (I) | edim | Men bozorda edim |
| sen (you, informal) | eding | Sen band eding |
| siz (you, formal, to one person) | edingiz | Siz Toshkentda edingiz |
| u (he, she) | edi | U xursand edi |
| biz (we) | edik | Biz mehmonxonada edik |
| sizlar (you, to several people) | edingiz(lar) | Sizlar darsda edingiz |
| ular (they) | edi(lar) | Ular kafeda edilar |
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
Yesterday — edi, today — no extra word, tomorrow — boʻladi.
| What | Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloudy | bulutli edi | bulutli | bulutli boʻladi |
| snow (there is) | qor bor edi | qor bor | qor boʻladi |
| is falling (rain, snow) | yogʻdi | yogʻyapti | yogʻadi |
Lesson notes
Ob-havo: was, is, will be
The weather now: the adjective stands with no word for “is” — Bugun sovuq. Uzbek needs no “it” either. Rain and snow “fall” with the verb yogʻmoq; right now it takes the present continuous: yogʻyapti.
“Was, were” is the word edi. It stands apart, after a noun, an adjective, or a -da word, and takes the second set of endings — the same as the past tense: edim, eding, edingiz, edi, edik, edilar. All the forms are in the table.
“There was / there wasn't (had / didn't have)” is bor edi / yoʻq edi. “Wasn't (what kind, where)” is emas edi.
Edi is a separate word, not a form of a verb, and “was” is never boʻldi: the verb boʻlmoq means “to visit, to become, to happen”, and it is also used for the future: Ertaga dars boʻladi — “there will be a class tomorrow”; the same goes for the weather. Rain tomorrow takes the ordinary present-future form: yogʻadi.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Men uyda boʻldim” (that means “I visited home”) → Men uyda edim
• NOT “Men darsda ediman” → edim
• NOT “Pulim emas edi” → Pulim yoʻq edi
• NOT “Oʻtgan hafta salqin” (about the past, without edi) → salqin edi