Lesson 4. Dam olish kunlari qanday oʻtdi?: free time and telling about the past

I can talk about how my weekend went: what I did in the morning, then, and in the evening, what it was like, and why — and say what I love.

Telling about the weekend

You ask about the weekend with the question in the lesson title, and about yesterday with “what did you do?” (nima qildingiz). The answer is a story in order: ertalab …, keyin …, kechqurun … How it was: qiziq edi — “it was interesting”; yaxshi oʻtdi — “it went well”; afsus, … — “too bad, …”. The reason: the question nega? or nima uchun? — “why?”; the answer starts with chunki — “because”: Nega uxlamadingiz? — Chunki ishim koʻp edi. In one sentence chunki stands between the two parts, as English “because” does. “To love” is yaxshi koʻrmoq (literally “to see well”). What you love always takes -ni, even something in general, where English has no “the”: Men olmani yaxshi koʻraman. A reminder: “I like” has no ending on the thing — Menga olma yoqadi. A song is “said” in Uzbek: qoʻshiq aytmoq — “to sing”. Common mistakes: • NOT “Men sport yaxshi koʻraman” → sportni • NOT “Menga raqsni yaxshi koʻraman” → Men raqsni yaxshi koʻraman • NOT “Nima uchun charchadingizmi?” → Nima uchun charchadingiz?

A plan for telling about the weekend

Question	How to answer	Example
Qachon?	shanba kuni; ertalab, keyin, kechqurun	Ertalab bozorga bordim
Nima qildingiz?	a verb in -di	Keyin uyda ovqat pishirdim
Qanday oʻtdi?	yaxshi oʻtdi; qiziq edi; afsus	Juda yaxshi oʻtdi
Nega?	chunki …	Chunki dam olish kuni edi

Lesson notes

Telling about the weekend

You ask about the weekend with the question in the lesson title, and about yesterday with “what did you do?” (nima qildingiz). The answer is a story in order: ertalab …, keyin …, kechqurun … How it was: qiziq edi — “it was interesting”; yaxshi oʻtdi — “it went well”; afsus, … — “too bad, …”. The reason: the question nega? or nima uchun? — “why?”; the answer starts with chunki — “because”: Nega uxlamadingiz? — Chunki ishim koʻp edi. In one sentence chunki stands between the two parts, as English “because” does. “To love” is yaxshi koʻrmoq (literally “to see well”). What you love always takes -ni, even something in general, where English has no “the”: Men olmani yaxshi koʻraman. A reminder: “I like” has no ending on the thing — Menga olma yoqadi. A song is “said” in Uzbek: qoʻshiq aytmoq — “to sing”. Common mistakes: • NOT “Men sport yaxshi koʻraman” → sportni • NOT “Menga raqsni yaxshi koʻraman” → Men raqsni yaxshi koʻraman • NOT “Nima uchun charchadingizmi?” → Nima uchun charchadingiz?