-dan keyin

After

Level 2

Noun + -dan keyin = after: darsdan keyin (after class). Time + -dan keyin = later, in: ikki kundan keyin (in two days).

How It Works

1. After an event
Add -dan to the noun, then keyin: darsdan keyin (after class), tushlikdan keyin (after lunch), ishdan keyin (after work).

2. Later, in
With an amount of time, -dan keyin counts forward from now or from another point: ikki kundan keyin (in two days, two days later), bir soatdan keyin (in an hour).

3. With pronouns
mendan keyin (after me), sizdan keyin (after you). With the pointing words, the extra n appears: bundan keyin (from now on, after this), undan keyin (after that, then).

4. Keyin on its own
Keyin alone means then or later: Avval choy ichamiz, keyin ishlaymiz. (First we'll have tea, then we'll work.) Keyinroq means a little later.

5. Formal soʻng
-dan soʻng means the same and is common in writing and the news: Tushlikdan soʻng majlis boʻladi. (There will be a meeting after lunch.)

6. With verbs
After doing something is After Doing: -gandan keyin: ovqatlangandan keyin (after eating).

Examples (6)

  1. Darsdan keyin uyga boraman.

    I will go home after class.

    Word by Word: lesson-from after home-to I-go

  2. Ikki kundan keyin qaytaman.

    I will come back in two days.

  3. Ishdan keyin qayerga borasiz?

    Where are you going after work?

  4. Sizdan keyin men gapiraman.

    I will speak after you.

  5. Avval choy ichamiz, keyin ishlaymiz.

    First we'll have tea, then we'll work.

    Keyin on its own means then.

  6. Tushlikdan soʻng majlis boʻladi.

    There will be a meeting after lunch.

    Soʻng is the formal twin of keyin.

Common Mistakes

  • Using -ga instead of -dan before keyin.

    Darsga keyin uyga boraman.
    Darsdan keyin uyga boraman.

    Keyin always needs -dan on the word before it: darsdan keyin.

  • Putting keyin before the noun, like English after.

    Keyin darsdan uyga boraman.
    Darsdan keyin uyga boraman.

    Placed first, keyin means then, so this sentence says Then I will go home from class. To say after class, keyin follows the noun with -dan: darsdan keyin.

How It Connects

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-dan keyinLevel 2After

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Builds on From: -dan and Today, Tomorrow, Yesterday.

Words in This Pattern

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