Ismingiz nima?

Asking Someone's Name

Level 1

Ismingiz nima? = What is your name? The answer: Mening ismim Dilnoza. or Ismim Dilnoza.

How It Works

How the question is built: ism + -ingiz → ismingiz (your name), then nima (what). The -(i)ngiz ending means your, politely. There is no separate word for is.

You can put sizning (your) in front to be extra clear: Sizning ismingiz nima? The ending -ingiz stays either way.

Answering: ism + -im → ismim (my name), with the -(i)m ending.

  • Mening ismim Dilnoza. (My name is Dilnoza.)
  • Ismim Aziz. (My name is Aziz.)

mening (my) is optional, but the ending -im is not.

Asking about others:

  • A child or a close friend: Isming nima? with -(i)ng
  • Someone else: Uning ismi nima? (What is his or her name?) with -(s)i

After you exchange names, people often say Tanishganimdan xursandman (Nice to meet you).

Examples (6)

  1. Ismingiz nima?

    What is your name?

    Word by Word: Your-name what?

  2. Mening ismim Dilnoza.

    My name is Dilnoza.

    Word by Word: My my-name Dilnoza.

    mening and the ending -im both say "my".

  3. Ismim Aziz.

    My name is Aziz.

    Word by Word: My-name Aziz.

    mening can be left out, because -im already says "my".

  4. Isming nima?

    What is your name?

    Word by Word: Your-name what?

    The familiar form, for a child or a close friend.

  5. Uning ismi nima?

    What is his name? / What is her name?

    Word by Word: His/her his/her-name what?

  6. Tanishganimdan xursandman.

    Nice to meet you.

    Word by Word: From-my-having-met I-am-glad.

    A fixed phrase. Learn it as a whole for now.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving the possessive ending off ism in the question.

    Sizning ism nima?
    Sizning ismingiz nima?

    Even after sizning, the noun needs its own ending: ismingiz.

  • Leaving the possessive ending off ism in the answer.

    Mening ism Dilnoza.
    Mening ismim Dilnoza.

    mening alone is not enough. The noun must also take -im: ismim.

How It Connects

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Ismingiz nima?Level 1Asking Someone's Name

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Builds on Your (Polite or Plural): -(i)ngiz and What.

Words in This Pattern

ismnimamening