-roq
Comparing with -roq
Adjective + -roq = more, -er: kattaroq (bigger), tezroq (faster), Sekinroq gapiring. (Speak more slowly.)
How It Works
1. The ending
Add -roq to an adjective or adverb. It has one form for every word.
- katta → kattaroq (bigger)
- yaxshi → yaxshiroq (better)
- koʻp → koʻproq (more)
- erta → ertaroq (earlier), kech → kechroq (later)
2. Than: -dan
The thing you compare with takes -dan and comes before the adjective: Toshkent Samarqanddan kattaroq. (Tashkent is bigger than Samarkand.) When -dan is there, -roq is optional: Samarqanddan katta means the same.
3. A bit more
Without a comparison, -roq often means a bit more or somewhat. It makes requests softer: Sekinroq gapiring. (Speak a bit more slowly.) Ertaroq keling. (Come a bit earlier.)
4. How much more
Put a size word in front:
- ancha kattaroq (much bigger)
- sal kattaroq, biroz kattaroq (a little bigger)
- undan ham kattaroq (even bigger than that)
Juda (very) goes with the plain adjective: juda katta (very big). See A Lot and A Little.
5. The bigger one
With a possessive, the final q of -roq becomes gʻ: kattarogʻi (the bigger one), Kattarogʻini bering. (Give me the bigger one.) See K and Q Soften Before Vowels.
Examples (6)
- Sekinroq gapiring, iltimos.
Please speak more slowly.
- Bu uy kattaroq.
This house is bigger.
- Toshkent Samarqanddan kattaroq.
Tashkent is bigger than Samarkand.
Word by Word: Tashkent Samarkand-from bigger
- Bugun ancha issiqroq.
It is much warmer today.
Ancha makes the difference bigger.
- Koʻproq suv iching.
Drink more water.
- Kattarogʻini bering.
Give me the bigger one.
Word by Word: bigger-its-(object) give
Kattaroq + i + ni: the final q becomes gʻ before the vowel.
Common Mistakes
Using eng together with -roq.
Bu eng kattaroq shahar.Bu eng katta shahar.Eng already means the most. It goes with the plain adjective: eng katta (the biggest).
Putting the compared thing after the adjective, like English than.
Toshkent kattaroq Samarqanddan.Toshkent Samarqanddan kattaroq.In an ordinary sentence, the word with -dan comes before the adjective, and the adjective stays at the end.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on Very.
Related Patterns
- -dan (qiyoslash)Than: -dan
Marks the thing you compare with: than.
Level 2 - engThe Most: Eng
Makes the most, with the plain adjective.
Level 2 - ancha / biroz / salA Lot and a Little
Words that say how much more: ancha kattaroq, sal kattaroq.
Level 2 - k > g, q > gʻK and Q Soften Before Vowels
Why kattaroq becomes kattarogʻi.
Level 1 - -ga qaragandaCompared with
A later, more formal way to compare: compared with.
Level 4
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Patterns that build on this one.
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