-gin

Friendly Commands: -gin

Level 2

-gin makes a familiar command softer and warmer: Kel! (Come!) → Kelgin (Do come).

How It Works

The bare stem, like Kel!, is a short, direct command; see familiar commands. Adding -gin makes it gentler, warmer or more encouraging, like saying do come or please tell me to a friend:

  • kel- → kelgin (do come)
  • ayt- → aytgin (tell me)
  • oʻqi- → oʻqigin (read it)
  • ishla- → ishlagin (work)

Spelling after k and q. The first sound of the ending copies a final k or q, and the spelling shows it: ek- → ekkin (plant it), chiq- → chiqqin (come out). This follows the rule in g- qoʻshimchalarining k/q shakli.

Still familiar. -gin is softer, but it still belongs to sen. It is for one friend, a younger family member or a child. For someone you call siz, use -(i)ng: Keling. For a group, use -inglar.

Saying don't. Put -ma- between the stem and the ending: unutmagin (don't forget), xavotir olmagin (don't worry). See -ma / -mang (buyruq inkori).

Examples (5)

  1. Ertaga albatta kelgin.

    Do come tomorrow, for sure.

    Word by Word: Tomorrow surely come-GIN.

  2. Menga rostini aytgin.

    Tell me the truth.

    Word by Word: Me-to truth-its-ACC tell-GIN.

  3. Tashqariga chiqqin, havo juda yaxshi.

    Come outside, the weather is lovely.

    Word by Word: Outside-to come.out-GIN, weather very good.

    chiq- ends in q, so the ending is -qin: chiqqin.

  4. Menga qoʻngʻiroq qilgin.

    Give me a call.

    Word by Word: Me-to call do-GIN.

  5. Xavotir olmagin.

    Don't worry.

    Word by Word: Worry take-NOT-GIN.

    -ma- comes before -gin to say don't.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing -gin after k or q.

    Tashqariga chiqgin.
    Tashqariga chiqqin.

    After q the ending is spelled -qin, and after k it is -kin: chiqqin, ekkin. Only other sounds take -gin.

  • Using -gin for a group.

    Bolalar, kelgin!
    Bolalar, kelinglar!

    -gin speaks to one person. For several people, use -inglar.

  • Mixing siz with -gin.

    Siz ham kelgin.
    Siz ham keling.

    -gin belongs to sen. When you call someone siz, the command must be the polite -ing form.

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