-a/-y bermoq
Go Ahead and Keep Doing: -a Bermoq
Verb + -a or -y + bermoq = go ahead and do it, or keep on doing it: soʻray bering (go ahead and ask), gapira berdi (he kept on talking).
How It Works
1. Building the form
Take the verb stem and add -a after a consonant or -y after a vowel. Then bermoq carries the tense and the person:
- gapir- → gapira berdi (he kept on talking)
- kut- → kuta bering (go on waiting)
- soʻra- → soʻray bering (go ahead and ask)
- oʻqi- → oʻqiy beraman (I'll keep reading)
This is one of the helper verbs that attach to the -a form, like boshlamoq and olmoq.
2. Go ahead
In a polite command made with -(i)ng, it tells someone not to hesitate: Savolingiz boʻlsa, soʻray bering (If you have a question, go ahead and ask). Bemalol oʻtira bering (Please make yourself comfortable).
3. Keep on doing
In a statement it says the action continued without a break: U toʻxtamasdan gapira berdi (He kept on talking without stopping). Bola kechasi bilan yigʻlay berdi (The baby kept crying all night).
4. The spoken short form
In speech, -a ber- often sounds like -aver-: kelavering (come on in), aytaver (go on, say it). The spelling rules write the two words apart (ayta ber), but when the sound changes like this, the short form is written as one word.
5. Not the same as -(i)b bermoq
With the -(i)b form, bermoq means doing something for someone: oʻqib berdi (he read it out for us). With the -a form it means keeping on: oʻqiy berdi (he kept on reading). Check which form comes before bermoq.
Examples (6)
- Savolingiz boʻlsa, soʻray bering.
If you have a question, go ahead and ask.
Word by Word: Question-your if-is, asking give.
soʻra- ends in a vowel, so it takes -y: soʻray.
- U toʻxtamasdan gapira berdi.
He kept on talking without stopping.
Word by Word: He without-stopping talking gave.
- Bemalol oʻtira bering, men hozir kelaman.
Please make yourself comfortable. I'll be right back.
Word by Word: Freely sitting give, I now come.
Bemalol means freely, without worry. Together with -a bering it is a warm invitation.
- Bola kechasi bilan yigʻlay berdi.
The baby kept crying all night.
Word by Word: Child night-its with crying gave.
- Qoʻrqmang, yoza bering, xatolarni keyin tuzatamiz.
Don't worry, just keep writing. We'll fix the mistakes later.
Word by Word: Don't-fear, writing give, mistakes later we-fix.
- Kelavering, eshik ochiq!
Come on in, the door is open!
Word by Word: Come-on-give, door open!
Kelavering is the spoken short form of kela bering.
Common Mistakes
Using the -a form when you mean doing something for someone.
Iltimos, menga manzilni yoza bering.Iltimos, menga manzilni yozib bering.Yoza bering means go ahead and keep writing. To ask someone to write the address down for you, use the -(i)b form: yozib bering.
Adding -a to a stem that ends in a vowel.
Siz oʻqia bering, men eshitaman.Siz oʻqiy bering, men eshitaman.After a vowel the form is -y, not -a: oʻqi- becomes oʻqiy, and soʻra- becomes soʻray.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on Beginning: -a boshlamoq.
Related Patterns
- -(i)b bermoqDoing for Someone: -(i)b Bermoq
Looks similar but means doing something for someone: oʻqib berdi (he read it for us) versus oʻqiy berdi (he kept on reading).
Level 3 - Helper Verb Constructions: -(i)b / -aHelper Verbs After -(i)b and -a
The overview of helper verbs; bermoq is one of the few that joins both the -(i)b form and the -a form.
Level 3 - -(i)b turmoqKeep Doing: -(i)b Turmoq
Also describes continuing, but as doing something now and then or for a while: kutib turing (wait a moment).
Level 4 - -(i)ng (buyruq)Polite Commands: -(i)ng
The polite command ending that gives bering, the usual go-ahead form.
Level 1 - -a/-y yozmoqNearly Did: -a Yozmoq
Another helper verb that attaches only to the -a form, meaning nearly did.
Level 4
Words in This Pattern
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