-ganga oʻxshaydi

It Seems That

Level 4

Verb + -gan + -ga + oʻxshaydi = it seems, it looks like: U ketganga oʻxshaydi (he seems to have left).

How It Works

1. Building the form
Turn the verb into a -gan form, add -ga, then conjugate oʻxshamoq for the person:

  • U ketganga oʻxshaydi (he seems to have left)
  • Siz charchaganga oʻxshaysiz (you seem tired)
  • Men adashganga oʻxshayman (I think I've got lost)
  • negative: Mehmonlar hali kelmaganga oʻxshaydi (it seems the guests haven't arrived yet)

For how things seemed in the past, put oʻxshamoq in the past: U charchaganga oʻxshardi (he seemed tired).

2. Choosing the time

  • -gan: finished events and states, charchaganga (tired)
  • -(a)yotgan: happening now, uxlayotganga oʻxshaydi (seems to be sleeping)
  • -(a)digan: about to happen, yogʻadiganga oʻxshaydi (looks like it's going to rain)

3. With a noun
Without a verb, oʻxshamoq compares people and things directly: U oʻqituvchiga oʻxshaydi (He looks like a teacher).

4. Other ways to say it seems
shekilli is added at the end and sounds lighter. -sa kerak is a firmer conclusion. ekan says you have just found out.

Examples (6)

  1. Siz charchaganga oʻxshaysiz.

    You look tired.

    Word by Word: You tired-to resemble-you.

    The person ending goes on oʻxshamoq: oʻxshaysiz.

  2. U allaqachon ketganga oʻxshaydi.

    It seems he has already left.

    Word by Word: He already left-to resembles.

  3. Osmonni bulut qopladi, yomgʻir yogʻadiganga oʻxshaydi.

    Clouds have covered the sky. It looks like it's going to rain.

    Word by Word: Sky-(obj.) cloud covered, rain will-fall-to resembles.

    -(a)diganga looks ahead to something about to happen.

  4. Bolalar uxlayotganga oʻxshaydi, sekinroq gapiring.

    The children seem to be asleep, so please speak more quietly.

    Word by Word: Children sleeping-to resemble, quieter speak.

  5. Men adashganga oʻxshayman.

    I think I've got lost.

    Word by Word: I lost-to resemble-I.

  6. Mehmonlar hali kelmaganga oʻxshaydi.

    It seems the guests haven't arrived yet.

    Word by Word: Guests yet not-come-to resemble.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving out -ga.

    U ketgan oʻxshaydi.
    U ketganga oʻxshaydi.

    Oʻxshamoq always takes the thing compared in -ga, so the -gan form needs -ga: ketganga.

  • Using the simple past instead of -gan.

    U ketdiga oʻxshaydi.
    U ketganga oʻxshaydi.

    A finished verb like ketdi cannot take a case ending. Use the -gan form, which can: ketganga.

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