shart

Must, Necessary: Shart

Level 3

-(i)sh (+ possessive) + shart = must; + shart emas = no need: Kelishingiz shart (You must come), Borish shart emas (There’s no need to go).

How It Works

Shart works like a noun predicate, so it is negated with emas and asked about with -mi.

1. Who must do it
Put a possessive ending on the verb noun to name the person:

  • kelishim shart (I must come)
  • kelishing shart (you must come, familiar)
  • kelishi shart (he or she must come)
  • kelishimiz shart (we must come)
  • kelishingiz shart (you must come, polite)

Without an ending, the rule is general: Bu dorini har kuni ichish shart (This medicine must be taken every day).

2. No need
Shart emas says the action is not required: Galstuk taqish shart emas (There’s no need to wear a tie). It does not forbid the action.

3. Questions and the past

  • Question: Hozir toʻlashim shartmi? (Do I have to pay now?)
  • Past: add edi: Erta turishim shart edi (I had to get up early).

4. Choosing a word

5. The noun shart
Outside this pattern, shart simply means condition: shart qoʻymoq (to set a condition). The grammar term for -sa, shart mayli, means the mood of condition.

Examples (6)

  1. Kelishingiz shart.

    You must come.

    Word by Word: Your-coming requirement.

  2. Borish shart emas.

    There’s no need to go.

    Word by Word: Going requirement not.

  3. Hozir toʻlashim shartmi?

    Do I have to pay now?

    Word by Word: Now my-paying requirement-?

  4. Bu dorini har kuni ichish shart.

    This medicine must be taken every day.

    Word by Word: This medicine-(obj.) every day drinking requirement.

    Uzbek says dori ichmoq (drink medicine) for taking medicine.

  5. Galstuk taqish shart emas.

    There’s no need to wear a tie.

    Word by Word: Tie wearing requirement not.

  6. Ertalab erta turishim shart edi.

    I had to get up early in the morning.

    Word by Word: Morning early my-getting-up requirement was.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting shart after a finite verb.

    Kelasiz shart.
    Kelishingiz shart.

    Shart follows a verb noun. Make the -(i)sh form and add the ending for the person: kelishingiz.

  • Using the negative verb noun to mean there is no need (intended meaning: There’s no need to go).

    Bormaslik shart.
    Borish shart emas.

    Bormaslik shart means it is required not to go. To say going is not required, negate shart itself: shart emas.

  • Negating shart with yoʻq.

    Borish shart yoʻq.
    Borish shart emas.

    Shart is a predicate noun here, so it is negated with emas, like other noun sentences.

How It Connects

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shartLevel 3Must, Necessary: Shart

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Builds on Have To and Saying Something Is Not.

Words in This Pattern

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