yonida
Next to
yonida means next to, and it comes after the noun: bank yonida (next to the bank).
How It Works
yonida is built from the noun yon (side): yon + -i + -da → yonida, word for word “at its side”. Like ustida and ichida, it comes after the thing you are next to.
Next to a thing. Put the noun first. You can add -ning to it or leave it off: bank yonida and bankning yonida both mean next to the bank. The short form is very common in speech; see noun pairs without -ning.
Next to a person. The possessive ending on yon matches the person:
- mening yonimda (next to me): yon + -im + -da
- sening yoningda (next to you, familiar): yon + -ing + -da
- uning yonida (next to him or her): yon + -i + -da
- bizning yonimizda (next to us): yon + -imiz + -da
- sizning yoningizda (next to you, polite): yon + -ingiz + -da
The pronoun can be left out, because the ending already shows the person: Yonimda oʻtiring (Sit next to me).
Moving to or past. Swap -da for another case ending, as with any possessive plus case: yoniga (to the side of) with a verb of motion or placing, and yonidan (from beside, past): Maktab yonidan oʻtdik (We went past the school).
Examples (6)
- Mening yonimda oʻtiring.
Sit next to me.
Word by Word: My side-my-at sit.
The ending -im matches mening (my).
- Dorixona bank yonida.
The pharmacy is next to the bank.
Word by Word: Pharmacy bank side-its-at.
No verb is needed: the third person takes no ending.
- Maktabning yonida katta park bor.
There is a big park next to the school.
Word by Word: School's side-its-at big park there-is.
Here the noun takes -ning. Maktab yonida is also correct.
- Kinoda Anvar yonimda oʻtirdi.
At the cinema, Anvar sat next to me.
Word by Word: Cinema-at Anvar side-my-at sat.
Mening is left out, because -im already says me.
- Mashinani uyning yoniga qoʻying.
Put the car next to the house.
Word by Word: Car-the house's side-its-to put.
-ga replaces -da, because the car moves to that spot.
- Biz maktab yonidan oʻtdik.
We went past the school.
Word by Word: We school side-its-from passed.
-dan with oʻtmoq (to pass) means past or by.
Common Mistakes
Leaving out the possessive ending on yon.
Dorixona bank yonda.Dorixona bank yonida.yon needs a possessive ending before -da, because it means the bank's side: yon + -i + -da → yonida.
Using the he-or-she ending after mening.
Mening yonida oʻtiring.Mening yonimda oʻtiring.yonida means next to him or her. With mening (my), yon takes -im: yonimda.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on In Front Of and Behind and Case Endings After a Possessive.
Related Patterns
- ustidaOn Top of
Ustida (on top of) follows its noun and changes its possessive ending just like yonida.
Level 2 - ichidaInside
Ichida (inside) is another place word built from a noun plus possessive plus -da.
Level 2 - Noun Pairs Without -ning
Bank yonida, without -ning on bank, is a noun pair of this kind.
Level 2 - -(i)mMy: -(i)m
The -im in yonimda is the possessive ending my.
Level 1
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