-(i)miz

Our: -(i)miz

Level 1

To say our, add -miz after a vowel or -imiz after a consonant: oila → oilamiz, uy → uyimiz.

How It Works

The ending for our has two shapes:

  • After a vowel: -miz. oila + -miz → oilamiz (our family), ota + -miz → otamiz (our father).
  • After a consonant: -imiz. uy + -imiz → uyimiz (our house), maktab + -imiz → maktabimiz (our school), dars + -imiz → darsimiz (our lesson).

As with my, the pronoun is usually dropped: Uyimiz katta (Our house is big). Add bizning only for emphasis: Bizning uyimiz (our house).

Our or we are? The predicate ending -miz means we are, and after a vowel it looks the same: oʻqituvchimiz can be our teacher or we are teachers. Position tells them apart. Biz oʻqituvchimiz is a whole sentence: We are teachers. Oʻqituvchimiz keladi has a separate verb, so oʻqituvchimiz is its subject: Our teacher is coming.

Plural first, then possessive. For our houses, -lar comes before -imiz: uy + -lar + -imiz → uylarimiz. See qoʻshimchalar tartibi. A case ending comes last: uyimizga (to our house).

The usual seam change applies: qishloq → qishlogʻimiz (our village); see k > g, q > gʻ almashuvi.

Examples (5)

  1. Uyimiz katta.

    Our house is big.

    Word by Word: House-our big.

    uy + -imiz → uyimiz.

  2. Oilamiz kichik.

    Our family is small.

    Word by Word: Family-our small.

    oila ends in a vowel, so it takes -miz.

  3. Darsimiz soat oʻnda.

    Our lesson is at ten o'clock.

    Word by Word: Lesson-our hour ten-at.

    dars + -imiz → darsimiz.

  4. Mehmonimiz bor.

    We have a guest.

    Word by Word: Guest-our exists.

    A possessive ending plus bor says "we have".

  5. Biz oʻqituvchimiz.

    We are teachers.

    Word by Word: We teacher-are.

    Not a possessive: here -miz is the predicate ending "we are". Compare Oʻqituvchimiz keladi, "Our teacher is coming".

Common Mistakes

  • Adding -imiz after a vowel.

    Oilaimiz kichik.
    Oilamiz kichik.

    After a vowel only -miz is added: oila → oilamiz, ota → otamiz.

  • Putting the plural after the possessive.

    Uyimizlar katta.
    Uylarimiz katta.

    To make the owned things plural, put -lar before the possessive: uy + -lar + -imiz → uylarimiz (our houses).

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