menga / meni / mendan

Pronouns with Case Endings

Level 2

Add the case endings to the pronoun: men + -ga → menga (to me), biz + -dan → bizdan (from us). Watch the single n in meni and mening.

How It Works

Every personal pronoun can take every case ending.

1. The forms

  • men (I): menga, meni, menda, mendan, mening
  • sen (you, familiar): senga, seni, senda, sendan, sening
  • biz (we): bizga, bizni, bizda, bizdan, bizning
  • siz (you, polite or plural): sizga, sizni, sizda, sizdan, sizning
  • ular (they): ularga, ularni, ularda, ulardan, ularning

2. One n, not two
The spelling rules say that when -ni, -ning or -niki is added to men or sen, the ending's n is neither said nor written: meni (me), mening (my), seni, sening. biz, siz and ular are regular: bizni, sizning.

3. The pronoun u is different
u (he, she, it) adds an n before -ga, -da and -dan: unga, unda, undan. It has its own entry: the extra n in unga and bunga.

4. Which ending?
Many English verbs take a plain object where Uzbek chooses a case. Learn each verb with its case:

  • menga yordam bermoq — to help me (-ga)
  • meni kutmoq — to wait for me (-ni)
  • mendan soʻramoq — to ask me (-dan)
  • menga qaramoq — to look at me (-ga)

See which case a verb takes.

5. Having with -da
menda plus bor says what you have on you: Menda qalam bor (I have a pen on me).

Examples (6)

  1. Menga choy bering.

    Please give me some tea.

    Word by Word: Me-to tea give.

    men + -ga → menga.

  2. U meni kutyapti.

    She is waiting for me.

    Word by Word: She me waiting.

    men + -ni → meni, with one n.

  3. Mendan soʻrang.

    Ask me.

    Word by Word: Me-from ask.

    Soʻramoq takes the person you ask with -dan.

  4. Sizga rahmat!

    Thank you!

    Word by Word: You-to thanks!

    siz + -ga → sizga.

  5. Ularni taniysizmi?

    Do you know them?

    Word by Word: Them know-you-?

    ular + -ni → ularni.

  6. Senga nima kerak?

    What do you need?

    Word by Word: You-to what needed?

    With kerak (needed), the person who needs takes -ga.

Common Mistakes

  • Doubling the n in meni or mening.

    U menni kutyapti.
    U meni kutyapti.

    After men and sen, the n of -ni and -ning is not written: meni, mening, seni, sening.

  • Using the bare pronoun where a case ending is needed.

    U men yordam berdi.
    U menga yordam berdi.

    Yordam bermoq (to help) takes the person helped with -ga, so men becomes menga.

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menga / meni / mendanLevel 2Pronouns with Case Endings

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Builds on From: -dan and The Possessor Ending -ning.

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