modomiki
Since, Given That
Modomiki + fact + ekan, then a conclusion: Modomiki hammangiz rozi ekansiz, ishni boshlaymiz (Since you all agree, we'll start the work).
How It Works
The usual shape. Start with modomiki, state the fact, and close it with ekan plus a personal ending. After a verb, use a form such as -gan or -(a)r before ekan. Then put a comma and the main clause:
- Modomiki rozi ekansiz, ... (since you agree ...)
- Modomiki kelgan ekansiz, ... (since you have come ...)
- Modomiki haqiqatni bilar ekan, ... (given that he knows the truth ...)
No comma after modomiki. Like agar and mabodo, modomiki takes no comma of its own. The comma goes at the end of its clause.
What the main clause does. It draws the conclusion: a decision (ishni boshlaymiz, we'll start the work), a request (oxiriga yetkaz, see it through) or a question (nega jim turibdi?, why is he keeping quiet?).
Not a real if. The fact after modomiki is already true. For something that may or may not happen, use agar with -sa. In everyday speech, the same idea is often just shunday ekan (that being so), and a plain reason takes chunki.
Examples (5)
- Modomiki hammangiz rozi ekansiz, ishni boshlaymiz.
Since you all agree, we'll start the work.
Word by Word: Given-that all-of-you agreeing are-you, work-(object) we-start.
- Modomiki kelgan ekansiz, bir piyola choy iching.
Since you've come, have a cup of tea.
Word by Word: Given-that come are-you, one cup tea drink.
- Modomiki ahvol shunday ekan, boshqa yoʻl qidirishimiz kerak.
Since that's how things are, we need to look for another way.
Word by Word: Given-that situation such is, other way our-searching needed.
- Modomiki oʻqishni boshlagan ekansan, oxiriga yetkaz.
Since you've started studying, see it through to the end.
Word by Word: Given-that studying-(object) started are-you, end-its-to bring.
- Modomiki u haqiqatni bilar ekan, nega jim turibdi?
Given that he knows the truth, why is he keeping quiet?
Word by Word: Given-that he truth-(object) knows is, why silent is-standing?
Common Mistakes
Using modomiki for something that may not happen (meant: If it rains tomorrow, we'll stay home).
Modomiki ertaga yomgʻir yogʻsa, uyda qolamiz.Agar ertaga yomgʻir yogʻsa, uyda qolamiz.Modomiki builds on a fact that is already true. For a possible event, use agar with -sa.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on It Turns Out: ekan.
Related Patterns
- agarIf: Agar
The word for a real if, when the event may not happen.
Level 3 - -saIf: -sa
The if-form that modomiki does not need, because its fact is already true.
Level 3 - chunkiBecause
The everyday way to give a reason.
Level 2 - bashartiShould, If (Formal)
Another bookish word, but it opens a real condition with -sa.
Level 6 - -ar ekanWhile, As: -ar Ekan
The -(a)r ekan form that often ends a modomiki clause with a verb.
Level 5
Words in This Pattern
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