-dagi

The One in: -dagi

Level 3

-da says where: stolda (on the table). -dagi turns that into a describing word before a noun: stoldagi kitob (the book on the table).

How It Works

English puts the place after the noun: the book on the table. Uzbek puts it before, as a describing word. Take the place word with -da and add -gi:

  • stol → stolda (on the table) → stoldagi kitob (the book on the table)
  • Toshkent → Toshkentdagi doʻstim (my friend in Tashkent)
  • xona → xonadagi odamlar (the people in the room)
  • soat besh → soat beshdagi avtobus (the five o'clock bus)

Two kinds of sentence. Use -da to say where something is: Kitob stolda (The book is on the table). Use -dagi to pick out a thing by where it is and then say something else about it: Stoldagi kitob meniki (The book on the table is mine).

After other endings. -dagi comes after a possessive ending: sumkangizdagi (in your bag), uyimizdagi (in our house). It also follows place words such as ustida: stol ustidagi telefon (the phone on the table). See the order of endings.

With pronouns. u, bu, shu and oʻsha add n, just as they do before -da: undagi, bundagi, shundagi.

Standing alone. The -dagi word can stand for the thing itself and take endings: Stoldagini bering (Give me the one on the table).

-dagi or -gi? -gi on its own goes on time words such as kecha → kechagi (yesterday's) and on a few words like ichki (inner). For a named place, or any ordinary noun of place, use -dagi: Toshkentdagi, not Toshkentgi.

Examples (6)

  1. Stoldagi kitob meniki.

    The book on the table is mine.

    Word by Word: Table-on-which book mine.

    stol + -da + -gi describes the book.

  2. Toshkentdagi doʻstim menga xat yozdi.

    My friend in Tashkent wrote me a letter.

    Word by Word: Tashkent-in-which friend-my to-me letter wrote.

    The place word comes before the noun doʻstim.

  3. Soat beshdagi avtobusga ulgurdik.

    We made the five o'clock bus.

    Word by Word: Hour five-at-which bus-to made-it-we.

    -dagi works with times as well as places.

  4. Bu xonadagi derazalar katta.

    The windows in this room are big.

    Word by Word: This room-in-which windows big.

    xona + -dagi describes derazalar.

  5. Sumkangizdagi narsalarni koʻrsating.

    Please show me the things in your bag.

    Word by Word: Bag-your-in-which things show.

    -dagi comes after the possessive -ngiz.

  6. Stol ustidagi telefon kimniki?

    Whose is the phone on the table?

    Word by Word: Table top-its-at-which phone whose?

    ustida + -gi = ustidagi.

Common Mistakes

  • Using plain -da to describe a noun.

    Stolda kitob meniki.
    Stoldagi kitob meniki.

    -da says where something is; it cannot describe a noun. To pick out the book on the table, add -gi: stoldagi kitob.

  • Using -gi instead of -dagi with a place.

    Toshkentgi doʻstim keldi.
    Toshkentdagi doʻstim keldi.

    -gi alone works only with some time and position words, such as kechagi and ichki. For a named place, use -dagi.

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