-ga oʻxshamoq
To Look Like
To say look like, be like or resemble, use the verb oʻxshamoq with -ga on the thing you compare with: U otasiga oʻxshaydi (He looks like his father).
How It Works
Oʻxshamoq is the everyday verb for to resemble. The thing you resemble takes -ga, much like English similar to:
- U otasiga oʻxshaydi. (He looks like his father.)
- Bu olmaga oʻxshaydi. (This looks like an apple.)
Tense. Looking like someone is a lasting fact, so the present-future is usual: oʻxshaydi, and in the negative oʻxshamaydi. For the past, oʻxshardi means used to look like.
With pronouns. menga oʻxshaydi (looks like me), sizga oʻxshaydi (looks like you), unga oʻxshaydi (looks like him), with the extra n explained in unga / bunga / shunga.
Not only looks. The same verb covers voice, character and behavior: Ovozingiz onangiznikiga oʻxshaydi (Your voice sounds like your mother's), with -niki. Egizaklar bir-biriga juda oʻxshaydi (The twins look very much alike), with bir-biri.
Oʻxshab: like. The form oʻxshab, from -(i)b, works like the word like in a longer sentence: Sizga oʻxshab men ham choyni yaxshi koʻraman (Like you, I love tea too).
Related words. Oʻxshash means similar: oʻxshash soʻzlar (similar words). With a -gan form, oʻxshaydi gives it seems that: -ganga oʻxshaydi. Do not use koʻrinmoq here: it means to look with an adjective, as in charchagan koʻrinadi (looks tired).
Examples (6)
- U otasiga oʻxshaydi.
He looks like his father.
Word by Word: He father-his-to resembles.
- Bu olmaga oʻxshaydi.
This looks like an apple.
Word by Word: This apple-to resembles.
- Egizaklar bir-biriga juda oʻxshaydi.
The twins look very much alike.
Word by Word: Twins each-other-to very resemble.
- Ovozingiz onangiznikiga oʻxshaydi.
Your voice sounds like your mother's.
Word by Word: Voice-your mother-your-'s-to resembles.
Oʻxshamoq also works for voices and character.
- Sen hech kimga oʻxshamaysan.
You're not like anyone else.
Word by Word: You no one-to resemble-not-you.
- Sizga oʻxshab men ham choyni yaxshi koʻraman.
Like you, I love tea too.
Word by Word: You-to resembling I also tea-ACC well see-I.
Oʻxshab works like the word like.
Common Mistakes
Using -ni for the person you resemble.
U otasini oʻxshaydi.U otasiga oʻxshaydi.Oʻxshamoq always takes -ga: you are similar to someone. -ni is never used with this verb.
Translating look like with koʻrinmoq.
U otasiga koʻrinadi.U otasiga oʻxshaydi.Koʻrinmoq means to be seen or to seem, as in charchagan koʻrinadi (looks tired). The incorrect sentence says He is visible to his father. For resembling someone, use oʻxshamoq.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Builds on Like, Such As.
Related Patterns
- -ga/-ka/-qaTo or Toward: -ga
The ending on the person or thing you resemble.
Level 1 - -dek / -dayLike, As: -dek
An ending meaning like: onasidek (like her mother).
Level 3 - -ganga oʻxshaydiIt Seems That
Uses oʻxshaydi to say it seems that.
Level 4 - bir-biriEach Other
Bir-biriga oʻxshaydi: they look like each other.
Level 3 - -(i)bLinking Actions with -(i)b
Builds oʻxshab, which works like the word like.
Level 3
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