-(i)b koʻrmoq

Trying: -(i)b Koʻrmoq

Level 3

-(i)b + koʻrmoq = try doing: Buni yeb koʻring (Try eating this).

How It Works

1. Trying something out
This is the everyday way to say try it and see:

  • yeb koʻrmoq (to try eating, to taste)
  • kiyib koʻrmoq (to try on clothes)
  • soʻrab koʻrmoq (to try asking)
  • oʻylab koʻrmoq (to think something over)
  • sinab koʻrmoq (to test, to try out)

2. Trying without success
It also works when the try did not work out: Qoʻngʻiroq qilib koʻrdim, lekin u javob bermadi. (I tried calling, but he didn't answer.)

3. Never having done something
With the negative of Past With -gan, it says you have never had the experience: Men hali Samarqandga borib koʻrmaganman. (I haven't been to Samarkand yet.) Add hech qachon for never: Hech qachon osh pishirib koʻrmaganman. (I have never cooked osh.) See Nobody, Nothing, Never.

4. Asking to try
Combine it with May, Can: -sa boʻladi to ask permission: Kiyib koʻrsam boʻladimi? (May I try it on?)

5. Trying out or making an effort?
-(i)b koʻrmoq is for testing something to see the result. To say you are working hard at something, Uzbek usually says harakat qilmoq with a verb noun: Tushunishga harakat qilyapman. (I'm trying hard to understand.) See The Verb Noun -(i)sh.

6. A warning with -a
After the -a form, a negative command of koʻrmoq is a strong warning: Ayta koʻrma! (Don't you dare tell!) It is less common than the uses above.

Examples (6)

  1. Buni yeb koʻring, juda mazali.

    Try this, it is very tasty.

    Word by Word: this-(object) eating see, very tasty

  2. Men ham qilib koʻraman.

    I will give it a try too.

    Word by Word: I too doing I-will-see

  3. Bu koʻylakni kiyib koʻrsam boʻladimi?

    May I try on this dress?

    Word by Word: this dress-(object) wearing if-I-see is-it-okay

    Koʻrsam boʻladimi? asks for permission to try.

  4. Qoʻngʻiroq qilib koʻrdim, lekin u javob bermadi.

    I tried calling, but he didn't answer.

  5. Men hali Samarqandga borib koʻrmaganman.

    I haven't been to Samarkand yet.

    Word by Word: I yet Samarkand-to going have-not-seen

    The negative -gan form says the speaker has never had this experience.

  6. Yana bir marta oʻylab koʻring.

    Please think it over once more.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting the past tense on both verbs.

    Men bu taomni yedim koʻrdim.
    Men bu taomni yeb koʻrdim.

    Only koʻrmoq takes the tense ending. Yemoq (to eat) has the linking form yeb.

  • Adding -ib to a verb that ends in a vowel.

    Undan soʻraib koʻring.
    Undan soʻrab koʻring.

    After a vowel the linking form is just -b: soʻra becomes soʻrab.

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-(i)b koʻrmoqLevel 3Trying: -(i)b Koʻrmoq

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Builds on Helper Verbs After -(i)b and -a.

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