Adjectives
Some basic adjectives:
katta - big
o'rtacha - average/middle
kichik - small
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Adjectives come before the noun, just like in English.
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Adjectives that function as a predicate, come after.
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Katta kitob - a big book
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Kitob katta - The book is big.
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Use the question Qanday? to ask How? What kind of?
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Ex. Bu qanday talaba - What is this student like?
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To make a comparative adjective in Uzbek, add the suffix -roq to the stem of the adjective
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To make the superlative, eng is placed before the adjective
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To represent than in Uzbek, follow the ablative case:
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Ex. Azim Nordirdan yoshroq: Azim is younger than Nodir (literal translation: Azim from Nodir is younger)
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qaraganda is used to compare things:
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Ex. Nodirga waraganda Azim yoshroq: Compared to Nodir, Azim is younger.
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juda (very) and nihoyatda (extremely) are also helpful adjectives
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juda qimmat - very expensive
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nihoyatda baland - extremely tall
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