1 republic of uzbekistan ministry of higher and secondary specialised education

kim, nima
, 
qayer, qaysi, qanday
have singular and plural forms: 
kimlar/nimalar
, 
qayer/qayerlar, qaysi/qaysilar
; these pronouns are 
declined by all Uzbek case forms: 
kim- kimni-kimning- kimga- 
kimda- 
kimdan; 
qaysi-qaysini-qaysining
-
qaysiga-qaysida-
qaysidan
;
 kim
is only used for human beings, 
nima-
for objects and 
non-humans : Kim keldi? -Karim keldi; Nima keldi?- Sigir keldi; Nima 
sotib oldingiz?- Kitob sotib oldim. 
The function of the English interrogative pronoun 
which
is 
performed by Uzbek pronoun 
qaysi bir
: this interrogative pronoun 
having the affixal morpheme of possession acquires the meaning of the 
English interrogative pronoun 
which of
: 
qaysingiz, qaysisi/qaysilari,
qaysimiz
. 
Which of them
should help you? -
Qaysilari
sizga yordam 
berishlari lozim? 
Relative pronouns
are used to link one phrase or clause to another 
phrase or clause. The relative pronouns are 
who
, 
whom
, 
that
, 
whose, 
and 
which
. The compounds 
whoever
, 
whomever
, and 
whichever
are 
also commonly used as relative pronouns. For example: 
Whoever
added the bill made a mistake; The bill, 
which
included all 

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our meals, was larger than expected; The waiter 
who
served us doesn't 
know how to add. Relative pronouns introduce attributive clauses. 
They perform some syntactical functions in the clause they introduce: 
She flashed a look at him