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harder
than his brother. Everyone in the race ran fast, but Akbar ran 
fastest
of all. There are few adverbs which express the category of the 
degrees of comparison by suppletive form: wellbadlywel
l, 
she did 
better
, and I did 
best
. In Uzbek adverbs of manner, time and 

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measure can have the categoy of comparison: positive 
degree/comparative degree: tez(adverbs of manner), ertakeyin(adverbs of time), ozko’pUzbek receive the affix –
gina
and express 
diminutive meaning
: 
oz
gina
, tez
gina
, birpas
gina
. 
Relative adverbs
are a subclass of adverbs that deal with space, 
time and reason; these adverbs ( when, where , why) are used to 
connect ideas about where ,when and why things happen. They serve 
to introduce relative clauses that provide additional information on the 
subject matter of the statement; information may be 
essential
(in 
defining relative clauses) or
 optional 
( in non-defining relative
 
clauses): 
It was 4 o’clock 
when
the guests arrived ( here the relative adverb 
when
is used in the non-defining relative clause). The building 
where
my 
father works is two hundred years old ( here the relative adverb 
where
is used in defining relative clause). This is exactly 
why
you should wear 
a helmet ( the relative adverb