Imperative sentences in Uzbek according to their structure are
formed in the following ways:1. by the form of the predicate in the
imperative mood: Onajon qayg’urmang (Oybek ; 2. by the form of the
predicate in the subjunctive mood (sometimes the modal word
nahotki or the particle –
ya is used in the structure of the sentence in the
subjunctive mood): To’qqiz kishi muzokaraga chiqsa-ya, ; 3. by the
combination of the modal words
kerak, mumkin, darkor with the
infinitive (harakat nomi): Bu ablahni qiynab o’ldirish kerak (Yashin).
Sometimes incomplete sentences in Uzbek can express order: 1.
incomplete sentences without the predicate: O’lim yovga!(H.Olimjon);
2. incomplete sentences without the predicate and the subject: Qani , ho
, yigitlar! Ishga!(A.Qahhor).
Imperative sentences in Uzbek according to the purpose of utterance. Imperative sentences in Uzbek express various modal
meanings, such as order, advice, request, dream, desire, propaganda,
agitation, emotional request, hatred and threat: Salim ketgan joyga uni
ham jo’natish kerak (Oybek) -order; Shira tutib qiyshaygan go’zani
yulib tashlash kerak (A.Qahhor) -advice; Shohim, Alisherga ozor
bermang…(Uyg’un) -request; Qani hamma xotin ham sizday bo’lsa
(A.Qahhor) -dream/desire; Sovqotib qolma, issiqroq yot, Shermatjon
do’stim (Yashin) -concern; Shu ona hurmati turing oyoqqa (Uyg’un) -
propaganda/agitation; Ayajon, menga rahm eting. Arzi-dodimga yeting
(N.Safarov) -emotional request; Uyini yelkamning chuquri ko’rsin
(A.Qahhor) -hatred/threat.
Intonation is strong when emotional request, hatred, threat and
strict order are expressed, intonation is neutral when advice , request
and suspicion are expressed, intonation is rising when propaganda,
agitation, dream and desire are expressed in Uzbek imperative
sentence440s. So intonation plays a great role in defining the
polysemantic meaning of modality in Uzbek imperative sentences.
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