1 republic of uzbekistan ministry of higher and secondary specialised education

time 
and 
money
in the sentence “He had plenty 
of time and money to spend foolishly”. In the sentence “He went out to 
have written the lettert” the infinitive phrase in perfect tense form 
performs the function of the adverbial modifier of time. 
In the sentence “It is a book for you to read” the infinitive phrase 
is used in the function of the attribute. In the sentence “ I don’t like 
your going off without saying good bye”- in the function of the part of 
the complex object; “He said about his watch being slow”- in the 
function of the part of the complex object; His being a foreigner …was 
bad enough ( Aldingon)- in the function of the subject. The English 
Infinitive phrases are equivalent to Harakat nomi so’z birikmasi in the 
Uzbek language which are formed by the verb in the Imperative form 
+ affixal mophemes –moq, -sh/-ish , -v/-uv combined with the auxiliary 
wods : kelish bilan, o’qish uchun, olmoq uchun, o’qimoq uchun. These 
phrases perform the functions of the adverbial modifier of time , reason 
and purpose. 
Kitobni undan olishing bilan qayt ( adverbial modifier of time); Bu 
kitobni o’qish uchun oldim ( adv.mod.of purpose); Sizni ko’rish uchun 
keldim ( adverbial modifier of purpose); Haqiqatni aytish uchun 
siznikiga keldim (adv.mod. of purpose); Uni davolatish uchun 

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shifoxonaga yotqizdim (adv.mod.of purpose); Uzbek Infinitive phrases 
( harakat nomi birikmasi) are dependent on the verb. They are 
substantivized and can receive the forms of the categories of possession 
, number and case : o’qish-im-ga/o’qish-imiz-ga/ o’qish-im-ni/o’qish-
imiz-ni/ 
o’qish-im-ning/o’qish-imiz-ning/o’qish-im-da/o’qish-imiz-
da/o’qish-im-dan/o’qish-imiz-dan. The English Infinitive and Infinitive 
phrases don’t have this characteristic feature.