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Conjunctions of reason, purpose and condition

Lessons 22 · 1 lessons · N.M. Mahmudov, A. Nurmonov, A.Sh. Sobirov. Ona tili (Uzbek language), Grade 9, 4th edition. “Tasvir” Publishing House, Tashkent, 2019
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Subordinate composite sentences with subordinating conjunctions

Textbook: pp. 46–47
GoalAnalyse subordinate composite sentences with subordinating conjunctions of reason, purpose and condition.
New words
conjunction of reason · sabab bog‘lovchisiconjunction of purpose · maqsad bog‘lovchisiconjunction of condition · shart bog‘lovchisibecause · negaki
Explanation

When a subordinate clause tells why, for what purpose or on what condition the action of the main clause happens, a matching subordinating conjunction is chosen: for reason chunki, negaki; for purpose toki; for condition agar, agarda, basharti, mabodo. A clause beginning with chunki, negaki or toki usually follows the main clause and is separated from it by a comma: “Soyabon oldim, chunki yomg‘ir yog‘ayotgan edi”. Conjunctions of condition come at the beginning of the sentence, the predicate of the subordinate clause is a conditional-mood verb, and such a clause usually stands before the main clause: “Agar tinmay mashq qilsang, g‘olib bo‘lasan”. Even if the conjunction of condition is omitted, the conditional form still links the parts.

Worked examples
Reason: Biz erta chiqdik, chunki yo‘l uzoq edi. Purpose: Ertaroq yoting, toki ertalab tetik turing.
Condition: Agar tinmay mashq qilsang, g‘olib bo‘lasan. = Tinmay mashq qilsang, g‘olib bo‘lasan. (agar may be omitted)
Class activity

“Reason, purpose or condition?”: the teacher reads a sentence and pupils raise the right card (S, M, SH).

Practice
1
Name the conjunctions of reason, purpose and condition.
2
Punctuate: “Men uyga shoshildim chunki soat kech bo‘lgan edi”.
3
Replace “agar” with “mabodo”: “Agar kech qolsang, menga qo‘ng‘iroq qil”.
4
Why does a conditional clause often come before the main clause?