Consolidation, text work and stress

Stress is of two kinds: word stress and sentence stress. When a word is said, one syllable is pronounced more strongly and a little longer than the others — this is word stress. In Uzbek words stress is usually on the last syllable and moves to the new last syllable when a suffix is added: daftár — daftarlár — daftarlardá. In words that came from other languages stress is often not at the end: avtóbus, gazéta, mótor. Stress can also distinguish meaning: olmá (noun, apple) — ólma (verb, “don’t take”). In dictionaries and textbooks stress is shown with a mark over the syllable, but in ordinary writing the mark is not used.