The dash between subject and nominal predicate; the subject

A dash is put between the subject and a nominal predicate if the predicate comes without a predicative suffix and without a copula: “Vatan — muqaddas zamin”, “Ikki karra ikki — to‘rt”, “Rejamiz — erta turish”. A dash is also put when the subject is a demonstrative pronoun: “Bu — mening sinfdoshim”. If the subject or predicate is a verbal noun the dash follows the same rule: “Maqsad — bilim olish”. No dash is put when the predicate is an adjective, adverb or ordinal numeral (“Bog‘ chiroyli”, “Sinfimiz uchinchi”) and when the particle “ham” stands between subject and predicate (“Akam ham o‘qituvchi”).