Syntax and the word combination

If one independent word explains another and follows it, the connection is subordinate: one word is dependent, the other is the head. When two words join on equal terms without explaining each other, a coordinate connection arises and a word union is formed: qalam va daftar, Salim bilan Karim. A word union has neither a head nor a dependent — both words are equal. The dependent word attaches to the head by a suffix (kitobni o‘qimoq), a postposition (do‘st bilan gaplashmoq) or only by word order and intonation (qizil gul). A combination whose head word is a noun, adjective, numeral, adverb or nominalised word is a nominal combination; one whose head is a verb is a verbal combination.