Uyghur and English/Contrastive Grammar

This wiki-page is created to document instances of grammar difference between some sentences in Uyghur and English.

Sentence Structure

General English sentences would follow S + V + obj, whereas in Uyghur, it would be S + obj + V.

Examples:

• "مەن پۇتبول ئوينايمەن": ئوينايمەن <v>aor><p1><sg>$ پۇتبول<n><sg><nom>$ مەن<prn><pers><p1><sg><nom>

• "I play soccer": I<prn><pers><p1>$ play<v>< ><>$ soccer<n><sg>

Noun

Uyghur has 10 different cases for each specific noun whereas English does not have any. Examples:

Pronoun

In Uyghur, notice that:

• Second-Person Pronouns are categorized based on the formality
• The Third-Person Pronoun are not categorized according to gender or number.

In English, both of these cases are the opposite.

Examples:

Verb to be

In English, the verb "to be" is used; whereas in Uyghur, it is often omitted. Examples:

Verbs

The verbs are categorized according to the pronouns. Since the Pronouns are already different between the two languages, this leads to many cases that leads to a difference in the tags for the verb in each tense. Examples: