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:

• (uig) .خۇدا يورۇقلۇقنىڭ ياخشى ئىكەنلىكىنى كۆردى → (eng) God saw that light was good.

  (uig) خۇدا<n><nom> + يورۇقلۇق<n><gen>+ ياخشى<adj>+ ئىكەن<cop><ifi><p3>+ كۆردى<v><ifi><p3> → (eng) God <n><p3>+ saw<v><ifi>+ that<rel>+ light<n><sg>+ was<v><ifi>+ good<adj>

• (uig) .خۇدانىڭ ئەمرى بىلەن شۇنداق بولدى → (eng) It happened by God's command.

  (uig) خۇدا<n><gen> + ئەمرى<n><nom>+ بىلەن <pr>+ شۇنداق<cnjsub>+ بول<v><ifi><p3> → (eng) God <n><p3>+ saw<v><ifi>+ that<rel>+ light<n><sg>+ was<v><ifi>+ good<adj>

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: