Learn Uzbek — Lesson 31: What will you do tomorrow?

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Ertaga nima qilasan? · What will you do tomorrow?

In Lesson 30, you talked about yesterday. Now Ali plans to call his grandfather again tomorrow. Practise asking and answering questions about tomorrow’s plans.

Today’s goal: Ask about tomorrow, say you will call someone again, and describe what you will talk about.

Read the conversation

Madina and Ali discuss calling grandfather tomorrow
Madina: Ertaga nima qilasan?
What will you do tomorrow?
Ali: Bobomga yana qo'ng'iroq qilaman.
I'll call my grandfather again.
Madina: Nima haqida gaplashasiz?
What will you talk about?
Ali: Dam olish kunidagi rejalarimiz haqida gaplashamiz.
We'll talk about our plans for the weekend.

Useful expressions

  1. ertaga — tomorrow
  2. nima qilasan? — what will you do?
  3. bobomga — to my grandfather
  4. yana — again
  5. qo'ng'iroq qilaman — I will call
  6. haqida — about
  7. gaplashasiz — you will talk (in this context)
  8. dam olish kuni — day off
  9. rejalarimiz — our plans
  10. gaplashamiz — we will talk

A small language tip

Ertaga nima qilasan?
Ask a friend what they will do tomorrow. A respectful form is Ertaga nima qilasiz?. Ertaga makes the future time clear.

Bobomga yana qo'ng'iroq qilaman.
Yana means “again”. Here, qilaman describes what I will do.

Nima haqida gaplashasiz?
Here the question asks what Ali and his grandfather will talk about. Gaplashasiz refers to the two people in their conversation.

Dam olish kunidagi rejalarimiz haqida gaplashamiz.
Dam olish kuni means “day off”. In this conversation it refers to a day off at the weekend. Reja is a plan; rejalar means plans; rejalarimiz means our plans.

Compare yesterday and tomorrow

Kecha bobomga qo'ng'iroq qildim.
I called my grandfather yesterday.

Ertaga bobomga qo'ng'iroq qilaman.
I will call my grandfather tomorrow.

Kecha maktab haqida gaplashdik.
We talked about school yesterday.

Ertaga rejalarimiz haqida gaplashamiz.
We will talk about our plans tomorrow.

Your turn!

  1. Ask Ertaga nima qilasan?
  2. Reply Bobomga yana qo'ng'iroq qilaman. You can role-play an imaginary plan.
  3. Ask Nima haqida gaplashasiz?
  4. Try the short answer Rejalarimiz haqida gaplashamiz. Change the topic to maktab or oila, then swap roles.

Quick quiz

  1. What does ertaga mean?
  2. How do you say “again”?
  3. How do you say “our plans”?
Check your answers
  1. Tomorrow.
  2. Yana.
  3. Rejalarimiz.

Family & Culture Note

Talk with someone in your family about one small thing you plan to do tomorrow. If you plan a call, think about whom you would like to speak to and what you want to discuss. You can answer as Ali if you do not have a plan of your own.

Connect this lesson with Lesson 30 by drawing one picture for yesterday and one for tomorrow. Point to kecha and ertaga as you read the sentences, then listen to a family member describe something they did and something they plan to do.

IMID Notes — Connecting Korea and Uzbekistan through language, family, culture, and everyday life.

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