Cases

Case suffixes are also similar to the Turkish suffixes. The main difference is that there are NO variants in Uzbek. There is only one suffix for each case except the dative case.

Case

Genitive

Accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Uzbek

-ning

-ni

-ga, -qa, -ka

-da

-dan

Turkish (after vowels)

-nın, -nin, -nun, -nün 

-yı, -yi, -yu, -yü 

-ya, -ye 

-da, -de 

-dan, -den 

Turkish (after consonants)

-ın, -in, -un, -ün

-ı, -i, -u, -ü 

 -a, -e 

-da, -de (after voiced consonants), -ta, -te (after voiceless consonants)

-dan, -den (after voiced consonants), -tan, -ten (after voiceless consonants)

Genitive case suffix –ning is used with nouns in order to form a noun that indicates possessor.

Uzbek

mening qizim

sizning og’lingiz

Turkish

benim kızım

sizin oğlunuz

English

my daughter

your son

Locative case is used as a predicate itself or with bor, yo'q.

Uzbek

O'g'lim Turkiyada.

Senda pul bor.

Menda hech narsa yo'q.

Turkish

Oğlum Türkiye'de.

Sende para var.

Benim hiç bir şeyim yok.

Englısh

My son is in Turkey.

You have money.

I don't have anythıng.

Full inflection

Case

Genitive 

Accusative

Dative

Locative

Ablative

Uzbek 

davlatning

davlatni

davlatga

davlatda

davlatdan

Turkish

devletin

devleti

devlete

devlette

devletten

Compare and Contrast

Some verbs require different cases in two languages:

Uzbek

Sendan so'rash kerak.

Turkish

Sana sormalı./Sana sormamız gerek.

English

We have to ask you.