tushunmadi

Tushunmadi is an Uzbek verb form meaning did not understand. It is the negative past tense of the verb tushunmoq, “to understand.” The form is built from the stem tushun- with the suffix madi, which marks negation in the past tense for third-person subjects. In practice, tushunmadi typically translates to “he/she/it did not understand,” with the subject understood from context or made explicit by a subject pronoun.

Morphology and usage

Tushunmadi appears in sentences where the speaker indicates that a past moment of understanding failed to occur. It is commonly used in narrative or dialogue to report comprehension gaps or misunderstandings. The sentence U tushunmadi, for example, means “He didn’t understand.” The same verb can take different subjects or be complemented by objects and pronouns, as in Men tushunmadim (“I didn’t understand”) or U meni tushunmadi (“He didn’t understand me”).

Etiology and scope

The form derives from the Turkic verb tushun- plus the infinitive suffix moq to form tushunmoq, with the past negative suffix madi attaching to indicate a completed action that did not happen. This pattern is typical in Uzbek for negated past statements and can be found across various verbs by substituting the stem.

Context

Tushunmadi is a standard, neutral term in both spoken and written Uzbek. It appears in everyday conversation, journalism, literature, and language learning materials to express a lack of comprehension in the past. Related forms include positive past tushundi and other person- and number-specific negations built on the same stem.