THE CATEGORY OF TENSE IN THE UZBEK AND KOREAN LANGUAGES

This paper comparatively examines the means of expressing the tense category in the Uzbek and Korean languages. The category of tense plays an important role in both languages in expressing the time when an action or state occurs. In the Uzbek language, tense is mainly expressed through verb forms (past tense, present tense, and future tense), where morphological means such as affixes and auxiliary words are widely used. In the Korean language, tense markers are expressed through special suffixes attached to verbs and auxiliary constructions. The study analyzes the specific features of tense forms in both languages, their scope of use, grammatical means, and semantic differences. In addition, similarities and differences between the Uzbek and Korean languages are identified, and possible difficulties that may arise in the translation process are also discussed. The results of the research help to gain a deeper understanding of the role of the tense category in linguistics and its importance in expressing meaning in language.