Abstract: This study is based on the predicates used in the novel “Otkan Kunlar”. The written language and linguistic features of the novel reflect the features, grammatical rules and styles of the Uzbek literary language of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The text contains many examples of clear and correct use of Uzbek prepositions. In his work, Qadiri has clearly and methodically correctly used all the grammatical rules of the Uzbek language. This reflects the literary standard and cultural context of the time of the novel in terms of language and grammar. The basis of every language consists of words. Words are divided into independent and auxiliary. Auxiliaries that give additional meaning to independent words and sentences are prepositions. In terms of structure, reductions are divided into word reductions and additional reductions. In terms of meaning, they are divided into six as question-surprise predicates, strengthening-emphasis predicates, subtraction-reduction predicates, analogy-comparison predicates, doubt predicates and negation predicates.
Keywords: predicates, word, Otkan Kunlar, Uzbek language