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Things: What? What (plural)?
Textbook Part 2, pp. 8–11
GoalAsk Nima? and Nimalar? about things and know the plural ending -lar.
New words
singular (one) · birlikplural (many) · ko‘plikthe ending -lar · -lar qo‘shimchasiWhat (many)? · Nimalar?
Explanation
The name of one thing answers Nima? (What?): kitob (book). The name of more than one thing answers Nimalar? (What — many?): kitoblar (books). The ending -lar means “many”: qalam — qalamlar (pencils), stol — stollar (tables).
Worked examples
olma (apple) answers Nima?; olmalar (apples) answers Nimalar?
daraxt — daraxtlar (trees), bino — binolar (buildings)
Class activity
“One — many”: when the teacher shows one object, children say its name; when she shows many, they add -lar and open their arms wide.
Practice
1
Make it plural: daftar (notebook)
daftarlar
2
What question fits gullar (flowers)?
Nimalar?
3
Find the plural ending in stollar (tables).
-lar
4
Make it singular: qushlar (birds)
qush