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Writing place names
Textbook Part 2, pp. 32–35
GoalWrite place names with a capital letter.
New words
city · shaharvillage · qishloqriver · daryostreet · ko‘cha
Explanation
Names of countries, cities, villages, streets, rivers, lakes, seas and mountains always have a capital letter, wherever they are in the sentence: O‘zbekiston (Uzbekistan), Toshkent, Amudaryo. But the words shahar (city) and daryo (river) themselves stay small: Samarqand shahri (the city of Samarkand).
Worked examples
O‘zbekistonning poytaxti — Toshkent. (The capital of Uzbekistan is Tashkent.)
Sirdaryo va Amudaryo Orol dengiziga quyiladi. (The Syr Darya and Amu Darya flow into the Aral Sea.)
Class activity
On a map of Uzbekistan children find names of cities and rivers, then write them on the board with capital letters.
Practice
1
Write correctly: men buxoro shahrida yashayman.
Men Buxoro shahrida yashayman. (I live in the city of Bukhara.)
2
Write the names of 2 cities in Uzbekistan.
For example: Samarqand, Xiva
3
Which word gets a capital letter: daryo (river) or chirchiq?
Chirchiq — it is the river’s name