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Words for colour, taste and size
Textbook Part 2, pp. 66–67
GoalUse words for colour, taste, size and character.
New words
colour · rangtaste · ta’msize · hajmcharacter, quality · xususiyat
Explanation
Describing words tell a thing’s colour (qizil — red, yashil — green, ko‘k — blue, sariq — yellow), taste (shirin — sweet, nordon — sour, achchiq — bitter, sho‘r — salty), size (katta — big, kichik — small, uzun — long) and character (mehribon — kind, aqlli — clever, chaqqon — quick).
Worked examples
colour: yashil barg (green leaf); taste: nordon olcha (sour cherry); size: katta tarvuz (big watermelon)
character: mehribon buvi (kind grandma), mehnatkash chumoli (hard-working ant)
Class activity
“Colour and taste market”: fruit pictures lie on a table. A child picks one and says its colour, taste and size: “This lemon is yellow, sour, small.”
Practice
1
What does a limon (lemon) taste like?
nordon (sour)
2
Sort the describing words: qizil, shirin, katta
colour — qizil (red); taste — shirin (sweet); size — katta (big)
3
Say a character word that fits your friend.
For example: mehribon (kind), quvnoq (cheerful), aqlli (clever)