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Order: Which one in line?
Textbook Part 2, pp. 80–81
GoalMake order words with the endings -inchi and -nchi.
New words
Which one in order? · Nechanchi?ordinal endings · -inchi, -nchirow · qator
Explanation
Order words are made by adding -inchi or -nchi to a number. After a consonant add -inchi: besh — beshinchi (fifth), uch — uchinchi (third). After a vowel add -nchi: ikki — ikkinchi (second), olti — oltinchi (sixth). They answer Nechanchi? (Which one in order?).
Worked examples
bir — birinchi (first), to‘rt — to‘rtinchi (fourth), yetti — yettinchi (seventh)
Men oilada ikkinchi farzandman. (I am the second child in my family.)
Class activity
“Race”: children run on the spot. When the teacher says “Finish!”, the class says who sat down first, second and third.
Practice
1
Turn into an order word: sakkiz (eight)
sakkizinchi
2
Turn into an order word: ikki (two)
ikkinchi
3
Which grade are you in? (answer in Uzbek)
Birinchi sinfda o‘qiyman. (I am in the first grade.)