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The questions Kimlar? and Nimalar?
Textbook: Part 3, topic 14, pp. 22–33
GoalKnow the questions Kimlar? and Nimalar? and tell plural from singular.
New words
Who (plural)? · Kimlar?What (plural)? · Nimalar?plural · ko‘plikplural ending · -lar
Explanation
Words naming more than one person answer Kimlar?: o‘quvchilar (pupils), dehqonlar (farmers). Words naming more than one thing answer Nimalar?: kitoblar (books), daraxtlar (trees), olmalar (apples). The plural is made by adding -lar to the end of the word.
Worked examples
o‘quvchi (Kim?) → o‘quvchilar (Kimlar?); olma (Nima?) → olmalar (Nimalar?)
Bolalar bog‘da o‘ynaydi. (The children play in the garden.) Daraxtlarda qushlar sayraydi. (Birds sing in the trees.)
Class activity
“From one to many”: the teacher says a word (qalam, o‘qituvchi). Children say its plural (qalamlar, o‘qituvchilar) and which question it answers.
Practice
1
Which question does dehqonlar answer?
Kimlar?
2
Which question does kitoblar answer?
Nimalar?
3
Find the word answering Kimlar?: Bolalar maktabga ketdi. (The children went to school.)
Bolalar