6
Vowels and syllables
Textbook: Part 1, topic 2, pp. 16–29
GoalKnow that every vowel makes a syllable and that vowels can be stretched when we sing.
New words
syllable · bo‘g‘into stretch · cho‘zmoqmusical note · notasong · qo‘shiq
Explanation
Every vowel makes a syllable. Sometimes a syllable is just one vowel: o-ta (father), o-na (mother), a-ka (older brother). Vowels can be stretched, so they are easy to hear in songs. The names of musical notes also end in vowels: do, re, mi, fa.
Worked examples
a-nor (pomegranate), o-ta (father), i-lon (snake), u-zum (grapes) — the first syllable is a single vowel.
ol-ma (apple), ki-tob (book) — here the syllables have a vowel and a consonant.
Class activity
“Stretch the song”: children hum a familiar song and find which vowels are stretched. Then they clap once for each vowel to count the syllables in a word.
Practice
1
How many syllables does ota (father) have?
2
2
Which word has a syllable made of one vowel: olma, ota, kitob?
ota (o-ta)
3
Divide uzum (grapes) into syllables.
u-zum