59
Telling number and order apart
Textbook: Part 3, topic 20, pp. 78–95
GoalTell words showing number from words showing order.
New words
three (things) · uchtathird · uchinchifive (things) · beshtafifth · beshinchi
Explanation
A number word tells how many or how much: uchta, beshta. An order word tells the place: uchinchi, beshinchi. To decide which it is we ask a question: Nechta? or Qancha? — number; Nechanchi? — order.
Worked examples
Uchta bola keldi (Nechta?). (Three children came.) Uchinchi bola keldi (Nechanchi?). (The third child came.)
Beshta daftar (five notebooks) — number. Beshinchi daftar (the fifth notebook) — order.
Class activity
“Number or order?”: words are written on the board. Children raise a hand for a number word and stand up for an order word.
Practice
1
Which is an order word: oltita or oltinchi?
oltinchi
2
Find the number word: Stolda ikkita kitob bor. (There are two books on the table.)
ikkita
3
Find the order word: Biz birinchi qavatda turamiz. (We live on the first floor.)
birinchi