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The noun (ot)
Textbook: Part 3, pp. 14–16
GoalKnow the noun and see that nouns answer Kim? and Nima?.
New words
noun · otperson · shaxsthing · narsaplane (carpenter’s tool) · randa
Explanation
A noun (ot) is the name of a person or thing. It answers Kim? or Nima?. For people we ask Kim?: hamshira (nurse), buvi (grandmother), o‘qituvchi (teacher). For things, animals and natural phenomena we ask Nima?: kursi (chair), mushuk (cat), randa (plane), yomg‘ir (rain). In a sentence nouns often serve as the subject.
Worked examples
Kim? — tikuvchi (tailor), opa (elder sister), shifokor (doctor). Nima? — sigir (cow), olma (apple), daftar (notebook).
Duradgor randa bilan taxtani silliqladi. (The carpenter smoothed the board with a plane.) Nouns: duradgor (Kim?), randa (Nima?), taxta (Nima?).
Class activity
“Kim or nima?”: the teacher says a word; children raise a hand for “Kim!” or sit for “Nima!”.
Practice
1
Which question: o‘qituvchi?
Kim?
2
Which question: daftar?
Nima?
3
Find the nouns: Quruvchi uy qurdi. (The builder built a house.)
quruvchi, uy