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Noun-forming suffixes: -chi, -kor, -dosh
Textbook: Part 3, p. 52
GoalFind and analyse nouns with -chi, -kor, -dosh and write a cinquain (sinkveyn).
New words
librarian · kutubxonachientrepreneur · tadbirkorcontemporary · zamondoshcinquain (five-line poem) · sinkveyn
Explanation
Nouns with -chi, -kor, -dosh answer Kim?: ovchi (hunter), kutubxonachi (librarian), paxtakor (cotton grower), tadbirkor (entrepreneur), zamondosh (contemporary). Analysis: kutubxonachi — kutubxona (base) + -chi. A sinkveyn is a five-line poem: 1) a noun; 2) two adjectives; 3) three verbs; 4) one sentence; 5) a synonym.
Worked examples
Shifokor (doctor). Kind, attentive. Treats, listens, gives advice. The doctor examined the patient. Healer (synonym).
paxtakor: paxta + -kor; tadbirkor: tadbir + -kor; zamondosh: zamon + -dosh.
Class activity
“Cinquain contest”: teams write a sinkveyn about a chosen profession (builder, librarian) and read it to the class.
Practice
1
Analyse: kutubxonachi.
kutubxona + -chi
2
Find the word answering Kim?: gulzor, ijodkor, toshloq.
ijodkor
3
What goes in the first line of a sinkveyn?
One noun.