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Verb-forming suffixes
Textbook: Part 4, pp. 61–63
GoalKnow that verb-forming suffixes make new words.
New words
to form, make · yasamoqto clean · tozalamoqto work · ishlamoqto speak · so‘zlamoq
Explanation
Word-forming suffixes make words with a new meaning. Some of them make verbs from nouns or adjectives. The most common is -la: ish + la = ishla (work), tuz + la = tuzla (salt), toza + la = tozala (clean), so‘z + la = so‘zla (speak). The new word is a verb and answers Nima qildi?: ishladi, tuzladi, tozaladi.
Worked examples
Mum salted the soup. We cleaned the classroom. Dad works at a factory.
ish (noun) → ishla (verb); tuz (noun) → tuzla (verb); toza (adjective) → tozala (verb).
Class activity
“Word factory”: the teacher says a word (tuz), children add -la to make a verb (tuzla) and use it in a sentence.
Practice
1
Make a verb with -la: ish.
ishla
2
Make a verb with -la: toza.
tozala
3
What class is tuz and what class is tuzla?
tuz — noun, tuzla — verb