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Word-forming suffixes

Lessons 16–18 · 3 lessons · D. Baynazarova (Part 2); D.J. Baynazarova (Part 3); D.J. Baynazarova and M.E. Toirova (Part 4). Native Language (Ona tili) Grade 3, Parts 2–4 (Part 1 not available). Novda Edutainment, 2023
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Word-forming suffixes: -chi, -li, -la, -siz

Textbook: Part 2, pp. 56–59
GoalGroup words made with the suffixes -chi, -li, -la, -siz.
New words
person doing a job · -chihaving · -liwithout · -sizmakes an action word · -la
Explanation

-chi shows the person with a job or occupation: sutchi (milkman), navbatchi (monitor). -li gives the meaning “having”: mazali (tasty), rangli (colourful). -siz gives the meaning “without”: bilimsiz (ignorant), xatosiz (without mistakes). -la makes words that show action: ishla (work), tuzla (salt), boshla (begin). -li and -siz are opposite in meaning: mazali — mazasiz.

Worked examples
-chi: baliqchi, navbatchi, sutchi. -li: mazali, rangli, sabrli. -la: ishla, tuzla, boshla, mixla (to nail). -siz: javobsiz (unanswered), shakarsiz (sugar-free), xatosiz (flawless).
Rangli qalam (a coloured pencil) — rangsiz suv (colourless water): -li and -siz give opposite meanings. Sabrli bola kutadi, sabrsiz bola shoshadi. (A patient child waits, an impatient child rushes.)
Class activity

“Four houses”: four “houses” (-chi, -li, -la, -siz) are drawn on the board. Children place words in the right house and say the base.

Practice
1
Group: sutchi, mazali, tuzla, xatosiz.
2
Make the opposite of mazali.
3
Name the base of mixla.