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The possessive and the accusative case

Lessons 28–30 · 3 lessons · M.E. Toirova (Part 1); D.D. Baynazarova and M.E. Toirova (Parts 2 and 4); D.D. Baynazarova (Part 3). Native Language (Ona tili) Grade 4, Parts 1–4. Novda Edutainment, Tashkent, 2023
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The accusative case, tushum kelishigi (1)

Textbook: Part 2, pp. 26–28
GoalKnow the accusative case (tushum kelishigi, -ni) and find its questions.
New words
accusative case · tushum kelishigiverb · fe’lto water · sug‘ormoqto reap · o‘rmoq
Explanation

Nouns in the accusative case answer Kimni? Nimani? Qayerni? This case is made with the suffix -ni: bola – bolani, gul – gulni, bog‘ – bog‘ni. The accusative joins a noun to a verb: gulni sug‘ordi (watered the flower), kitobni o‘qidi (read the book). It shows whom or what the action is directed at.

Worked examples
Kimni? – o‘qituvchini (the teacher). Nimani? – kitobni (the book). Qayerni? – bog‘ni (the garden).
Dehqon bug‘doyni o‘rdi. (The farmer reaped the wheat.) Ona nonni yopdi. (Mother baked the bread.)
Class activity

“Who gets the action?”: a child mimes an action (watering a flower); the others answer “Gulni sug‘ordi” and find -ni.

Practice
1
Put into the accusative: gul, daftar, ona.
2
Find the noun in the accusative: Bolalar daraxtni ekdi. (The children planted the tree.)
3
Which kind of word does the accusative join a noun to?