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Spelling of paired and repeated nouns
Textbook: pp. 108–109
GoalWrite paired and repeated nouns with a hyphen.
New words
paired noun · juft otrepeated noun · takroriy othyphen · chiziqchanoun turned adverb · ravishga o‘tgan ot
Explanation
The parts of paired and repeated nouns are written with a hyphen: dori-darmon (medicine), orzu-armon (dreams and regrets), ko‘rpa-to‘shak (bedding), qovun-tarvuz (melons), uy-joy (housing); repeated: qovun-povun, uy-puy, bug‘doy-mug‘doy. Paired nouns generally sum up things of one kind: ko‘rpa-to‘shak — all bedding. A repeated noun gives the sense “and the like”: choy-poy (tea and such). But exactly repeated words like es-es, chelak-chelak, qator-qator pass into the adverb class, and they are also written with a hyphen.
Worked examples
Paired: dori-darmon, uy-joy, qovun-tarvuz. Repeated: choy-poy, kitob-pitob.
Chelak-chelak suv (bucketfuls of water), qator-qator daraxt (rows of trees) — serving as adverbs.
Class activity
“Find the partner”: children add a partner to words like uy, ota, aka, ko‘z (uy-joy, ota-ona, aka-uka, ko‘z-qosh) and write with a hyphen.
Practice
1
How are paired and repeated nouns written?
With a hyphen.
2
Find the repeated noun: dori-darmon, qovun-povun, ota-ona.
qovun-povun
3
Make paired nouns: uy, ko‘rpa, orzu, aka.
uy-joy, ko‘rpa-to‘shak, orzu-armon, aka-uka.
4
Why is qator-qator (daraxt) counted as an adverb, not a noun?
Because, repeated exactly, it describes how something is or happens.