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Concrete and abstract nouns
Textbook: p. 128
GoalDistinguish concrete and abstract nouns.
New words
concrete noun · aniq otabstract noun · mavhum otconcept · tushuncha
Explanation
Names of things that we can perceive with our senses — sight, hearing, touch — are concrete nouns: uy (house), non (bread), daryo, bulbul, qo‘shiq (song). Names of concepts that the senses cannot grasp, only thought, are abstract nouns: baxt (happiness), do‘stlik (friendship), aql (mind), sevinch (joy), go‘zallik (beauty), sabr (patience). Abstract nouns are not usually counted: we do not say “three happinesses”, but we say uchta uy (three houses). Some words can be used in either sense. Most abstract nouns are formed with -lik, -ch, -inch.
Worked examples
Uy, non, daryo are concrete nouns.
Do‘stlik, sabr, baxt are abstract nouns.
Class activity
“Can you touch it?”: the teacher says a word; children answer “concrete” if it can be seen or touched, “abstract” if not.
Practice
1
What is a concrete noun?
A name of something perceptible with the senses.
2
Sort: non, baxt, qalam, sabr, quyosh.
Concrete: non, qalam, quyosh; abstract: baxt, sabr.
3
Give three examples of abstract nouns.
For example: aql, go‘zallik, sevinch.
4
Why do we not say uchta baxt but say uchta uy?
Uy is a concrete countable thing; baxt is an abstract concept and cannot be counted.