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Degrees of the adjective
Textbook: pp. 145–146
GoalList the degrees of the adjective and tell them apart.
New words
degree · darajapositive degree · oddiy darajaintensive degree · orttirma daraja
Explanation
Differences in how much or how little of an attribute are the degrees of the adjective; forms that express such meaning are degree forms. The adjective has four degrees: positive (yaxshi, good), comparative (yaxshiroq, better), intensive (juda yaxshi, very good) and diminutive (sal yaxshi, somewhat good). The positive degree is the base for the others. Degrees exist only in qualitative adjectives, not in relational ones.
Worked examples
This notebook is good, that one is better, the other is very good.
The tea was a little hot.
Class activity
“Degree ladder”: say baland in four degrees and use each in a sentence.
Practice
1
How many degrees does the adjective have and which?
Four: positive, comparative, intensive, diminutive.
2
Name the degree: yaxshiroq, juda yaxshi, sal yaxshi, yaxshi.
Comparative, intensive, diminutive, positive.
3
Write shirin in four degrees.
Shirin; shirinroq; juda shirin; sal shirin.
4
Why does qishki have no degrees?
It is a relational adjective: it relates the attribute to another concept.