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Consolidation
Textbook: pp. 174–175
GoalConsolidate the numeral topic: kinds, formation, spelling.
New words
numeral · sonquantity · miqdororder · tartib
Explanation
A numeral names the quantity or order of things and answers qancha? necha? nechanchi?. There are six quantity numerals: counting (besh), piece (beshta), approximate (beshtacha, o‘nlab), distributive (beshtadan), collective (beshov) and fractional (beshdan bir). Ordinals are made with -(i)nchi: beshinchi. Counting words (kilogramm, nafar, bosh) come after the numeral. A noun after a numeral takes no plural. Compound numbers in words are written separately, and paired approximate numerals with a hyphen: o‘n-o‘n besh. An ordinal in digits takes a hyphen: 6-sinf.
Worked examples
Each child was given two apples, twenty apples in all.
All three of us went up to the fifth floor.
Class activity
“Number craft”: the class splits into two teams that name a numeral type and give an example.
Practice
1
Name the kind: beshta, o‘nlab, ikkov, uchdan bir, to‘rtinchi.
Piece; approximate; collective; fractional; ordinal.
2
From yetti form piece, distributive, collective and ordinal numerals.
Yettita; yettitadan; yettov; yettinchi.
3
Correct: 7 sinf, o‘n o‘nbesh (approximate pair), uch kilogram olmalar.
7-sinf; o‘n-o‘n besh; uch kilogramm olma.
4
Why does distinguishing numeral kinds help spelling too?
Because each kind has its own suffix and spelling: approximate pairs take a hyphen, ordinals in digits take a hyphen.