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Active voice
Textbook: p. 43
GoalIdentify the active-voice verb and its doer.
New words
active voice · aniq nisbatdefinite doer · aniq bajaruvchisubject · egaverb stem · fe’l asosi
Explanation
A verb form that expresses an action or state with a definite doer is in the active voice. The active voice has no special suffix: the verb stem itself expresses it (yozdi, ochdi, kuldi). The doer of an active verb usually becomes the subject: Bola xat yozdi (The child wrote a letter). Here the doer (bola) is named. All verbs that have taken no other voice suffix are in the active voice.
Worked examples
The woman swept the house. — doer: ayol (woman).
The farmers picked cotton. — doer: dehqonlar (farmers).
Class activity
“Who did it?”: the teacher reads a sentence and children find the doer, confirming the active voice.
Practice
1
What kind of verb form is the active voice?
A form expressing an action whose doer is definite.
2
Find the active verb: Aziz kitob o‘qidi.
O‘qidi; the doer is Aziz.
3
Which verb is in the active voice: ochdi or ochildi?
Ochdi (opened).
4
Why does the active voice have no special suffix?
Because the bare verb stem already expresses a definite doer; a suffix is needed only when the doer’s role changes.