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Passive, causative and cooperative voices

Lessons 28–31 · 4 lessons · N. Mahmudov, A. Nurmonov, A. Sobirov, D. Nabiyeva. Ona tili (Uzbek language), Grade 6. Tasvir Publishing House, 2017 (4th edition)
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Use of causative suffixes

Textbook: pp. 48–49
GoalKnow which stems take which causative suffix.
New words
voiced consonant · jarangli undoshvoiceless consonant · jarangsiz undoshone-syllable stem · bir bo‘g‘inli asosextra meaning · qo‘shimcha ma’no
Explanation

-t goes on stems ending in a vowel: to‘qi — to‘qit (to weave — have woven), ishla — ishlat (to work — make work). -dir goes on one-syllable stems ending in a voiced consonant (except kel): yoz — yozdir, bil — bildir (to inform); -tir goes on stems ending in a voiceless consonant: och — ochtir, kes — kestir. Kel is an exception: keltir. The suffixes -ir, -ar, -iz go on some one-syllable verbs: shosh — shoshir (hurry), chiq — chiqar (take out), oq — oqiz (make flow). -giz/-g‘iz come after a voiced consonant and -kiz/-qiz after a voiceless one: yur — yurgiz, tur — turg‘iz, ket — ketkiz, yut — yutqiz. Sometimes two causative suffixes combine and strengthen the meaning: o‘qit — o‘qittir.

Worked examples
-t: ishla — ishlat; -dir: yoz — yozdir; -tir: och — ochtir; kel — keltir (exception).
-giz/-kiz/-qiz: yur — yurgiz, ket — ketkiz, yut — yutqiz.
Class activity

“The right suffix”: children choose a suffix card by the last sound of the stem (vowel, voiced, voiceless).

Practice
1
Add the correct causative suffix to the stem och.
2
Form causatives from yoz and kel.
3
Which suffix is added to ishla?
4
Why does yut take -qiz but yur take -giz?