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The verbal noun
Textbook: p. 54
GoalKnow the definition of the verbal noun and find its role in a sentence.
New words
verbal noun · harakat nomiverbal noun suffix · -moqverbal noun suffix · -(i)shverbal noun suffix · -(u)v
Explanation
The verb form specialized for the noun is called the verbal noun. It is made by adding -(i)sh, -(u)v, -moq to verb stems: o‘qimoq, o‘qish, o‘quv. The verbal noun names an action like a noun, so it takes possessive, case and plural suffixes like a noun and serves as the sentence parts a noun can: Chiroyli yozishni o‘rgan! (Learn to write beautifully! — yozishni is an object). Yozuving yomon emas (Your handwriting is not bad — yozuving is the subject, -ing is possessive). O‘qish — ma’rifat (Reading is enlightenment — subject).
Worked examples
Swimming is useful. (subject) I like swimming. (object)
o‘qimoq, o‘qish, o‘quv (reading); yozmoq, yozish, yozuv (writing).
Class activity
“Like a noun”: children add case suffixes to a verbal noun (o‘qishni, o‘qishga, o‘qishdan) and make sentences.
Practice
1
What kind of form is the verbal noun?
The verb form specialized for the noun.
2
Name the verbal noun suffixes.
-(i)sh, -(u)v, -moq.
3
Find the verbal noun: Men suzishni yaxshi ko‘raman.
Suzishni (object).
4
Why does the verbal noun take case suffixes like a noun?
Because it is specialized for the noun and serves as a noun (subject, object).