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Consolidation (possessive forms)
Textbook: p. 53
GoalConsolidate the topic of possessive forms.
New words
belonging · qarashlilikparticularity · xoslikfused · yaxlitlanganbase · asos
Explanation
Possessive suffixes are added to nouns and nominalized words and show belonging to one of three persons. After a vowel -m, -ng, -si, -miz, -ngiz, after a consonant -im, -ing, -i, -imiz, -ingiz are added. In participles and verbal nouns the possessive suffix shows the person and number of the doer. In names of regions, cities and organizations -i, -si express particularity; in words like kechasi, kunduzi they have fused with the word. Spelling: in words of two or more syllables k, q → g, g‘ (terak — teragi), the i of the second syllable drops (qorin — qorni), and nothing changes in nok, idrok and the like.
Worked examples
Maktabimiz bog‘ida olmalar pishdi (Apples ripened in our school's garden). — maktabimiz: -imiz (1st person plural); bog‘i: -i (3rd person).
Singlim ertalab o‘qiganini aytdi (My sister said what she read in the morning). — singlim: the i dropped; o‘qiganini: participle + -i.
Class activity
Possessive contest: two teams take turns changing words with possessive suffixes; the team that answers without mistakes scores.
Practice
1
To which word classes are possessive suffixes added?
To nouns and nominalized words.
2
Write in the 3rd person: ko‘chat, o‘g‘il, yurak, tovuq.
Ko‘chati, o‘g‘li, yuragi, tovug‘i.
3
Does -i in “Kunduzi ishlaydi” express possession?
No, it has fused with the word and expresses time.
4
Why do we not say “Toshkentning shahri” in “Toshkent shahri”?
Because in a city name -i shows particularity, not belonging.