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Possessive suffixes: singular and plural meaning
Textbook: Part 1, pp. 78–81
ЦельTell singular and plural meaning in possessive suffixes.
Новые слова
singular · birlikplural · ko‘plikowner · egasitogether · birgalikda
Объяснение
-m, -im, -ng, -ing, -i, -si show singular: there is one owner. -miz, -imiz, -ngiz, -ingiz, -lari show plural: there are several owners. Do not mix this up with the plural -lar of the noun: daftarim – my notebook; daftarlarim – my several notebooks; daftarimiz – our notebook; daftarlarimiz – our notebooks.
Примеры
Singular: kitobim, kitobing, kitobi. Plural: kitobimiz, kitobingiz, kitoblari.
Sinfimiz toza. (Our class is clean.) Sinfdoshlarimiz ahil. (Our classmates are friendly.) In both sentences the owners are many (biz).
Работа в классе
“One or many?”: children read a word on a card (qalamim, qalamimiz) and show with a raised hand whether there is one owner or many.
Упражнения
1
Which word shows plural owners: uyim or uyimiz?
uyimiz (our house)
2
Explain the difference: qalamim and qalamlarim.
qalamim – one pencil; qalamlarim – several pencils (in both the owner is “I”).
3
Choose the word for sizning: uyingiz or uying?
uyingiz (your house, polite or plural)