bir, ikki, uch, to'rt, besh, olti, yetti, sakkiz, to'qqiz, o'n; 20 yigirma, 100 yuz, 1000 ming.
I can count, build compound numbers and talk about prices in som.
Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Osh o'n ming so'm turadi.
The plov costs ten thousand som.
Bizning oilada besh kishi bor.
There are five people in our family.
Buvim oltmish besh yoshda.
My grandmother is sixty-five years old.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
1-10: bir, ikki, uch, to'rt, besh, olti, yetti, sakkiz, to'qqiz, o'n. Compounds just stack: 11 = o'n bir, 25 = yigirma besh, 100 = yuz, 1000 = ming. Prices come in thousands of som: o'n ming so'm (10,000 som).
The counted noun stays singular: uch non (three bread).
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesPlural after numbers. Reversing compound order (*bir o'n for 11 - it is o'n bir).
Plural after numbers or reversed compounds
Bazaar price role-plays.
Osh o'n ming so'm turadi.
The plov costs ten thousand som.
o'n ming = 10,000; turadi = costs.
Bizning oilada besh kishi bor.
There are five people in our family.
besh kishi - singular kishi.
Buvim oltmish besh yoshda.
My grandmother is sixty-five years old.
oltmish besh = 65; yoshda = at age.
Practice in course
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises