Dilnoza has a list. Her mother writes it every Saturday.
The list is short: bread, water, two eggs, rice and three apples.
In the shop, Dilnoza takes a basket. She finds the bread first and takes a loaf of bread. Then she takes a bottle of water.
"The eggs are here," a woman near the shelf says. Dilnoza takes two eggs. She counts them carefully.
The rice is in a big sack. "Two rices, please," Dilnoza says.
The shopkeeper laughs. "A kilo of rice," he says. "Rice is not a number."
At home her mother checks the bag. Bread, water, eggs, rice, apples. Nothing is missing. The tea is hot and the morning is quiet.
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Countable: two eggs, three apples
Sanaladigan otlar sanoqni yonida koʻtaradi va koʻplik shakli bor: egg → two eggs, apple → three apples.
- Dilnoza takes two eggs.
- She buys three apples.
Uncountable: bread, water, rice, tea
Sanalmaydigan otlar oldida son turmaydi va koʻplik qoʻshimchasi olmaydi: bread, water, rice, tea. “Two rices” — xato.
- Rice is not a number.
- The tea is hot.
a loaf of bread · a bottle of water · a kilo of rice
Sanalmaydigan otni sanash kerak boʻlsa, oldiga oʻlchov soʻzi qoʻyiladi. Oʻzbekchada ham aynan shunday: bir boʻlak non, bir shisha suv, bir kilo guruch.
- a loaf of bread
- a bottle of water
- a kilo of rice
