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VerbAdjectiveAdverbExpression
A woman with a red suitcase stands at the bus stop. She has a piece of paper in her hand.
"Excuse me. Is there a bakeryin this street?"
"The shop is on the corner," Afsona says. "At the end of this street, next to the pharmacy."
"And the bread? Is it in the shop, or on a table outside?"
"In the shop, on the second shelf, behind the sweets," Afsona says. "The hot bread is under a white cloth."
"You know this shop well."
"My brother works at the bakery behind the school," Afsona says. "Every morning he carries the trays to that corner."
The woman walks to the corner. Five minutes later she comes back with two loaves in a paper bag and one under her arm.
"You are wrong about one thing," she says. "The hot bread is not under a cloth today. It is in my bag."
Vocabulary from this story
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suitcase
jomadon
bus stop
bekat
bakery
nonvoyxona
pharmacy
dorixona
sweets
shirinliklar
cloth
mato
arm
bilak
Grammar from this story
Key patterns that appeared in the text.
in = inside · on = surface · at = point
in — ichida (in the shop, in a bag). on — ustida yoki chizigʻida (on the shelf, on the corner). at — nuqta, faoliyat joyi (at the bus stop, at the bakery).
The shop is on the corner.
The bread is in the shop, on the second shelf.
A woman stands at the bus stop.
next to · behind · under · in front of · between
Aniq joyni koʻrsatadigan boshqa predloglar. Bir gapda bir nechtasi ketma-ket kelishi mumkin — yoʻl koʻrsatish shunday ishlaydi.
At the end of this street, next to the pharmacy.
On the second shelf, behind the sweets.
Uzbek has one suffix for all three
Oʻzbekchada -da hamma holatga yetadi: doʻkonda, rafda, bekatda. Inglizchada esa uchta boshqa soʻz. Shuning uchun bu — oʻzbek oʻquvchisi eng koʻp xato qiladigan joy: “in the corner” burchakning ichi degani.
at the bus stop
on the corner
in the shop
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1. Where exactly is the bread in the shop?
“In the shop, on the second shelf, behind the sweets… under a white cloth.” Uchta predlog birga aniq joyni beradi.
2. Which line is correct?
Bekat — nuqta, faoliyat joyi → at. in ichida boʻlishni, on ustida turishni bildiradi.
3. Why is the woman's last sentence a joke?
Afsona toʻgʻri aytgan edi — lekin bir necha daqiqada joy oʻzgardi: issiq non endi ayolning sumkasida.
