leaf — leaves — yaproq knife — knives — pichoq
wolf — wolves — bo‘ri wife — wives — xotin
Ammo quyidagilarga -s qo‘shimchasi qo‘shilganda o‘zgarmaydi:
chief — chiefs — boshliq
roof — roofs — tom
safe — safes — seyf
handkerchief — handkerchiefs -ro‘molcha
wharf — wharfs; wharves — pristan
7. Ba’zi otlarning ko‘pligi, qo‘shimcha qo‘shilmasdan, o‘zagidan o‘zgaradi:
man — men — erkak woman — women — ayol
goose — geese — g‘oz foot — feet — oyoq
mouse — mice — sichqon ox — oxen — ho‘kiz
child — children — bola
8. Grek va lotin tilidan kirib kelgan so‘zlarning ko‘pligi quyidagicha yasaladi:
datum [deitam] berilgan kattalik data [deita]
addendum [a’dendam] qo‘shimcha addenda [a`denda]
erratum [i’reitam] xato errata [i’reita]
phenomenon [fi ’nominan] ko‘rinish phenomina [fi nomina]
basis [beisis] asos bases [beisi:z]
crises [kraisis] inqiroz crises [kraisi:z]
9. penny — pens otining ikkita ko‘pligi bor:
pence — pul birligi ma’nosida;
pennies — tangalar, chaqalar ma’nosida.
10. sheep — qo‘y, fi sh — baliq otlari birlik va ko‘plikda bir xil shaklga ega:
This farm has a great number of sheep.
Bu fermaning qo‘ylari ko‘p.
I caught two fish. Men ikkita baliq tutdim.
Ammo baliq turlari haqida gapirganimizda fishning ko‘pligi fishes bo‘ladi:
In this lake there are fishes of many varities. Bu ko‘lda turli baliqlar bor.
11. dozen — dyujina (o‘n ikkitalik), score — yigirmatalik so‘zlaridan oldin son kelsa birlik va ko‘plikda bir xil shaklga ega bo‘ladi. Two dozen of eggs — 2 dyujina tuxum, three score of years — oltmish yil.
Bu otlar oldidan son kelmasa ko‘plikda –s qo‘shimchsini oladi:
Pack the books in dozens, please. Kitoblarni dyujinalab o‘rang.
Scores of people were present there. U yerda yigirmatalab (ko‘p) odamlar bor edi.
12. works — zavod, zavodlar, means — vosita, vositalar otlari birlik va ko‘plikda bir xil shaklga ega bo‘ladi:
A new glass works has been built near the village.
There are two brick works outside the town.
He found a means of helping them. Are there any other means of helping them?
Qishloq yaqinida yangi shisha zavodi qurildi.
Shahar tashqarisida ikkita g‘isht zavodi bor.
U ularga yordam berish vositasini topdi.
Ularga yordam berishning boshqa yo‘llari bormi?
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