Uzbek Plural
Learning the Uzbek Plural is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Uzbek language. But first we need to know what the role of Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Uzbek.
Uzbek Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers.
Grammar Tips:
While in English, the plural is formed by
adding (s) to the singular, in Uzbek, to form the plural of nouns only (in Uzbek adjectives have no plural) we add (-lar) to them. Here are some
examples:
Do’st (a friend) becomes: Do’stlar (some friends)
Ayyol (a woman) becomes: Ayyollar (some women)
Bu mening qizil moshina (this is my red car)
becomes: Bu mening qizil moshinalar (these are my red cars)
Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Uzbek Plural |
| Plural | Ko'plik |
| my book | mening kitobim |
| my books | mening kitoblarim |
| our daughter | bizning qizimiz |
| our daughters | bizning qizlarimiz |
| I'm cold | men shamolladim |
| we're cold | biz shamolladik |
| his chickens | uning jo'jalari |
| their chicken | ularning jo'jasi |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Plural in Uzbek has a logical pattern. Locate the Plural above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Uzbek.
List of Plurals in Uzbek
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Uzbek placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Uzbek vocabulary.
| English Plural | Uzbek Plural |
| alligator | alligator |
| alligators | alligatorlar |
| bear | ayiq |
| bears | ayiqlar |
| bird | qush |
| birds | qushlar |
| bull | hukiz |
| bulls | hukizlar |
| cat | mushuk |
| cats | mushuklar |
| cow | sigir |
| cows | sigirlar |
| deer | bug'u |
| many deer | ko'p bug'ular |
| dog | it |
| dogs | itlar |
| donkey | eshak |
| donkeys | eshaklar |
| eagle | burgut |
| eagles | burgutlar |
| elephant | fil |
| elephants | fillar |
| giraffe | jirafa |
| giraffes | jiraflar |
| goat | echki |
| goats | echkilar |
| horse | ot |
| horses | otlar |
| lion | sher |
| lions | sherlar |
| monkey | maymun |
| monkeys | maymunlar |
| mouse | sichqon |
| mice | sichqonlar |
| rabbit | quyon |
| rabbits | quyonlar |
| snake | ilon |
| snakes | ilonlar |
| tiger | yulbars |
| tigers | yulbarslar |
| wolf | bo'ri |
| wolves | bo'rilar |
Plural and Singular have a very important role in Uzbek, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Uzbek Plural, you might want to check the rest of our Uzbek lessons here: Learn Uzbek. Don't forget to bookmark this page.