LingoflyUchdan bir, ikki barobar, donalab: share, times over and counting
A share, a multiple and a way of counting are three different frames, and mixing them up is costly. For example: “Choyning uchdan biri qoldi.” — A third of the tea is left. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
A share, a multiple and a way of counting are three different frames, and mixing them up is costly.
A share is built through -dan bir: uchdan bir — a third, toʻrtdan bir — a quarter. The word itself follows: choyning uchdan biri — a third of the tea.
Times over is barobar: ikki barobar koʻp — twice as much, uch barobar kam — three times less. The direction tail shows the change: ikki barobarga oshdi — it grew twofold.
Counting by the piece is donalab, one by one — birma-bir, by tens — oʻnlik. An even split goes through teng: teng taqsimlamoq — to divide equally.
Table
| what we count | how it is said | example | in plain words |
|---|---|---|---|
| a share | -dan bir | uchdan bir | a third |
| times over | barobar | ikki barobar koʻp | twice as much |
| the change | barobarga | ikki barobarga oshdi | it grew twofold |
| by the piece | donalab | donalab sotmoq | to sell by the piece |
| one by one | birma-bir | birma-bir kirishmoq | to enter one by one |
| equally | teng | teng taqsimlamoq | to divide equally |
By example
- Choyning uchdan biri qoldi.A third of the tea is left
- Narx ikki barobar oshdi.The price doubled
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Uchdan bir, ikki barobar, donalab: how does it work in Uzbek?
A share, a multiple and a way of counting are three different frames, and mixing them up is costly.
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Choyning uchdan biri qoldi.” — A third of the tea is left. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.