LingoflyUch metr, uch metrlar yoʻq: the number beside a measure
A measure answers "how much", and a number never changes the word here: uch metr, oʻn metr, yuz metr — one form. The plural -lar switches on only when the measure stands without a number: metrlar — "meters in general", say, about rulers. For example: “Stolning uzunligi ikki metr, kengligi esa bir metr.” — The table is two meters long and one meter wide. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not…
How it works
A measure answers "how much", and a number never changes the word here: uch metr, oʻn metr, yuz metr — one form. The plural -lar switches on only when the measure stands without a number: metrlar — "meters in general", say, about rulers.
The names of dimensions are stitched with one seam: a quality plus -lik. uzun — "long" — gives uzunlik — "length"; keng — kenglik, baland — balandlik, chuqur — chuqurlik. The build is transparent: "wideness", "highness".
Whose measurement takes -ning and -i: stolning uzunligi — "the length of the table". You know the same build from kitobning muqovasi — "the cover of the book".
The size of an object is told with a quality: stol uch metr uzun — "the table is three meters long". And the tail -cha on a number adds "about": uch metrcha — "some three meters".
Table
| count | uzbek phrase | in plain words | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bir metr | one meter | singular form |
| 2 | ikki metr | two meters | no -lar |
| 3 | uch metr | three meters | no -lar |
| 10 | oʻn metr | ten meters | no -lar |
| 100 | yuz metr | a hundred meters | no -lar |
| no number | metrlar | meters (in general) | -lar switches on |
| about | uch metrcha | some three meters | -cha softens the count |
| whose | stolning uzunligi | the length of the table | -ning + -i |
By example
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
the number beside a measure: how does it work in Uzbek?
A measure answers "how much", and a number never changes the word here: uch metr, oʻn metr, yuz metr — one form. The plural -lar switches on only when the measure stands without a number: metrlar — "meters in general", say, about rulers.
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Stolning uzunligi ikki metr, kengligi esa bir metr.” — The table is two meters long and one meter wide. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.