Comparativetypolog y

Plurality of Verbs. The English verbs can denote the notion of plurality in the following ways:

a) by opposing the finite verbs in the third person singular to the other forms with zero morpheme: live-s - live#

b) by means of suppletive forms of auxiliary verbs:

am, is-are; was-were; have-has -had

The Uzbek verbs usually express plurality by means of the following suffixes:

a) -лар ( келди-)лар;

b) -миз, -сиз, -нгиз, -дилар (бора-миз, келадилар);

c) -ш, -иш (кел-ишди);

This category can be expressed by means of personal pronouns in both languages: Cf.: I-we; me-us; he|she|it - they; In Uzbek ; мен-биз; сен-сизлар; у-улар;

Lexically this category may be expressed in both languages with the help of numerals. e.g.: army-=ышин, dual-икилик,

majority-кыпчилик, family-оила, pair-жуфт, double-икки(лантирилган), etc.

Plurality can sometimes be expressed by means of prepositions (between, among-ыртасида, орасида) adverbs (arm-in-arm - =ыллашиб), indefinite pronouns (some-бир неча, анча, бироз), verbs (join-=ышилмо=, бирлашмо=, gather-тыпланмо=, get together-йи\илм=, unite-бирлашмо=), also by quantitative markers ( two-seater, many staged, two-storied); and in Uzbek (кыпщад, =ышари=, учкыприк).