Uzbek phrasebook

Uzbek (oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча / اوزبیک تیلی - written in the Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic scripts) is the main language of Uzbekistan, and also spoken by the ethnic Uzbeks in China and Afghanistan. It is also largely mutually intelligible with Uyghur.

Whether or not travellers need to learn Uzbek is debatable, as most locals in Uzbekistan are also able to speak Russian, while ethnic Uzbeks in China are usually also able to speak Mandarin and/or Uyghur. Nevertheless, attempting to communicate in Uzbek is sure to impress your hosts, if they speak the language.

Pronunciation guide

Uzbek pronunciation is very regular and simple. If you pronounce all of the words as they are spelled, you will be readily understood. Uzbek is written using the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets in Uzbekistan, and the Arabic script in China.

Vowels

a: "a" as in "cat"
ye, e: "ye" as in "yet" (at the beginning of a word), "e" as in "let"
i: "i" as in "pin"
o: "o" as in "pot"
u: "oo" as in "cool"
yu: "yu" as in "yoou"
ya: "ya" as in "yak"
o': "u" as in "put", sometimes similar to "au" as in "caught"

Consonants

Q - hard 'k'.

X - guttural 'h' like in the Scottish 'loch'

Common diphthongs

Phrase list

Basics

Hello.: Assalomu alaykum
Hello. (informal): Salom
Good morning: Hayirli tong
Good morning (answer): Tinch bo'ling

How are you?: Qalaysiz?
Fine, thank you.: Yaxshi, rahmat
What is your name?: Sizning ismingiz nima?
My name is ______.: Mening ismim ...

Nice to meet you.: Tanishganimdan hursandman
Please.: Marhamat
Thank you.: Rahmat
You're welcome.: Arzimaydi
Yes.: Ha
No.: Yo'q
Excuse me.: Kechirasiz
I'm sorry.: Uzr
Goodbye: Hayr
I can't speak Uzbek [well].: Men o'zbekcha (yaxshi) gaplashmayman.
Do you speak English?: Siz inglizcha gaplashasizmi?
Is there someone here who speaks English?: Inglizcha gapiradiganlar bormi?
Help!: Yordam!
Look out!: Ehtiyot bo'ling!
I don't understand.: Tushunmadim
Where is the toilet?: Hojatxona qayerda?

Problems

Hospital: kasalxona

Sick: kasal

Doctor: tabib (shifokor)

Numbers

Cardinal Numbers

half: yarim

zero: nol

one: bir

two: ikki

three: uch

four: to'rt

five: besh

six: olti

seven: yetti

eight: sakkiz

nine: to'qqiz

ten: o'n

fifteen: o'n besh

twenty: yigirma

thirty: o'ttiz

forty: qirq

fifty: ellik

sixty: oltmish

seventy: yetmish

eighty: sakson

ninety: to'qson

one hundred: yuz

five hundred: besh yuz

one thousand: ming

one million: million

Ordinal Numbers

1st: birinchi

2nd: ikkinchi

3rd: uchinchi

4th: to'rtinchi

5th: beshinchi

10th: o'ninchi

15th: o'n beshinchi

20th: yigirmanchi

100th: yuzinchi

1,000th: minginchi

Time

When?: qachon?
What time is it?: Soat necha bo'ldi?
At what time?: Soat nechada?

morning: ertalab
noon: o'n ikki
in the afternoon: tushlikdan so'ng
evening: kech, oqshom
midnight: yarim kecha

today: bugun
tonight: bugungi oqshom
yesterday: kecha
tomorrow: ertaga
this week: bu hafta
last week: o'tgan hafta
next week: kelasi hafta
this month: shu oy
last month: o'tgan oy
next month: keyingi oy

Clock time

hour(s): soat(lar)
minute: daqiqa
... o'clock: soat ...
half past ...: ... yarim soat o'tdi

Duration

Days

Monday: dushanba
Tuesday: seshanba
Wednesday: chorshanba
Thursday: payshanba
Friday: juma
Saturday: shanba
Sunday: yakshanba

Months

January: yanvar
February: fevral
March: mart
April: aprel
May: may
June: iyun
July: iyul
August: avgust
September: sentyabr
October: oktyabr
November: noyabr
December: dekabr

Writing time and date

Colors

black: qora
blue: ko'k
brown: jigar rang
green: yashil
orange: qovoq rang
red: qizil
white: oq
yellow: sariq

Transportation

Airport: aeroport, tayyoragoh

Bus and train

Bus: avtobus

Bus station: avtobekat

Train station: temir yo'l vokzali

Ticket: bilet

Directions

Where is...?: ...qayerda?

Left: chap

Right: o'ng

Taxi

Please take me too... : ...'ga oboring, marhamat

Lodging

Hotel: mehmonxona

Room: xona

House: uy

Do you have any rooms?: Sizga xona bormi?

Money

bank: bank

money: pul

cash: naqd pul

Eating

bread: non

meat: go'sht

rice: guruch

fruit: meva

vegetable: sabzavot

tea: choy

(boiled) water: (qaynatilgan) suv

Shopping

Outdoor market: bozor

store: do'kon

How much?: Qancha?

cheap: arzon

expensive: qimmat

Driving

street: ko'cha

Authority

police: militsiya

sir: janob

madam: xonim

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