Uzbek phrasebook
Turkic language
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. It is also largely mutually intelligible with Uyghur.
Pronunciation guideEdit
Uzbek pronunciation is very regular and simple. If you pronounce all of the words as they are spelled, you will be readily understood. Ubzek is written using the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets in Uzbekistan, and the Arabic script in China.
VowelsEdit
- 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"
ConsonantsEdit
Q- hard 'k'.
KH- guttural 'h' like in the Scottish 'loch'
Common diphthongsEdit
Phrase listEdit
BasicsEdit
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Common signs
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- Hello.
- As-salomu alaykum
- Hello. (informal)
- Salom
- Good morning
- Hayirli tong
- Good morning (answer)
- tinch böling
- How are you?
- Qalay siz?
- 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.
- Uzur
- 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 boling
- I don't understand.
- Tushunmadim
- Where is the toilet?
- Hojatxona qayerda?
ProblemsEdit
- Hospital
- kasalxona
- Sick
- kasal
- Doctor
- tabib (shifokor)
NumbersEdit
Cardinal NumbersEdit
- 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 NumbersEdit
- 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
TimeEdit
- when?
- qachon?
- what time is it?
- soat necha böldi?
- at what time?
- soat nechada?
- morning
- ertalab
- noon
- ön ikki
- in the afternoon
- tushlikdan söng
- evening
- oqshom
- midnight
- yarim kecha
- today
- bugun
- tonight
- bugungi oqshom
- yesterday
- kecha
- tomorrow
- ertaga
- this week
- bu hafta
- last week
- ötgan hafta
- next week
- kelasi hafta
- this month
- shu oi
- last month
- ötgan oi
- next month
- keiingi oi
Clock timeEdit
- hour(s)
- soat(lar)
- minute
- daqiqa
- ... o'clock
- soat ...
- half past ...
- ... yarim soat ötdi
DurationEdit
DaysEdit
- Monday
- dushanba
- Tuesday
- seshanba
- Wednesday
- chorshanba
- Thursday
- paishanba
- Friday
- juma
- Saturday
- shanba
- Sunday
- yakshanba
MonthsEdit
- January
- yanvar
- February
- fevral
- March
- mart
- April
- aprel
- May
- mai
- June
- iyun
- July
- iyul
- August
- avgust
- September
- sentyabr
- October
- oktyabr
- November
- noyabr
- December
- dekabr
Writing time and dateEdit
ColorsEdit
- black
- qora
- blue
- kuk
- brown
- jigar rang
- green
- yashil
- orange
- qovoq rang
- red
- qizil
- white
- oq
- yellow
- sariq
TransportationEdit
- Airport
- tayyorgokh
Bus and trainEdit
- Bus
- autobus
- Bus station
- autobiket
- Train station
- temir yul vogzali
- Ticket
- bilet
DirectionsEdit
- Where is...?
- ...qayerda?
- Left
- chap
- Right
- ong
TaxiEdit
Please take me too... : ...'ga oboring, marhamat
LodgingEdit
- Hotel
- meymonkhona
- Room
- khona
- House
- uy
- Do you have any rooms?
- Sizga khona bormi?
MoneyEdit
- bank
- bank
- money
- pul
- cash
- naqd pul
EatingEdit
- bread
- non
- meat
- gosht
- rice
- guruch
- fruit
- meva
- vegetable
- sabzavot
- tea
- choi
- (boiled) water
- (qainatilgan) suv
ShoppingEdit
- Outdoor market
- bozor
- Store
- dukan
- How much?
- Qancha?
- Cheap
- arzon
- Expenisve
- qimmat
DrivingEdit
- street
- kuchasi
AuthorityEdit
- police
- militsiya
- sir
- janob
- madam
- honym