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.

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.

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"

Q - hard 'k'.

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

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?

Hospital

kasalxona

Sick

kasal

Doctor

tabib (shifokor)

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

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

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

hour(s)

soat(lar)

minute

daqiqa

... o'clock

soat ...

half past ...

... yarim soat o'tdi

Monday

dushanba

Tuesday

seshanba

Wednesday

chorshanba

Thursday

payshanba

Friday

juma

Saturday

shanba

Sunday

yakshanba

January

yanvar

February

fevral

March

mart

April

aprel

May

may

June

iyun

July

iyul

August

avgust

September

sentyabr

October

oktyabr

November

noyabr

December

dekabr

black

qora

blue

ko'k

brown

jigar rang

green

yashil

orange

qovoq rang

red

qizil

white

oq

yellow

sariq

Airport

aeroport, tayyoragoh

Bus

avtobus

Bus station

avtobekat

Train station

temir yo'l vokzali

Ticket

bilet

Where is...?

...qayerda?

Left

chap

Right

o'ng

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

Hotel

mehmonxona

Room

xona

House

uy

Do you have any rooms?

Sizga xona bormi?

bank

bank

money

pul

cash

naqd pul

bread

non

meat

go'sht

rice

guruch

fruit

meva

vegetable

sabzavot

tea

choy

(boiled) water

(qaynatilgan) suv

Outdoor market

bozor

store

do'kon

How much?

Qancha?

cheap

arzon

expensive

qimmat

street

ko'cha

police

militsiya

sir

janob

madam

xonim