Uzbek phrasebook

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

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.

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'.

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

Common diphthongs

Phrase list

Basics

Common signs|

OPEN
CLOSED
ENTRANCE
EXIT
PUSH
PULL
TOILET
MEN
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Hello.: As-salomu alaykum
Hello. (informal): Salom
Good morning: As-salomu alaykum
Good morning (answer): tinch böling

How are you?: Qalay siz?
Fine, thank you.: . Yakshi, rakhmat
What is your name?: Sizning ismingiz nima?
My name is ______ .: Mening ismim...

Nice to meet you.: Tanishganimdan khursandman
Please.: Markhamat
Thank you.: Rakhmat
You're welcome.: Arzimaydi
Yes.: Ha
No.: Yok
Excuse me.: Kechirasiz
I'm sorry.: Kechirasiz
Goodbye: Hayeer
I can't speak Uzbek [well].: Men Uzbekcha (yakshi) 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?: Hojat'hona qayerda?

Problems

Hospital: kasalhona

Sick: kasal

Doctor: tabib

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 böldi?
at what time?: soat hechada?

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 time

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

Duration

Days

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

Months

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 date

Colors

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

Transportation

Airport: tayyorgokh

Bus and train

Bus: autobus

Bus station: autobiket

Train station: temir yul vogzali

Ticket: bilet

Directions

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

Left: chap

Right: ong

Taxi

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

Lodging

Hotel: meymonkhona

Room: khona

House: uy

Do you have any rooms?: Sizga khona bormi?

Money Matters & ATM's in Uzbek phrasebook

bank: bank

money: pul

cash: naqd pul

Eating

bread: non

Meat: gosht

Rice: guruch

fruit: meva

vegetable: sabzavot

tea: choi

(boiled) water: (qainatilgan) suv

Muslim Friendly Shopping in Uzbek phrasebook

Outdoor market: bozor

Store: dukan

How much?: Qancha?

Cheap: arzon

Expenisve: qimmat

Driving

street: kuchasi

Authority

police: militsiya

sir: janob

madam: honym