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Uzbek is the main language of Uzbekistan. It is also largely mutually intelligible with Uighur, which is spoken in China.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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"
[edit] Consonants
Q- hard 'k'.
KH- guttural 'h' like in the Scottish 'loch'
[edit] Common diphthongs
[edit] Phrase list
[edit] Basics
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Common signs
- OPEN
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- CLOSED
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- ENTRANCE
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- EXIT
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- PUSH
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- PULL
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- TOILET
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- MEN
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- WOMEN
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- FORBIDDEN
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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?
[edit] Problems
- Hospital
- kasalhona
- Sick
- kasal
- Doctor
- tabib
[edit] Numbers
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Clock time
- hour(s)
- soat(lar)
- minute
- daqiqa
- ... o'clock
- soat ...
- half past ...
- ... yarim soat ötdi
[edit] Duration
- Monday
- dushanba
- Tuesday
- seshanba
- Wednesday
- chorshanba
- Thursday
- paishanba
- Friday
- juma
- Saturday
- shanba
- Sunday
- yakshanba
[edit] 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
[edit] Writing time and date
[edit] Colors
- black
- qora
- blue
- kuk
- brown
- jigar rang
- green
- yashil
- orange
- qovoq rang
- red
- qizil
- white
- oq
- yellow
- sariq
[edit] Transportation
- Airport
- tayyorgokh
[edit] Bus and train
- Bus
- autobus
- Bus station
- autobiket
- Train station
- temir yul vogzali
- Ticket
- bilet
[edit] Directions
- Where is...?
- ...qayerda?
- Left
- chap
- Right
- ong
Please take me too... : ...'ga oboring, marhamat
[edit] Lodging
- Hotel
- meymonkhona
- Room
- khona
- House
- uy
- Do you have any rooms?
- Sizga khona bormi?
- bank
- bank
- money
- pul
- cash
- naqd pul
[edit] Eating
- bread
- non
- meat
- gosht
- rice
- guruch
- fruit
- meva
- vegetable
- sabzavot
- tea
- choi
- (boiled) water
- (qainatilgan) suv
[edit] Shopping
- Outdoor market
- bozor
- Store
- dukan
- How much?
- Qancha?
- Cheap
- arzon
- Expenisve
- qimmat
[edit] Driving
- street
- kuchasi
[edit] Authority
- police
- militsiya
- sir
- janob
- madam
- honym
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