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. Ubzek 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'.
KH- guttural 'h' like in the Scottish 'loch'
Common diphthongs
Phrase list
Basics
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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?
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 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 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
- bank
- bank
- money
- pul
- cash
- naqd pul
Eating
- bread
- non
- meat
- gosht
- rice
- guruch
- fruit
- meva
- vegetable
- sabzavot
- tea
- choi
- (boiled) water
- (qainatilgan) suv
Shopping
- Outdoor market
- bozor
- Store
- dukan
- How much?
- Qancha?
- Cheap
- arzon
- Expensive
- qimmat
Driving
- street
- kuchasi
Authority
- police
- militsiya
- sir
- janob
- madam
- honym