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 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  WOMEN  FORBIDDEN

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

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

Expenisve 

qimmat

Driving

street 

kuchasi

Authority

police 

militsiya

sir 

janob

madam 

honym