Uzbek phrasebook

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

Basics

; 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 . : 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

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

; 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

; 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