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Lesson 6 of 10

Cafe and restaurant in Tajik

A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Tajik words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

A lake in the Fann Mountains, Tajikistan
Cafe and restaurant
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Oleg Brovko from Halle (Saale), Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Tajik phrases in this lesson

Миз барои ду нафарmiz ba-ROI du na-FAR
A table for two
Меню, лутфанme-NYU, LUT-fan
The menu, please
Чӣ тавсия медиҳед?chi tav-si-YA me-di-HED
What do you recommend?
Ман ... намехӯрамman ... na-me-khu-RAM
I don't eat...
Ман ба ... аллергия дорамman ba ... al-ler-GI-ya do-RAM
I'm allergic to...
Гӯштgusht
Meat

Oshi palov, rice with meat and carrots, is the national dish.

Мурғmurgh
Chicken
Моҳӣmo-HI
Fish
Бисёр болаззатbis-YOR bo-laz-ZAT
It's delicious

Literally "very tasty".

Ба саломатӣBA sa-lo-ma-TI
Cheers

Literally "to your health". Eye contact is respectful when toasting. Clinking glasses is normal; raising a glass and saying this phrase shows good manners. No specific ritual like in some cultures.

Where Tajik is spoken

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