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Lesson 7 of 10

Meeting people in Tajik

How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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.

The Ayni Opera and Ballet Theatre in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Meeting people
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Veni from New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Tajik phrases in this lesson

Шумо чӣ хел?shu-MO chi KHEL
How are you?

Literally "how are you?", polite form.

Хуб, ташаккурKHUB, ta-shak-KUR
I'm fine, thanks

Literally "good, thanks".

Шумо чӣ?shu-MO chi
And you?

Polite. To a friend: "ту чӣ?" (tu chi).

Номи шумо чист?no-MI shu-MO CHIST
What's your name?
Номи ман ...no-MI man
My name is...
Шумо аз куҷо ҳастед?shu-MO az ku-JO has-TED
Where are you from?
Ман аз ...man az
I'm from...
Ба ман маъқул астba man ma-QUL ast
I like it

Literally "it is agreeable to me".

Зебо астze-BO ast
It's beautiful

For the Pamir mountains, the only comment.

Хуш омадедkhush o-ma-DED
Welcome

Literally "you came happily".

Where Tajik is spoken

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