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Lesson 6 of 10

Cafe and restaurant in Uzbek

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

The Imam al-Bukhari mausoleum near Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Cafe and restaurant
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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All 10 Uzbek phrases in this lesson

Ikki kishilik stolik-KI ki-shi-LIK stol
A table for two
Menyu, iltimosmen-YOO, il-ti-MOS
The menu, please

Menyu is borrowed from European languages and understood everywhere. Many restaurants outside major cities have short, daily-changing menus.

Nimani tavsiya qilasiz?ni-ma-NI tav-si-YA qi-la-SIZ
What do you recommend?
Men... yemaymanmen ye-MAI-man
I don't eat...
Menda...ga allergiya bormen-DA ga al-ler-GI-ya bor
I'm allergic to...
Goʻshtguhsht
Meat
Tovuqto-VOOQ
Chicken
Baliqba-LIQ
Fish
Juda mazalijoo-DA ma-za-LI
It's delicious
Sog'liq bo'lsin!sog-LIK boh-SIN
Cheers

Literally "be healthy". A traditional Uzbek toast with sincere cultural weight, used when clinking glasses of vodka, beer, or wine. Make eye contact and drink together.

Where Uzbek is spoken

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