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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Uzbek

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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 tiled facade of the Nadir Divan-Begi madrasa in Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Uzbek phrases in this lesson

Sizda... bormi?seez-DA...bor-mee
Do you have...?

Literally "do you have... is there". Bormi is a question form of "exists". Essential for hunting down items in a busy bazaar.

... qayerda?qa-yer-DA
Where is...?

Qayerda means "where". Point and say the category (milk, bread, etc.) and a shopkeeper will direct you.

Ochiqo-CHIQ
Open
Yopiqyo-PIQ
Closed
Paket kerakmi?pa-KET ke-RAK-mi
A bag?
Juda qimmatjoo-DA qim-MAT
Too expensive
Men joy band qilganmanmen joi band qil-GAN-man
I have a reservation
Nonushta narxga kiradimi?no-noosh-TA NARKH-ga ki-RA-di-mi
Is breakfast included?
Wi-Fi paroli nima?wai fai pa-ro-LI ni-MA
What's the wifi password?
Men... qilsam boʻladimi?men QIL-sam buh-LA-di-mi
Can I...?

Where Uzbek is spoken

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