Uzbek/Lesson Ten

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Cultural Notes

The Cultural Notes section in the Peace Corps Language Competencies is way outdated. If some one writes a new one that is ok, otherwise this place is going to have to be missing.

Dialogues

Uzbek Dialogue • Lesson Ten • audio: upload • upload (131 + 142 kb • help) Greetings
	First Dialogue
Donald	Bu qanday anor, ota?
Nigora	Bu - Quvaning nordon anori. Sizga qanday meva kerak?
Donald	Menga eng shirin meva kerak. Uzum neche so’m? Nok-chi?
Nigora	Uzumning bir kilosi oʻn soʻm. Nok ham shu narxda. Koʻp olsangiz, arzon narxda beraman.
	Second Dialogue
Donald	Xola, ikkita doʻppini yuz soʻmga berasizmi?
Nigora	Yoʻq, yuz soʻmga boʻlmaydi. Mayli, siz bir yuz yigirma soʻm bera qoling. Bu doʻppilar qoʻlda tikilgan.
Donald	Xoʻp. Bir yuz soʻm bersam, rozimisiz?
Nigora	Maylil, bolam. Mehmon ekansiz. Roziman. Baraka toping!
	Third Dialogue
Donald	Koʻylaklar qaysi boʻlimda sotiladi?
Nigora	Men sizning xizmatingizga tayorman. Sizga nima kerak
Donald	Men mana bu koʻylakni koʻrmoqchi edim. Bu koʻylakning oq rangi bormi?
Nigora	Ha, bor. Mana bu paxtadan qilingan.
Donald	Bu menga mos kelmaydi. Engi juda kalta ekan. Kattarogʻi bormi?
Nigora	Sizga havo rangi yoqadimi?
Doanld	Bir koʻray-chi? Bu rang menga yoqadi. Oʻzi ham menga mos. Men buni olamen. Uni oʻrab bering.

Vocabulary

Uzbek Dialogue • Lesson Ten • audio (upload) Vocabulary
anor	pomegranates
Quva	(place name)
nordon	sour, bittersweet
quvaning nordon anori	sour pomegranate of Quva
eng	most
eng shirin	sweetest, the most sweet
uzum	grapes
nok	pears
-chi	what about? (particle)
nok-chi?	what about the pears?
kilo	kilo, kilogram
bir kilosi	per kilo
ham shu	the same, also that
narxda	price (locative)
olsangiz	if you buy, if you take (conditional)
arzon	lower, cheap
beraman	I will sell, I will give
xola	aunt (form of address)
doʻppini	cap (accusative)
berasizmi?	will you sell?
yuz soʻmga	for 100 som (dative)
bir yuz yigirma	one hundred-twenty
bera qoling	you may pay, please pay
qoʻlda	by hand (locative)
tikilgan	sewn
bir yuz oʻn	one hundred-ten
bersam	if I pay (conditional)
rozi	satisfied, pleased
rozimisiz?	do you agree? are you satisfied?
bolam	my child (form of address)
mehmon	guest
ekansiz	after all, you are
roziman	I agree
baraka	abundance
toping	find
baraka toping!	good luck!
koʻylak	shirt, dress
qaysi	which?
boʻylimda	in a department
sotiladi	it is sold
xizmatingizga	at your service (dative)
tayor	ready
koʻrmoqchi edim	I would like to see
oq	white
rangi	it's colour
paxtadan	of cotton (ablative)
qilingan	made
mos kelmaydi	it does not fit
engi	its sleeves
kalta	short
kattaroq	bigger
kattarogʻi
havo rangi	blue
bir koʻray-chi?	why don't I give it a try?
mos	fitting, suitable
oʻrab bering	wrap it up (for me)

Grammar and Vocabulary Explanations

For Dialogue 1

The comparative degree of adjectives is formed by adding the suffix -roq to the stem of an adjective:

Uzbek Examples • Lesson Ten • audio (upload)
issiq+roq > issiqroq	warmer
sovuq+roq > sovuqroq	colder

The superlative degree of adjectives is formed by placing the word eng (most, very) before an adjective. Sometimes, especially in spoken Uzbek, the word juda (very, too) is used instead of eng:

Uzbek Examples • Lesson Ten • audio (upload)
juda shirin = eng shirin	sweetest
juda qimmat = eng qimmat	most expensive

Another funcion of the particle -chi is to form a question meaning 'what about?' In this meaning the particle may be added to one word noun predicates:

Uzbek Examples • Lesson Ten • audio (upload)
nok-chi?	what about the pears?
kelmasa-chi	What if he, she does not come?

For Dialogue 2

The words xola and bolam are forms of address. Xola (aunt) is used by younger people to address unknown older woman and the word bolam (my child) is used by older men and women to address younger people:

Uzbek Example • Lesson Ten • audio (upload)
Rozimisiz, xola?	Do you agree, aunt?
Mayli, bolam.	All right, my child

When the irregular verb form ekan is used as a component of a noun predicate, it may be translated 'seem,' 'seems,' 'after all,' 'apparently'. The predicative suffixes -man, -san; -miz, -siz, -lar may be added directly to the irregular form ekan.

Uzbek Dialogue • Lesson Ten • audio (upload) Pronouns (Possessive)
Men sogʻ ekanman	I seem to be healthy
Sen sogʻ ekansan	You seem to be healthy.
U sogʻ ekan	He, she, seems to be healthy
Biz sogʻ ekanmiz	We seem to be healthy
Siz sogʻ ekansiz	You seem to be healthy
Ular sogʻ ekanlar	They seem to be healthy
Siz mehmon ekansiz	After all, you are a guest.

Pronunciation Note

The compound verb bera qoling consists of the present gerund bera (giving) and the auxiliary verb qoling (to stay). The first verb in the compound carries the primary meaning, while qolmoq adds the meaning of permission or a request. When qolmoq expresses a request, the vowel in the second syllable is pronounced longer:

Uzbek Dialogue • Lesson Ten • audio (upload) Pronouns (Possessive)
Siz bir yuz yigirma soʻm bera qoling.	You may pay 120 som (permission)
Menga kitobingizni bera qoling.	Please give me your book (request)

For Dialogue 3

The construction -moqchi edi expresses desire and may be translated 'would like to':

In this construction, the predicative suffixes -m, -ng; -k, -ngyz, -lar are added to the irregular verb from of edi:

Uzbek Dialogue • Lesson Ten • audio (upload) Question Particle Example
men koʻrmoqchi edim	I would like to see
sen koʻrmoqchi edingiz	you would like to see
u koʻrmoqchi edi	he, she would like to see
biz koʻrmoqchi edik	we would like to see
siz koʻrmoqchi edingiz	you would like to see
ular koʻrmoqchi edilar	they would like to see

To express the idea of 'like to,' the dative suffix -ga is added to personal pronouns before the verb form yoqadi:

Uzbek Dialogue • Lesson Ten • audio (upload) Question Particle Example
menga yoqadi	I like
senga yoqadi	you like
unga yoqadi	he, she likes
bizga yoqadi	we like
sizga yokadi	you like
ularga yokadi	they like

The phrase menga mos (it fits me) has the same structure as menga yoqadi.

Uzbek Proverb

Uzbek Proverb • Lesson Ten • audio (upload)
Shirin yolgʻondan achchiq haqiqat yaxshi.
Translation: The bitter truth is better than a sweet lie.

Recap

So, now you know how to shop in Uzbek

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