A1 · Uzbek

Uzbek from zero to A1

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Standard Uzbek (oʻzbek adabiy tili, Latin alphabet) from zero to A1, taught in English: letters and sounds — o and oʻ, q, gʻ, x and h, the signs ʻ and ʼ, stress; meeting people with sen and siz, personal endings, the question particle -mi and the negation emas, countries, numbers, age and phone numbers. Then things and family with possessive endings, bor / yoʻq and the genitive; adjectives and colors, the locative, the present-future tense, the time and the days of the week; getting around, home and town with the dative and the ablative, postpositions and the imperative. Then food and shopping with the accusative, kerak and yoqmoq, prices, the teahouse and clothes, the present continuous and the past tense, the weather, health and plans. Extras — a form, visiting friends and holidays; and real-life scenes — teahouse and canteen, bazaar and shop, taxi, bus and metro, doctor and pharmacy.

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Module 0. Letters and sounds

Lesson 1. The alphabet and the vowels: o, oʻ, and the ʻ sign

15 exercises · I can read o and oʻ the Uzbek way (o open, oʻ closed), write Toshkent with o, and type a word with the ʻ sign on any keyboard.

Lesson 2. Tricky consonants: q, gʻ, x, h, j, ng

15 exercises · I can read x as the ch of “loch”, not as ks, j as the j of “jam”, and y as the y of “yes”, tell q from k and h from x in writing, and recognize the letter gʻ by its sign.

Lesson 3. Tutuq belgisi, double consonants, and borrowed words

14 exercises · I can tell tutuq belgisi from the sign in oʻ and gʻ, write katta and ikki with double consonants, and write a familiar word the Uzbek way: konsert, kompyuter.

Lesson 4. Stress and the first ending: -lar

15 exercises · I can put the stress on the last syllable, move it onto the ending -lar, and make the “more than one” form of any word: kitoblar, gullar.

Module 1. Meeting people

Lesson 1. Salom! Greetings, sen and siz

18 exercises · I can say hello and goodbye to a friend and to an older person, ask “how are you?”, say thank you, apologize, and answer “you're welcome” — without mixing up sen and siz.

Lesson 2. Ismingiz nima?: what's your name

18 exercises · I can say my name, ask the other person's name, introduce someone, and address an older person and a teacher politely.

Lesson 3. Men talabaman: personal pronouns and personal endings

17 exercises · I can say who I am, who you are, and what someone does: Men tarjimonman, Siz shifokorsiz, U talaba — and not drop the ending where English says “am” or “are”.

Lesson 4. Siz oʻzbekmisiz?: questions with -mi and the negative emas

18 exercises · I can ask a yes/no question, answer “no, I'm not …”, and ask back “and you?”: Siz oʻzbekmisiz? — Yoʻq, men oʻzbek emasman. Siz-chi?

Lesson 5. Qayerliksiz?: countries, cities, and -lik

18 exercises · I can say which country and city I'm from and ask the person I'm talking to: Men amerikalikman. Siz qayerliksiz?

Lesson 6. Sonlar: numbers 0–100, age, and phone numbers

18 exercises · I can count to a hundred, understand and write down a phone number I hear, ask someone's age, and say mine: Men oʻttiz yoshdaman.

Lesson 7. Module 1 review

18 exercises · I can say hello informally and formally, give my name and occupation, ask a yes/no question and answer “no, I'm not …”, and say where I'm from and how old I am.

Module 2. Things, family, and what's mine

Lesson 1. Bu nima?: the words for “this” and “that”, and the plural

16 exercises · I can name the things around me — one and several, point to “this” and “that”, say “here” and “there”, and ask “what is this?”

Lesson 2. Mening oilam: possessive endings

19 exercises · I can show a family photo and say who is who — “my father”, “my younger sister”, “his wife” — and ask: “Is this your brother?”

Lesson 3. Eshigim, qishlogʻim, oʻgʻlim: the stem changes k → g and q → gʻ, and the dropped vowel

15 exercises · I can correctly say “my door”, “his village”, “your son”, and “my keys” — with no mistake at the end of the word: eshik → eshigim.

Lesson 4. Mening akam bor: bor and yoʻq, and the counter -ta

19 exercises · I can say who and what I have and don't have, ask “do you have …?” and “how many?”, and answer with a number and the counter -ta.

Lesson 5. Doʻstimning ismi: the genitive -ning

16 exercises · I can say whose something is — Rustamning kitobi, doʻstimning ismi — and ask “whose?”

Lesson 6. Bizning idoramiz: “our”, “your”, “their” — work and coworkers

17 exercises · I can talk about work — our office, our coworkers, and their company — and ask the person I'm talking to about their job and work.

Lesson 7. Module 2 review

17 exercises · I can talk about things, family, and work: whose something is, how many, there is or there isn't, our office and their boss.

Module 3. What kind, where, and what I do

Lesson 1. Qanday?: adjectives and colors

18 exercises · I can describe a person and a thing — what kind, what color, “very”, “but”, “not” — and ask “what kind?” and “which?”

Lesson 2. Qayerda?: the locative -da

18 exercises · I can say where I am and where things are, ask “are you at home?” and “is there a bank here?”, and say what I have with me.

Lesson 3. Men Toshkentda yashayman: the present-future tense

16 exercises · I can say where I live, work, and study, what I do every day, and what I'll do tomorrow.

Lesson 4. Tushunmayman: negative verbs and verb questions; languages

18 exercises · I can say “I don't understand” and “I don't speak”, ask a question with a verb, name languages, and ask someone to repeat and to speak more slowly.

Lesson 5. Soat necha?: telling time and the daily routine

17 exercises · I can ask and say what time it is and at what time, and say what I do in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, and at night.

Lesson 6. Hafta kunlari: days of the week and “how often”

17 exercises · I can name the day of the week, say on what day and how often I do something, and ask “when?”

Lesson 7. Module 3 review

17 exercises · I can describe things, say “where” and “when”, talk about my day and my week, ask questions, and answer “no”.

Module 4. Getting around, home, and town

Lesson 1. Qayerga?: the dative -ga

18 exercises · I can say where I'm going and whom I give or tell something to, choosing -ga, -ka, or -qa and one of three verbs: bormoq, kelmoq, ketmoq.

Lesson 2. Qayerdan?: the ablative -dan; -gacha, and the postpositions keyin and oldin

18 exercises · I can say where I'm from and where I'm coming from, how I travel, from where to where, and what I do before and after work.

Lesson 3. Uyim: the apartment, rooms, and furniture

17 exercises · I can name the rooms and the furniture, describe my apartment and what's in each room — and not mix up a kitchen with a canteen or a living room with a hotel.

Lesson 4. Stolning ustida: place words

16 exercises · I can say where things are: on the table, under the bed, in the bag, next to the house, in front of the bank, behind the school, in the middle of the room, on the right and on the left.

Lesson 5. Toʻgʻriga yuring!: the imperative

18 exercises · I can make polite requests and say “don't” — with sen, with siz, and to several people — and ask for and give directions: straight, right, left, as far as the intersection.

Lesson 6. Kim bilan? Kim uchun?: the postpositions bilan, uchun, and haqida

17 exercises · I can say whom I live with, meet, and talk to, whom a ticket is for and what a letter is about — and ask an “or” question: “by bus or by subway?”

Lesson 7. Module 4 review

18 exercises · I can say where I am, where I'm going and where from, and what is where; make requests and say “don't”; say with whom and for whom — and ask the right question.

Module 5. Food and shopping

Lesson 1. Oziq-ovqat: the accusative -ni

17 exercises · I can say what I eat and drink, and tell “bread in general” from “this bread”: Non yeyman — Bu nonni yeyman; I can say “me”, “you”, “him”, and “my book”.

Lesson 2. Menga olma kerak, menga uzum yoqadi: kerak and yoqmoq

16 exercises · I can say what I need and what I like: Menga olma kerak, Menga uzum yoqadi — and ask: Sizga kerakmi? Sizga yoqadimi?

Lesson 3. Bozorda: prices, weight, and big numbers

18 exercises · I can buy food at the bazaar: ask the price (Necha pul? Qancha turadi?), understand a price in thousands of som, ask for a kilo or three pieces, ask for something cheaper, and pay.

Lesson 4. Choyxonada: ordering

16 exercises · I can order food and tea at a choyxona (a teahouse): Menga osh bering, Yana choy bering, ask Mumkinmi?, and ask for the check.

Lesson 5. Kiyim: clothes, sizes, and trying things on

17 exercises · I can name clothes and choose something at a store: say what I need, ask for a bigger size (Kattaroq oʻlcham bormi?), ask to try it on, and find the cheapest — eng arzon.

Lesson 6. Hozir nima qilyapsiz?: the present continuous -yap

18 exercises · I can say what I'm doing right now and ask the person I'm talking to: Hozir nima qilyapsiz? — Men dam olyapman. U kelyapti, kelmayapti, kelyaptimi?

Lesson 7. Module 5 review

18 exercises · I can test myself on “bread in general ↔ this bread”, the six cases and the pronoun forms, “I need” and “I like”, prices and ordering, and “usually” ↔ “right now”.

Module 6. Yesterday, today, tomorrow

Lesson 1. Oylar, fasllar, sana: months, dates, and ordinal numbers

19 exercises · I can name a month, a season, and a date, ask what today's date is, and say when my birthday is and what year I was born.

Lesson 2. Kecha nima qildingiz?: the past tense -di

17 exercises · I can say what I did yesterday and last week, say what I didn't do, and ask the person I'm talking to what they did yesterday.

Lesson 3. Ob-havo: the weather; edi — “was”

18 exercises · I can describe today's weather, say what it was like yesterday and what it will be like tomorrow, and say “I was at home” and “I didn't have time”.

Lesson 4. Dam olish kunlari qanday oʻtdi?: free time and telling about the past

18 exercises · I can talk about how my weekend went: what I did in the morning, then, and in the evening, what it was like, and why — and say what I love.

Lesson 5. Salomatlik: the body and how you feel

18 exercises · I can name body parts, tell a doctor what hurts and that I have a fever, and understand simple advice: what to do and what not to do.

Lesson 6. Rejalar: -moqchi — “want to, be going to”

16 exercises · I can talk about plans: what I want to and am going to do, what I'm not going to do — and ask the person I'm talking to about their plans.

Lesson 7. Module 6 review

18 exercises · I can talk about yesterday, today, and tomorrow: I choose the tense by the time word, don't mix up the two sets of endings and the three “nots”, and talk about the weather, free time, health, and plans.

Module 7. A1 extras

Lesson 1. Anketa: personal details, addresses, and documents

18 exercises · I can fill out a form: last name, first name and patronymic, place and date of birth, citizenship, an address with the building, apartment and floor, marital status — and understand the requests “fill it out” and “show your passport”.

Lesson 2. Mehmonda: visiting and at the dasturxon

19 exercises · I can be a guest in an Uzbek home: answer “Xush kelibsiz!”, give flowers and a gift, praise the food, politely turn down a second helping, name the tableware, and send greetings to the family — with siz.

Lesson 3. Bayramlar: holidays and good wishes

18 exercises · I can name the main holidays and their dates, congratulate someone on a holiday or a birthday, wish happiness and good luck, invite someone to a celebration, and answer an invitation — accept or politely decline.

Module 8. A1 practice

Lesson 1. Choyxonada va oshxonada

18 exercises · I can take a seat at a choyxona or a canteen, ask about a dish, order plov and tea, ask for more, and pay in cash or by card.

Lesson 2. Bozorda va doʻkonda

17 exercises · I can buy food at the bazaar and clothes at a store: ask the price per kilo, bargain, give my size, say that something is too big or too small, and pay.

Lesson 3. Shaharda: taksi, avtobus, metro

18 exercises · I can read the signs in town, ask about a stop and a bus, get somewhere by taxi, and say that I've lost something, I'm late, or I'm lost.

Lesson 4. Shifokor va dorixona

17 exercises · I can call a hospital, tell the doctor what hurts and since when, understand the doctor's instructions, and buy medicine at a pharmacy.