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.
Bayramlar: congratulating, wishing, inviting
Bayramlar: congratulating, wishing, inviting
In Uzbek, holiday wishes are set phrases. The holidays and their dates are in the table. The word toʻy means a wedding or any family celebration.
• Say the holiday with the ending for “your” (siz or sen) or “his / her” and add muborak boʻlsin: toʻyingiz muborak boʻlsin with siz, toʻying muborak boʻlsin to a friend. You can drop the ending: Navroʻz muborak boʻlsin. The word boʻlsin is used only in set wishes.
• The second way is the verb tabriklamoq (“to congratulate”): whom takes -ni, on what takes bilan: sizni bayram bilan tabriklayman.
• To wish: baxtli boʻling — “be happy”; sizga omad — “good luck to you”.
To invite: sizni + where to (with -ga) + taklif qilmoqchiman: sizni kinoga taklif qilmoqchiman. To accept: albatta kelaman. To say no politely: kechirasiz, kela olmayman — “I can't come”. Learn this phrase as a whole: a plain kelmayman sounds blunt.
Common mistakes:
• ×Sizni bayram tabriklayman → Sizni bayram bilan tabriklayman
• ×Baxtli tugʻilgan kun! (for “Happy birthday!”) → Tugʻilgan kuningiz muborak boʻlsin!
• ×toy — wedding → toʻy (toy means “foal”)
• ×Men kelaman emas → kela olmayman
Holidays and dates
You only need to recognize the names of the two religious holidays, Ramazon hayiti and Qurbon hayiti.
| Holiday | When | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Yangi yil | 1-yanvar | New Year |
| Navroʻz | 21-mart | the spring New Year |
| Mustaqillik kuni | 1-sentabr | Independence Day |
| Ramazon hayiti | on a different day every year | the holiday at the end of the month of fasting |
| Qurbon hayiti | on a different day every year | the second big religious holiday |
| toʻy | on any day | a wedding, a family celebration |
| tugʻilgan kun | everyone has their own | birthday |
Congratulating, wishing, inviting
You only need to recognize four more words: tilak — a good wish, nishonlamoq — to celebrate a holiday, taklifnoma — an invitation card, sumalak — a spring dish cooked for Navroʻz.
| What we want | How to say it |
|---|---|
| to congratulate | … muborak boʻlsin |
| to congratulate using a verb | sizni … bilan tabriklayman |
| to wish | baxtli boʻling; sizga omad |
| to invite | sizni …ga taklif qilmoqchiman |
| to accept | albatta kelaman |
| to decline politely | kechirasiz, kela olmayman |
Lesson notes
Bayramlar: congratulating, wishing, inviting
In Uzbek, holiday wishes are set phrases. The holidays and their dates are in the table. The word toʻy means a wedding or any family celebration.
• Say the holiday with the ending for “your” (siz or sen) or “his / her” and add muborak boʻlsin: toʻyingiz muborak boʻlsin with siz, toʻying muborak boʻlsin to a friend. You can drop the ending: Navroʻz muborak boʻlsin. The word boʻlsin is used only in set wishes.
• The second way is the verb tabriklamoq (“to congratulate”): whom takes -ni, on what takes bilan: sizni bayram bilan tabriklayman.
• To wish: baxtli boʻling — “be happy”; sizga omad — “good luck to you”.
To invite: sizni + where to (with -ga) + taklif qilmoqchiman: sizni kinoga taklif qilmoqchiman. To accept: albatta kelaman. To say no politely: kechirasiz, kela olmayman — “I can't come”. Learn this phrase as a whole: a plain kelmayman sounds blunt.
Common mistakes:
• ×Sizni bayram tabriklayman → Sizni bayram bilan tabriklayman
• ×Baxtli tugʻilgan kun! (for “Happy birthday!”) → Tugʻilgan kuningiz muborak boʻlsin!
• ×toy — wedding → toʻy (toy means “foal”)
• ×Men kelaman emas → kela olmayman
Module 7 summary
The module “A1 extras” is done. Now you can:
• fill in a form — anketa: last name, first name, patronymic, address, marital status;
• be a guest: praise the food, politely say no to a second helping — rahmat, toʻydim — and pass on greetings;
• give good wishes for a holiday — muborak boʻlsin, wish happiness and luck, invite someone, and answer an invitation.
Next comes “A1 practice”: the choyxona, the bazaar, the city, and the doctor.