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.
At the choyxona and the canteen: a seat, the order, the check
At the choyxona and the canteen: a seat, the order, the check
A teahouse is a choyxona; a canteen is an oshxona (the same word as “kitchen”). To ask if a seat is free: Bu joy boʻshmi? You know boʻsh, “free, empty”, from boʻsh vaqt. In a canteen you serve yourself and pay at the checkout — kassada.
What's on today: Bugun nima bor? Isn't the dish spicy: Achchiq emasmi? Plov is made for lunch, so later you may hear tugadi, “it's run out”. About yourself: Qornim och, “I'm hungry” (literally “my stomach is hungry”), Chanqadim, “I'm thirsty”.
An order is “to whom + what + bering”: Bizga ikkita manti bering. Unlike English “give me”, the verb comes last. Portions and pieces are counted with -ta, and the noun stays singular: bitta osh, uchta non. Tea comes by the pot: bir choynak choy. One more — yana bitta.
The check is hisob. There's one and it's known, so it takes -ni: Hisobni bering. You also need -ni when the dish is named with bu, shu or the ending “your” (oshingiz); for a dish in general there is no -ni. “How much do we owe?” — Qancha boʻldi? By card — karta bilan, in cash — naqd. Is a card OK? Mumkinmi? — Mumkin, Boʻladi or Boʻlmaydi.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Men choy bering” → Menga choy bering
• NOT “uchta piyolalar” → uchta piyola
• NOT “Bu taom achchiq yoʻq” → Bu taom achchiq emas
How much to order
Portions and pieces take -ta; tea comes by the teapot or the tea bowl.
| In Uzbek | In English |
|---|---|
| bitta osh | one portion of plov |
| ikkita somsa | two samsas |
| uchta non | three flatbreads |
| bir choynak choy | a pot of tea |
| bir piyola choy | a bowl of tea |
| yana bitta | one more |
Lesson notes
At the choyxona and the canteen: a seat, the order, the check
A teahouse is a choyxona; a canteen is an oshxona (the same word as “kitchen”). To ask if a seat is free: Bu joy boʻshmi? You know boʻsh, “free, empty”, from boʻsh vaqt. In a canteen you serve yourself and pay at the checkout — kassada.
What's on today: Bugun nima bor? Isn't the dish spicy: Achchiq emasmi? Plov is made for lunch, so later you may hear tugadi, “it's run out”. About yourself: Qornim och, “I'm hungry” (literally “my stomach is hungry”), Chanqadim, “I'm thirsty”.
An order is “to whom + what + bering”: Bizga ikkita manti bering. Unlike English “give me”, the verb comes last. Portions and pieces are counted with -ta, and the noun stays singular: bitta osh, uchta non. Tea comes by the pot: bir choynak choy. One more — yana bitta.
The check is hisob. There's one and it's known, so it takes -ni: Hisobni bering. You also need -ni when the dish is named with bu, shu or the ending “your” (oshingiz); for a dish in general there is no -ni. “How much do we owe?” — Qancha boʻldi? By card — karta bilan, in cash — naqd. Is a card OK? Mumkinmi? — Mumkin, Boʻladi or Boʻlmaydi.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “Men choy bering” → Menga choy bering
• NOT “uchta piyolalar” → uchta piyola
• NOT “Bu taom achchiq yoʻq” → Bu taom achchiq emas