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.
At the bazaar and the store: weight, price, size
At the bazaar and the store: weight, price, size
At the bazaar. To ask the price per kilo: Kilosi qancha? — literally “its kilo — how much?” Weight is a number + kilo or gramm, without -ta: yarim kilo, uch kilo sabzi. Pieces take -ta: beshta olma.
Bargaining. Expensive is qimmat. To ask for a lower price: Arzonroq boʻladimi? — if the seller agrees, you'll hear Boʻladi. You've decided: Buni olaman. The seller will ask Paket kerakmi? and Naqdmi yoki kartami? Change is qaytim; “keep the change” — Qaytimi kerak emas.
At a clothing store. Sizes are ordinal numbers: Nechanchi oʻlcham? — Qirq oltinchi. Too big and too small are just katta and kichik, with the person in -ga: Bu menga katta, “it's too big for me”. Then ask for kichikroq or kattaroq. The most is eng: eng yaxshi. To try on is kiyib koʻrmoq. Krossovka means sneakers.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “ikkita kilo uzum” → ikki kilo uzum
• NOT “Men bu katta” → Bu menga katta
• NOT “Bu qimmat yoʻq” → Bu qimmat emas
How much to buy
Weight takes no -ta; pieces take -ta.
| In Uzbek | In English |
|---|---|
| yarim kilo | half a kilo |
| bir kilo | a kilo |
| bir yarim kilo | one and a half kilos |
| ikki yuz gramm | two hundred grams |
| oʻnta tuxum | ten eggs |
Lesson notes
At the bazaar and the store: weight, price, size
At the bazaar. To ask the price per kilo: Kilosi qancha? — literally “its kilo — how much?” Weight is a number + kilo or gramm, without -ta: yarim kilo, uch kilo sabzi. Pieces take -ta: beshta olma.
Bargaining. Expensive is qimmat. To ask for a lower price: Arzonroq boʻladimi? — if the seller agrees, you'll hear Boʻladi. You've decided: Buni olaman. The seller will ask Paket kerakmi? and Naqdmi yoki kartami? Change is qaytim; “keep the change” — Qaytimi kerak emas.
At a clothing store. Sizes are ordinal numbers: Nechanchi oʻlcham? — Qirq oltinchi. Too big and too small are just katta and kichik, with the person in -ga: Bu menga katta, “it's too big for me”. Then ask for kichikroq or kattaroq. The most is eng: eng yaxshi. To try on is kiyib koʻrmoq. Krossovka means sneakers.
Common mistakes:
• NOT “ikkita kilo uzum” → ikki kilo uzum
• NOT “Men bu katta” → Bu menga katta
• NOT “Bu qimmat yoʻq” → Bu qimmat emas