Yordam bering!
Yor-dam be-ring!
Help!
Usage
Calling for help in an emergency situation.
Grammar Note
Yordam (help) is from Persian. Bering is the polite imperative of ber- (to give).
Tez yordam chaqiring!
Tez yor-dam cha-qi-ring!
Call an ambulance!
Usage
Asking someone to call an ambulance in a medical emergency.
Grammar Note
Tez (fast) + yordam (help) = tez yordam (emergency assistance). Emergency number in Uzbekistan: 103.
Militsiya chaqiring!
Mi-lit-si-ya cha-qi-ring!
Call the police!
Usage
Calling for police assistance. Uzbekistan uses the Soviet-era term "militsiya" for police.
Grammar Note
Militsiya is from Russian милиция. A Soviet-era term still used in Central Asia.
O't yong'ini!
O't yon-g'i-ni!
Fire!
Usage
Alerting people to a fire.
Grammar Note
O't has multiple meanings including fire and grass. Yong'in (blaze) is more specific. Fire department: 101.
Men yo'qotib qo'ydim
Men yo'qo-tib qo'y-dim
I lost (something)
Usage
Reporting a lost item such as a passport or wallet.
Grammar Note
Qo'y- (put) as auxiliary expresses completed/unintended action. Yo'qot- (lose) + -ib + qo'ydim = 'I ended up losing'.
Menga shifokor kerak
Me-nga shi-fo-kor ke-rak
I need a doctor
Usage
Requesting medical help when ill or injured.
Grammar Note
Shifokor = Persian shifā (healing) + kor (doer). Men + -ga (dative) = menga (to me / for me).
Kasalxona qayerda?
Ka-sal-xo-na qa-yer-da?
Where is the hospital?
Usage
Asking for the location of the nearest hospital in an emergency.
Grammar Note
Kasalxona = kasal (sick) + xona (room). Persian xāna (house/room) is a frequent compound element in Uzbek.
Allergiyam bor
Al-ler-gi-yam bor
I have an allergy
Usage
Informing medical staff or restaurant staff about an allergy.
Grammar Note
Allergiyam = allergiya + -m (1st person possessive). "Having" is expressed with bor (there is).
Elchixona qayerda?
El-chi-xo-na qa-yer-da?
Where is the embassy?
Usage
Finding your embassy in case of lost passport or other emergency.
Grammar Note
Elchixona = elchi (envoy) + xona (house). The suffix xona often forms institution names in Uzbek.
Menga ichimlik kerak
Me-nga i-chim-lik ke-rak
I need a drink / water
Usage
Requesting water or a drink when dehydrated. Especially important in desert regions.
Grammar Note
Ichimlik = ich- (drink) + -im + -lik (nominalizer). Stacking suffixes is characteristic of Uzbek agglutination.
Bas qiling!
Stop it!
Usage
Show this firmly to persistent touts, scammers, or anyone threatening; you do not have to say it aloud. It is blunt on purpose — do not soften it here
Menga tegmang!
Don't touch me!
Usage
Show this to anyone putting hands on you; it lets you refuse without raising your voice in a crowd
Meni tinch qo'ying!
Leave me alone!
Usage
For shaking off someone who keeps following you — a step firmer than "Bas qiling!"
Narsalarim o'g'irlandi
My things were stolen
Usage
For reporting a theft to police or your hotel; point at what was taken. Insurance claims need a police report
O'g'ri
Thief
Usage
The word for a person who steals; show it when reporting to police or bystanders. The act of stealing is "o'g'rilik"
Talonchilik
Robbery
Usage
The legal term for the crime of taking another person's property; used when reporting to the police in Uzbekistan
Kissavur
Pickpocket
Usage
Someone who lifts things from people in the street or the bazaar; it means "cho'ntak o'g'risi" (pocket thief)
Odam o'g'irlash
Kidnapping
Usage
The phrase for abducting a person; o'g'irlamoq covers both stealing objects and carrying a person off by force
Qotillik
Murder
Usage
The act of killing a person; a noun formed from qotil (murderer)
G'alayon
Riot
Usage
Protest unrest or disorder; show it to describe the situation when the streets turn dangerous
Bomba
Bomb
Usage
An explosive device; it means an explosive or incendiary projectile. Show it when reporting a suspicious object
O't yong'ini! Qoching!
O't yon-g'i-ni! Qo-ching!
Fire! Run!
Usage
Shouted on spotting a fire, to tell people around you to get out
Grammar Note
"O't yong'ini!" plus qoching, the polite imperative of qochmoq (to leave a place, usually running, to escape danger). The -ing ending is the same polite imperative as in "Bas qiling!"
O'g'ri! Ushlang!
O'g'-ri! Ush-lang!
Thief! Catch him!
Usage
Shouted right after a theft to get bystanders to help; point at the person while saying it
Grammar Note
"O'g'ri" plus ushlang, the polite imperative of the verb ushla- (to grip, to catch)
O't o'chirish mashinasini chaqiring!
O't o'-chi-rish ma-shi-na-si-ni cha-qi-ring!
Please call a fire engine
Usage
For asking someone to call the fire brigade; the fire service number in Uzbekistan is 101
Grammar Note
The same "<thing> chaqiring" frame as "Tez yordam chaqiring!". Because the object is a compound ending in the possessive -si, it takes the accusative -ni: mashinasini
Militsiya bo'limi qayerda?
Mi-lit-si-ya bo'-li-mi qa-yer-da?
Where is the police station?
Usage
For asking where to file a report; insurance claims need a police document
Grammar Note
The "<organisation> bo'limi qayerda?" frame from "Pochta bo'limi qayerda?" filled with militsiya (police). Bo'lim (department) + the possessive -i names the branch office
Yapon tilida gaplasha oladigan odam bormi?
Ya-pon ti-li-da gap-la-sha o-la-di-gan o-dam bor-mi?
Is there anyone who speaks Japanese?
Usage
For finding someone who understands Japanese at a hospital, police station or airport
Grammar Note
Combines the "<language> tilida gaplasha ol-" frame of "Ingliz tilida gaplasha olasizmi?" with the "... bormi?" question. Gaplasha oladigan is the participle "who can speak"
Bu odam behush
Bu o-dam be-hush
This person is unconscious
Usage
Point at the person who has collapsed while showing this to the emergency services
Grammar Note
The zero-copula "Bu + noun + predicate" frame of "Bu rasm ajoyib". Behush is Persian be- (without) + hush (consciousness)
Odam suvga cho'kib ketayapti
O-dam suv-ga cho'-kib ke-ta-yap-ti
Someone is drowning
Usage
For alerting people that someone is going under at the water; point while showing it
Grammar Note
Uses the -ayapti progressive of "Qonim ketayapti" with the converb cho'kib. Cho'kmoq is to sink below the surface; suvga cho'kib ketmoq is what Uzbek uses for drowning
Men kaltaklandim
Men kal-tak-lan-dim
I was beaten
Usage
For telling the police or a doctor that you were assaulted
Grammar Note
The same -lan-dim ending (detransitive/passive + 1st person past) as "Tinchlandim". Kaltaklamoq simply means "urmoq" (to hit)
Men pichoqlandim
Men pi-choq-lan-dim
I was stabbed
Usage
For reporting a knife wound; show the injury alongside
Grammar Note
The same -lan-dim frame as "Tinchlandim". Pichoqlamoq is to wound or stab with a pichoq (knife)
Xonamga o'g'ri kirdi
Xo-nam-ga o'g'-ri kir-di
My room was broken into
Usage
For reporting to the hotel or police that your room was entered while you were out
Grammar Note
Xona (room) + -m (my) + -ga (dative) gives 'into my room'. The predicate is kirdi, the 3rd person past of kir- (to enter, the verb behind "Kirish"), with o'g'ri as the subject
O'sha odam jinoyatchi
O'-sha o-dam ji-no-yat-chi
That person is the culprit
Usage
For pointing out the offender to the police; always point at the person while showing it
Grammar Note
The zero-copula "demonstrative + noun + predicate noun" frame of "Bu rasm ajoyib". Jinoyatchi is jinoyat (crime) + the agent suffix -chi
Men aldandim
Men al-dan-dim
I was deceived
Usage
For telling the police you were scammed or overcharged
Grammar Note
The same -n-dim (passive + 1st person past) frame as "Tinchlandim"; a vowel-final stem such as alda- takes -n- rather than -l-
Hamyonim o'g'irlandi
Ham-yo-nim o'g'-ir-lan-di
My wallet was stolen
Usage
For reporting a stolen wallet to the police or your hotel; insurance claims need a police document
Grammar Note
"Narsalarim o'g'irlandi" with narsalarim (my things) replaced by hamyonim (my wallet)
Men unutib qoldirdim
Men u-nu-tib qol-dir-dim
I left it behind
Usage
For saying you left something behind in a shop or vehicle; point at or show a separate card for the item itself
Grammar Note
The same "Men + converb in -ib + auxiliary in the 1st person past" frame as "Men yo'qotib qo'ydim", and it also leaves the object unsaid
Meni mashina urib ketdi
Me-ni ma-shi-na u-rib ket-di
I was hit by a car
Usage
For telling the ambulance crew or police that a car hit you
Grammar Note
The same "subject + 3rd person past in -di" frame as "Yo'l politsiyasi to'xtatdi", with mashina as subject and meni as object
Zaxira chiqishdan qoching!
Za-xi-ra chi-qish-dan qo-ching!
Please escape through the emergency exit
Usage
Show this to direct people to the emergency exit during a fire or earthquake
Grammar Note
Takes "Zaxira chiqish" (emergency exit), adds the ablative -dan, and predicates it with qoching, the polite imperative of qochmoq
Ehtiyot bo'ling!
Eh-ti-yot bo'-ling!
Watch out!
Usage
For warning someone who has not noticed a danger
Grammar Note
The same polite imperative in -ing as "Bas qiling!". Ehtiyot (the precaution one takes against something harmful) + bo'lmoq (to be) gives 'be careful'
Iltimos, tezroq!
Il-ti-mos, tez-roq!
Please hurry
Usage
For asking an ambulance crew or a driver to go faster
Grammar Note
The "Iltimos, ..." opening of "Iltimos, vaqtida keling" with tezroq (tez "fast" + the comparative -roq)
Iltimos, darhol keling
Il-ti-mos, dar-hol ke-ling
Please come right away
Usage
For asking someone on the phone or in person to come immediately
Grammar Note
"Iltimos, vaqtida keling" with vaqtida (on time) replaced by darhol (at once)
Bu favqulodda holat
Bu fav-qu-lod-da ho-lat
It's an emergency
Usage
For making clear that this is an emergency when you are being told to wait
Grammar Note
Puts favqulodda holat (emergency situation) into the zero-copula "Bu + predicate" frame of "Bu rasm ajoyib"
Meni kasalxonaga olib boring
Me-ni ka-sal-xo-na-ga o-lib bo-ring
Please take me to a hospital
Usage
For asking a taxi driver or a bystander to take you to hospital
Grammar Note
Uses olib bor- (to take someone somewhere) from "Bu yo'l qayerga olib boradi?" in the polite imperative, with kasalxonaga and meni
Yo'l-transport hodisasi yuz berdi
Yo'l-trans-port ho-di-sa-si yuz ber-di
There has been a traffic accident
Usage
Report that a road accident has happened, to the emergency line or to bystanders. In Uzbekistan the ambulance is 103 and the police 102
Grammar Note
The "hodisa yuz berdi" frame, with "hodisa" qualified by "yo'l" and "transport" ("Jamoat transporti", public transport); the second noun takes the third-person possessive "-si". "Hodisa" means a change occurring in nature or in the life of society, as in "Baxtsiz hodisa". "Yo'l hodisasi" occurs as "temir yo'l hodisasi" (railway accident); the everyday "avtohalokat" names the vehicle type rather than traffic
Militsiyaga ariza bermoqchiman.
Mi-lit-si-ya-ga a-ri-za ber-moq-chi-man.
I want to file a police report
Usage
Show at the desk when you want to report a theft or other harm to the police. The police number in Uzbekistan is 102
Grammar Note
The "ariza bermoqchiman" of "Men viza uchun ariza bermoqchiman." (I want to apply for a visa), with "militsiya" from "Militsiya chaqiring!" placed in the dative "-ga". "Politsiyaga ariza" is used as in "Rok politsiyaga ariza bermagan" (Rock did not file a report with the police). The name of the document itself (maʼlumotnoma and the like) is unclear. "Politsiya" is the commoner form but "Militsiya" is used here
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