In this seventh lesson of our Uzbek language course, you’ll learn the days of the week and useful goodbye phrases like “See you on Friday” or “Bye!” As always, you’ll hear native-speaker audio, helping you master pronunciation from the start.
Uzbek Days of the Week with Pronunciation – Hafta kunlari
The days of the week in Uzbek are: dushanba, seshanba, chorshanba, payshanba, juma, shanba, yakshanba. Thursday in Uzbek is payshanba.
dushanba – Monday
seshanba – Tuesday
chorshanba – Wednesday
payshanba – Thursday
juma – Friday
shanba – Saturday
yakshanba – Sunday
Just like in Russian (unlike English), in Uzbek the days of the week are written with a lowercase letter.
Exercises to Practice the Days of the Week in Uzbek
Exercise 1. Listen and repeat the days of the week.
Exercise 2. Write the days of the week.
bugun = _______________
ertaga = _______________
hafta oxiri (uikend) = _______________ va __________________
bugun – today
ertaga – tomorrow
kun – day
hafta – week
Exercise 3. Say the days of the week from Monday (dushanba) to Sunday (yakshanba) from memory. Answer the question: O’zbek tili darslaringiz qaysi kunlari? — On which days are your Uzbek lessons?
Example answer: Dushanba, chorshanba va juma kunlari.
qaysi — which
Bugun qaysi kun? — What day is it today?
Bugun chorshanba. — Today is Wednesday.
Ertaga qaysi kun? — What day is it tomorrow?
Ertaga payshanba. — Tomorrow is Thursday.
To say on which day of the week something will happen, we usually do not add the suffix -da (though sometimes we do). The translation of “on Thursday” will be payshanba kuni, where -i is a third-person possessive suffix.
Qaysi kuni? — when, on which day
Exercise 4. Write the next day of the week.
1 shanba yakshanba dushanba
2 dushanba seshanba _________
3 payshanba juma ____________
4 yakshanba dushanba ___________
5 juma shanba ________________
6 seshanba chorshanba ____________
7 chorshanba payshanba ____________
Exercise 5. Give true answers about yourself using full sentences.
1 Ismingiz nima?
_______________________
2 Qaysi sinfdasiz? (What grade are you in? (this may also refer to your classroom number))
_________________________
3 Bugun qaysi kun?
_________________________
4 O’zbek tili darslaringiz qaysi kunlari?
___________________________
Exercise 6. Find the words for numbers from 0 to 10 and the days of the week.
Write these words.
Sonlar (Numbers)
0 nol
1 _____________
2 _____________
3 ______________
4 ______________
5 _______________
6 _______________
7 ________________
8 _________________
9 ________________
10 _______________
Hafta kunlari (Days of the week)
dushanba
s____________
ch___________
p______________
j______________
sh_____________
ya______________
Review the material. Work in pairs. One of you says a number from 0 to 10 or a day of the week. The other says the next number or day. Then switch roles. For example:
ikki → uch
seshanba → chorshanba
yetti → sakkiz
How to Say Goodbye in Uzbek
Here is how to say goodbye and bye in Uzbek: Xayr, Salomat bo‘ling, etc.
Exercise 7. Listen and repeat.
Exercise 8. Say goodbye in Uzbek in different ways. For example: Xayr. Ertaga ko’rishguncha.
Exercise 9. Listen and repeat the words and phrases.
Common Farewell Phrases: “Bye”, “See You Tomorrow”, etc.
Xayr. – Bye. / Goodbye.
Xayr. Ko‘rishguncha. – Bye. See you.
Juma kuni ko’rishguncha. – See you on Friday.
Ertaga ko’rishguncha. – See you tomorrow.
Salomat bo’ling! – Goodbye! / Have a nice day. (Literally: Be healthy!)
Exercise 10. Complete the dialogues using words or phrases from the list.
Ismingiz nima? Rahmat. Tanishganimdan xursandman. Ikki stakan kofe, iltimos. Uzr. Ertaga ko’rishguncha.
1 A: Ikki stakan kofe, iltimos.
B: Xo’p. Bir daqiqa kuting.
2 A: Salom. Lolaman.
B: Salom. Anvarman. _________________.
3 A: Assalomu alaykum! Men Sashaman. _____________________?
B: Alisherman.
4 A: Xayr. _____________________.
B: Yo’q. Juma kuni ko’rishguncha.
A: Ha. Uzr. Juma kuni ko’rishguncha.
5 A: Vladimir emasman. Borisman.
B: ________________________________.
6 A: Violettamisiz? Sizning choy.
B: _______________________________.
Have you memorized the Uzbek days of the week? Do you know how to say “see you tomorrow” or “goodbye” in Uzbek? Leave a comment and share the phrases that you remember best!
Previous lesson: Lesson 6. Uzbek letters Ss, Oo, O’o’
Next lesson: Lesson 8. Countries, “where” and “from where”, -dan and -da
Answers to exercises
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Exercise 2. bugun = yakshanba (the answer depends on the day of the week when you are doing this task)
ertaga = dushanba (the answer corresponds to the next day of the week after the one when you’re doing the task)
uikend = shanba va yakshanba
Exercise 4. 2 chorshanba 3 shanba 4 seshanba 5 yakshanba 6 payshanba 7 juma
Exercise 5. Answers that are true for you. As an example, I will give my own answers (I had to make up the second and fourth). 1 Ismim Marina. 2 Beshinchi sinfdaman. 3 Bugun yakshanba. 4 Dushanba, chorshanba va juma kunlari.
Exercise 6.
You found the days of the week and numbers in Uzbek Sonlar: bir, ikki, uch, to’rt, besh, olti, yetti, sakkiz, to’qqiz, o’n Hafta kunlari: seshanba, chorshanba, payshanba, juma, shanba, yakshanba
Exercise 10. 2 Tanishganimdan xursandman. 3 Ismingiz nima? 4 Ertaga ko’rishguncha. 5 Uzr. 6 Rahmat.