Uyghur Nouns
Welcome to the third Uyghur lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Uyghur to help you practice your daily phrases. To hear the pronunciation, just click on the sound icon.
potatoes بەرەڭگە [berengge] | tomatoes شوخلا [shoxla] | onions پىياز [piyaz] | carrots سەۋزە [sewze] |
fruits مېۋە [mëwe] | apples ئالما [alma] | bananas بانان [banan] | oranges ئاپېلسىن [apëlsin] |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Uyghur + Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | سىزدە سۈت بارمۇ؟ [sizde süt barmu?] |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | مەندە سۈت ۋە قەھۋە بار [mende süt we qehwe bar] |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | ئۇنىڭدا ئۈچ ئالما بار [uningda üch alma bar] |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | ئۇنىڭدا بىرلا ئالما بار [uningda birla almi bar] |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | بىز بىر كىچىك ئۆيدە ياشايمىز(تۇرىمىز) [biz bir kichik öyde yashaymiz(turimiz)] |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | مەن ناشتىلىقىمىزنى ياقتۇرىمەن [men nashtiliqimizni yaqturimen] |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread بولكا [bolka] | milk سۈت [süt] | butter مەسكە [meske] | cheese پىشلاق [pishlaq] |
coffee قەھۋە [qehwe] | sandwich ساندۋىچ [sandwich] | meat گۆش [gösh] | chicken توخۇ [toxu] |
fish بېلىق [bëliq] | breakfast ناشتىلىق [nashtiliq] | lunch چۈشلۈك تاماق [chüshlük tamaq] | dinner كەچلىك تاماق [kechlik tamaq] |
Conversation in Uyghur
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Uyghur | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Uyghur)? | ئېنگلىزچە\پەنجابچە سۆزلىيەلەمسىز؟ | [ën'glizche/Penjabche sözliyelemsiz?] |
| Just a little | ئازراقلا | [azraqla] |
| I like Uyghur | پەنجابچىنى ياقتۇرىمەن | [penjabchini yaqturimen] |
| Can I practice with you? | سىز بىلەن مەشىق(پراكتىكا) قىلسام بولامدۇ؟ | [siz bilen meshiq(praktika) qilsam bolamdu?] |
| How old are you? | قانچە ياشقا كىردىڭىز؟ | [qanche yashqa kirdingiz?] |
| I'm thirty three years old | ئوتتۇز ئۈچ ياشقا كىردىم | [ottuz üch yashqa kirdim] |
| It was nice talking to you | بۇ ياخشى سۆھبەت بولدى | [bu yaxshi söhbet boldi] |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Uyghur. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Uyghur Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |
