Directions

Learn directions in Uyghur in lesson 24. Study vocabulary, practical phrases and example sentences, then try interactive exercises.

Use selected direction words and fixed questions for finding a place.

Learning objectives

  • Identify and match selected direction and distance words.
  • Recognize fixed questions for asking how to reach or locate a place.
  • Complete and reconstruct selected direction expressions with supplied choices.

How to use this lesson

Use selected direction words and fixed questions for finding a place.

Vocabulary

  • ئوڭ · ong — Right
  • سول · sol — Left
  • شىمال · shimal — North
  • جەنۇب · jenub — South
  • شەرق · sherq — East
  • غەرب · gherb — West
  • يۇقىرى · yuqiri — Up
  • تۆۋەن · töwen — Down
  • ئالدىغا · aldigha — Forward
  • كەينىگە · keynige — Backward
  • خەرىتە · xerite — Map
  • يېقىن · yéqin — Near
  • يىراق · yiraq — Far

Practical phrases

  • بۇ يەرگە قانداق بارىمەن · Bu yerge qandaq barimen — How do I get here?
  • يولنى كۆرسىتىپ بېرەمسىز · Yolni körsitip béremsiz — Can you show me the way?
  • مەن ئېزىپ قالدىم · Men ézip qaldim — I am lost.
  • خەرىتىدە كۆرسىتىپ بېرەمسىز · Xeritide körsitip béremsiz — Can you show me on the map?
  • بۇ يەردىن يىراقمۇ · Bu yerdin yiraqmu — Is it far from here?
  • قانداق · Qandaq — How
  • قەيەردە · Qeyerde — Where?
  • نېمە · Néme — What
  • قاچان · Qachan — When?

Context examples

  • ئۇ يەرگە قانداق بارىمەن؟ — How do I get there?
  • بۇ يەردىن يىراقمۇ؟ — Is it far from here?
  • بۇ يەردىن سولغا بۇرۇلۇڭ. — Turn left here.
  • ئۇدۇل ئالدىڭىزغا مېڭىڭ — Go straight ahead.
  • ئادىرېسى نېمە؟ — What is the address?
  • مەن ئېزىپ قالدىم. — I am lost.
  • خەرىتىدە كۆرسىتىپ بېرەمسىز؟ — Can you show me on the map?

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