Food
Learn food in Uyghur in lesson 11. Study vocabulary, practical phrases and example sentences, then try interactive exercises.
Recognize common foods and useful fixed expressions about meals.
Learning objectives
- Identify and match selected staple foods and Uyghur dishes.
- Recognize selected fixed expressions about hunger, food, and ordering.
- Complete and reorder selected food expressions using provided choices.
How to use this lesson
Recognize common foods and useful fixed expressions about meals.
Vocabulary
- نان · nan — Bread
- گۈرۈچ · gürüch — Rice
- گۆش · gösh — Meat
- تۇخۇم · tuxum — Egg
- ئىرىمچىك · irimchik — Cheese
- قېتىق · qétiq — Yogurt
- ھەسەل · hesel — Honey
- شورپا · shorpa — Soup
- كۆكتات · köktat — Vegetable
- تۇز · tuz — Salt
- پولۇ · polu — Polo (Pilaf)
- سامسا · samsa — Samsa
- لەغمەن · leghmen — Laghman (pulled noodles)
- كاۋاپ · kawap — Kebab
Practical phrases
- ئاش · Ash — Food
- تاماق · Tamaq — Meal
- نان · Nan — Bread
- قورسىقىم ئاچتى · Qorsiqim achti — I am hungry
- مەن لەغمەن بۇيرۇتماقچى · Men leghmen buyurtmaqchi — I would like to order laghman.
- گۆشسىز تاماق بارمۇ · Göshsiz tamaq barmu — Do you have vegetarian food?
- تاماق ناھايىتى مەززىلىك بوپتۇ · Tamaq nahayiti mezzilik boptu — The food was very delicious.
- تۇزىنى ئازراق قىلىڭ · Tuzini azraq qiling — Please use less salt.
Context examples
- قورسىقىم ئاچتى — I am hungry.
- تائام بەك مەززىلىك. — The food is delicious.
- بۇ تاماق ئاچچىق. — This dish is spicy.
- گۆشسىز تاماق بارمۇ؟ — Do you have vegetarian food?
- بەك مەززىلىك بولدى. — It was very delicious.
- بىز كەچلىك تاماقنى بىللە يەيمىز. — We eat dinner together.
- مەن لەغمەن يېگۈم بار. — I would like laghman.