Greetings
Learn greetings in Uyghur in lesson 1. Study vocabulary, practical phrases and example sentences, then try interactive exercises.
Learn common greetings and farewells
Learning objectives
- Identify selected everyday greetings, farewells, and courtesy expressions.
- Recognize the meanings and forms of selected arrival, departure, morning, and evening greetings.
- Complete and reorder selected fixed greeting expressions using provided support.
How to use this lesson
Recognize fixed greetings and courtesy expressions. Basic Uyghur Arabic-script reading is recommended before starting, and typed listening requires Uyghur keyboard input. No productive grammar is implied.
Vocabulary
- سالام · salam — Hello
- خەير · xeyr — Goodbye
- رەھمەت · rehmet — Thank you
- كەچۈرۈڭ · kechürüng — Sorry
- ئۆتۈنۈپ قالاي · ötünüp qalay — Please
- ھەئە · hee — Yes
- ياق · yaq — No
- خۇش كەپسىز · xush kepsiz — Welcome
- خەيرلىك سەھەر · xeyrlik seher — Good morning
- خەيرلىك كەچ · xeyrlik kech — Good evening
- ياخشىمۇسىز؟ · yaxshimusiz؟ — How are you?
Practical phrases
- سالام · Salam — Hello
- ئەسسالامۇ ئەلەيكۇم · Essalamu eleykum — Peace be upon you
- خۇش كەلدىڭىز · Xush keldingiz — Welcome
- رەھمەت · Rähmet — Thank you
- چوڭ رەھمەت · Chong rähmet — Thank you very much
- كەچۈرۈڭ · Kechürüng — Excuse me
- خەير خوش · Xeyr xosh — Goodbye
- خەيرلىك سەھەر · Xeyrlik seher — Good morning
- خەيرلىك كەچ · Xeyrlik kech — Good evening
- ئەرزىمەيدۇ · Erzimeydu — You're welcome
Context examples
- خەيرلىك سەھەر! — Good morning!
- كېيىن كۆرۈشەيلى. — See you later.
- خەيرلىك كەچ! — Good evening!
- خۇش كەپسىز! — Welcome!
- كۆپتىن - كۆپ رەھمەت — Thank you very much.
- ئەرزىمەيدۇ. — You're welcome.
- كەچۈرۈڭ. — Excuse me.