Uyghur Food
Learn uyghur food in Uyghur in lesson 31. Study vocabulary, practical phrases and example sentences, then try interactive exercises.
Recognize selected food names and reuse fixed expressions for eating and ordering.
Learning objectives
- Identify selected canonical Uyghur food, drink, and ingredient words.
- Recognize fixed expressions about hunger, tea, food, and ordering laghman.
- Complete and reconstruct selected food expressions with supplied choices.
How to use this lesson
Recognize selected food names and reuse fixed expressions for eating and ordering.
Vocabulary
- نان · nan — Bread
- لەغمەن · leghmen — Laghman (pulled noodles)
- پولۇ · polu — Polo (Pilaf)
- سامسا · samsa — Samsa
- مانتا · manta — Manta (steamed dumpling)
- چۆچۈرە · chöchüre — Chöchürä (dumpling soup)
- كاۋاپ · kawap — Kebab
- گۈرۈچ · gürüch — Rice
- چاي · chay — Tea
- سۇ · su — Water
- گۆش · gösh — Meat
- شورپا · shorpa — Soup
- كۆكتات · köktat — Vegetable
- تۇز · tuz — Salt
- مەززىلىك · mezzilik — Delicious
Practical phrases
- ئاش · Ash — Food
- تاماق · Tamaq — Meal
- نان · Nan — Bread
- چاي · Chay — Tea
- قورسىقىم ئاچتى · Qorsiqim achti — I am hungry
- مەن لەغمەن بۇيرۇتماقچى · Men leghmen buyurtmaqchi — I would like to order laghman.
- چاي بارمۇ · Chay barmu — Do you have tea?
- تاماق ناھايىتى مەززىلىك بوپتۇ · Tamaq nahayiti mezzilik boptu — The food was very delicious.
Context examples
- قورسىقىم ئاچتى — I am hungry.
- تائام بەك مەززىلىك. — The food is delicious.
- مەن چاي ئىچكۈم بار. — I would like some tea.
- بۇ تاماق ئاچچىق. — This dish is spicy.
- بەك مەززىلىك بولدى. — It was very delicious.
- مەن ھەر كۈنى ئەتىگەندە چاي ئىچىمەن. — I drink tea every morning.
- مەن لەغمەن يېگۈم بار. — I would like laghman.