Contacts & SNS

1. تېلېفون نومۇرىڭىز نېمە؟

   Te-le-fon no-mur-ing-iz né-me?

   What is your phone number?

   Usage

   Politely asking for someone's phone number

   Grammar Note

   "تېلېفون" (telephone) is a European loanword. "نومۇر" (number) is borrowed from Russian "номер."

2. مېنىڭ تېلېفون نومۇرۇم ...

   Me-ning te-le-fon no-mur-um ...

   My phone number is...

   Usage

   Sharing your own phone number

   Grammar Note

   "-ۇم/-ىم" is the first-person possessive suffix (my). Uyghur is agglutinative, adding suffixes to nouns to show possession.

3. ئېلېكتىرون خەت ئادرېسىڭىز بارمۇ؟

   E-lek-ti-ron xet ad-res-ing-iz bar-mu?

   Do you have an email address?

   Usage

   Asking if someone has an email address

   Grammar Note

   "ئېلېكتىرون" is from Russian, "خەت" (letter) from Arabic. Uyghur is a rich blend of vocabulary from multiple source languages.

4. WeChat نومۇرىڭىزنى ئالسام بولامدۇ؟

   WeChat no-mur-ing-iz-ni al-sam bo-lam-du?

   May I have your WeChat ID?

   Usage

   Exchanging WeChat IDs

   Grammar Note

   WeChat is the primary communication tool across China including Xinjiang. Conditional "-سام" means "if I (do something)."

5. ئادرېسىڭىز قەيەردە؟

   Ad-res-ing-iz qey-er-de?

   What is your address?

   Usage

   Asking for someone's address

   Grammar Note

   "قەيەردە" = "قەيەر" (where) + "-دە" (locative). Standard Uyghur location question structure.

6. ماڭا خەت يازسىڭىز ياخشى ئىدى

   Ma-nga xet yaz-sing-iz yax-shi i-di

   Please send me a message

   Usage

   Politely asking someone to send you a message

   Grammar Note

   "خەت" (letter/message) is from Arabic. Dative "-ا/-گە/-قا" marks the recipient "to/for."

7. قايتا كۆرۈشكەندە خۇشال بولىمەن

   Qa-yi-ta kö-rüsh-ken-de xu-shal bo-li-men

   I look forward to seeing you again

   Usage

   Expressing anticipation of a future meeting when saying goodbye

   Grammar Note

   "خۇشال" (happy) is borrowed from Persian "خوشحال." Temporal "-كەندە" means "when (something happens)."

8. بىزنىس كارتىڭىز بارمۇ؟

   Biz-nis kar-ting-iz bar-mu?

   Do you have a business card?

   Usage

   Asking for a business card in a professional context

   Grammar Note

   "بىزنىس" (business) and "كارت" (card) are both English loanwords. Business card exchange is common in Xinjiang business settings.

9. سىز بىلەن دوستلاشقىلى خالايمەن

   Siz bi-len dost-lash-qi-li xa-lay-men

   I would like to be friends with you

   Usage

   Expressing a wish to build a friendship

   Grammar Note

   "دوست" (friend) is a Persian loanword. "-لاشمق" is a reciprocal suffix expressing mutual action (becoming friends with each other).

10. سوتسىئال تور ئاككاۋۇنتىڭىز بارمۇ؟

    Sot-si-al tor ak-ka-wunt-ing-iz bar-mu?

    Do you have a social media account?

    Usage

    Asking about social media presence

    Grammar Note

    Digital English loanwords are increasingly used in Uyghur. "تور" originally means "net/web," extended to mean network/internet.

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