ياردەم بېرىڭ!
Yar-dem be-ring!
Help me!
Usage
Calling for help in an emergency
Grammar Note
"ياردەم" means "help / assistance." "بېر" (give) + "-ىڭ" (polite imperative). Shout loudly in emergencies.
دوختۇر چاقىرىڭ!
Dokh-tur cha-qi-ring!
Call a doctor!
Usage
In a medical emergency
Grammar Note
"دوختۇر" borrowed from Russian "доктор." "چاقىر" (call) + "-ىڭ" (polite imperative). Emergency numbers: 120 (ambulance), 110 (police).
پوليس چاقىرىڭ!
Po-lis cha-qi-ring!
Call the police!
Usage
When police assistance is needed
Grammar Note
"پوليس" is an international loanword. Emergency number for police in China (including Xinjiang) is 110.
مەندە ئاغرىق بار
Men-de agh-riq bar
I am in pain
Usage
Describing physical pain
Grammar Note
"Mende ~ bar" is the possessive/existential pattern "I have ~." "Aghriq" means "pain."
دورىخانا قەيەردە؟
Do-ri-kha-na qey-er-de?
Where is the pharmacy?
Usage
Looking for a pharmacy to buy medicine
Grammar Note
"دورىخانا" = "dora" (medicine) + "khana" (place/store). Compound noun for pharmacy. "Qeyerde" = "where."
مېنى دوختۇرخانىغا ئاپىرىڭ
Mé-ni dokh-tur-kha-ni-gha a-pi-ring
Please take me to the hospital
Usage
When you need to be taken to the hospital
Grammar Note
"دوختۇرخانە" = "دوختۇر" (doctor) + "خانە" (house/place) = hospital. The accusative suffix is "-نى"; the accusative of "مەن" (I) is "مېنى" (me). Dative "-غا" = "to."
ئوغرى!
Ogh-ri!
Thief!
Usage
When being robbed or pickpocketed
Grammar Note
"ئوغرى" is the Uyghur/Turkic word for thief. Shout loudly to alert bystanders. Common across Central Asian Turkic languages.
پاسپورتۇم يوقالدى
Pas-por-tum yo-qal-di
I lost my passport
Usage
Reporting a lost passport
Grammar Note
"پاسپورت" + "-ۇم" (1st person possessive) = "my passport." "يوقال" (to be lost) + "-دى" (past tense). Report to your embassy.
مېنىڭ سىغۇرتام بار
Mé-ning si-ghur-tam bar
I have insurance
Usage
Informing medical staff or authorities that you have insurance
Grammar Note
"سىغۇرتا" from Russian "страховка" (insurance). Possession: "مېنىڭ X بار" (I have X, literally "my X exists").
ئوت كەتتى!
Ot ket-ti!
Fire!
Usage
When a fire breaks out
Grammar Note
"ئوت" (fire) + "كەت" (go/occur, completive auxiliary) + "-تى" (past) = "fire broke out." "كەت-" marks completion of change.
مەن ئاللېرگىيە دەردىگە گىرىپتار
Men al-lér-gi-ye der-di-ge gi-rip-tar
I have allergies
Usage
Informing medical staff about allergies
Grammar Note
"گىرىپتار" from Persian "giriftār" (caught/afflicted). The idiom "〜دەردىگە گىرىپتار" means "afflicted by the illness of 〜."
توختاڭ!
Tox-tang!
Stop it!
Usage
Cuts off pushy touts and scams; you can show it on screen without raising your voice
ماڭا تەگمەڭ!
Man-ga teg-meng!
Don't touch me!
Usage
A blunt line for anyone putting hands on you — bluntness is the point here
نەرسەم ئوغرىلاندى
Ner-sem ogh-ri-lan-di
My things were stolen
Usage
For reporting a theft to the police (110) or at your hotel desk
يولدىن ئېزىپ قالدىم
Yol-din é-zip qal-dim
I'm lost
Usage
For asking a passer-by for help; show it with your hotel card or a map
بۇلاڭچىلىق
Bu-lang-chi-liq
Robbery
Usage
Show when reporting that you were robbed by force
قاتىللىق
Qa-til-liq
Murder
Usage
The action noun of "qatil" (one who has killed); show when reporting the crime
توپىلاڭ
To-pi-lang
Riot
Usage
The word for street unrest; a rare homograph also means loose dusty soil
بومبا
Bom-ba
Bomb
Usage
A loanword via Russian; show to report a suspicious device
ئوت كەتتى! قېچىڭ!
Ot ket-ti! Qé-ching!
Fire! Run!
Usage
Show to warn the people around you and get them out when you notice a fire
Grammar Note
The first half repeats "Ot ketti!" (fire!). "Qéching" is the polite imperative of "qachmaq" (to flee from danger); the stem vowel a shifts to é, exactly as in "mangmaq" → "méngüng".
ئوغرى! تۇتۇڭ!
Ogh-ri! Tu-tung!
Thief! Catch him!
Usage
Shout or show this to the people around you right after something is snatched from you
Grammar Note
Reuses the word "Oghri!" (thief) as a shout. "Tutung" is the polite imperative of "tutmaq," in the sense "to chase, hunt down and get hold of."
ئوت ئۆچۈرۈش ماشىنىسى چاقىرىڭ!
Ot ö-chü-rüsh ma-shi-ni-si cha-qi-ring!
Please call a fire engine
Usage
Show to ask someone to call the fire brigade when there is a fire
Grammar Note
The "X chaqiring!" ("please call X") pattern filled with "ot öchürüsh mashinisi" (fire engine); the same frame as "Dokhtur chaqiring!" (please call a doctor).
ساقچىخانا قەيەردە؟
Saq-chi-kha-na qey-er-de?
Where is the police station?
Usage
Show to a passer-by when you need to find the police station to report a theft or an accident
Grammar Note
The "X qeyerde?" ("where is X?") pattern filled with "saqchikhana," meaning the basic-level organ of the public security authorities, i.e. the station itself.
ياپونچە بىلىدىغان ئادەم بارمۇ؟
Ya-pon-che bi-li-di-ghan a-dem bar-mu?
Is there anyone who speaks Japanese?
Usage
Show at a police station, hospital or hotel desk when you are looking for someone who can interpret
Grammar Note
Uses the same "language + bilmek" construction as "Uyghurche bilmeymen" (I do not speak Uyghur); "bilidighan" is its participle, placed in the "X barmu?" ("is there X?") frame.
بۇ ئادەم ھوشسىز
Bu a-dem hosh-siz
This person is unconscious
Usage
Point at the collapsed person and show this to bystanders or to the ambulance crew
Grammar Note
"Hoshsiz" means having lost the ability to hear, think or feel, as in "hoshsiz adem" (an unconscious person).
ئادەم سۇغا چۆكۈۋاتىدۇ!
A-dem su-gha chö-kü-wa-ti-du!
Someone is drowning
Usage
Show to alert people that someone is drowning in a river, a lake or a pool
Grammar Note
"Sugha chökmek" (to sink in water) is an example of sense 2 of "chökmek." The "-watidu" progressive is the same form as in "azaplinivatimen" (I am in pain).
مېنى ئۇردى
Mé-ni ur-di
I was beaten
Usage
Show to the police or to a doctor to report that you were assaulted
Grammar Note
Uyghur states this actively: "(someone) hit me." "Urmaq" means "to deal a blow with the hand or an object."
مېنى پىچاقلىدى
Mé-ni pi-chaq-li-di
I was stabbed
Usage
Show to the ambulance crew or the police to report that you were stabbed with a blade
Grammar Note
"Pichaqlimaq" means to put a knife in, to wound or kill with a knife. The past tense -di is the same ending as in "kelmidi."
ئۆيگە ئوغرى كىردى
Öy-ge ogh-ri kir-di
My room was broken into
Usage
Show at the hotel desk or to the police to report that your room was entered while you were out
Grammar Note
"Öyge oghri kirdi" is a collocation; the sentence stays active, "a thief entered," rather than passive.
شۇ ئادەم جىنايەتچى
Shu a-dem ji-na-yet-chi
That person is the culprit
Usage
Show to the police while pointing out the offender; make sure you are safe before doing so
Grammar Note
"Jinayetchi" means a person who has committed a crime. Uyghur nominal predicates take no copula.
ئالدىنىپ قالدىم
Al-di-nip qal-dim
I was deceived
Usage
Show to the police to report that you were scammed or overcharged
Grammar Note
The same "V-ip qaldim" frame as "Ézip qaldim" (I got lost). "Aldanmaq" is the passive of "aldimaq" (to deceive); the form is "aldiniptimen."
ھەميانىم ئوغرىلاندى
Hem-ya-nim ogh-ri-lan-di
My wallet was stolen
Usage
Show when reporting the theft of your wallet to the police or for an insurance claim
Grammar Note
The sentence "Nersem oghrilandi" (my things were stolen) with "nersem" replaced by "hemyanim" (my wallet); "hemyan" is the pouch or purse one carries money in.
نەرسەمنى ئۇنتۇپ قاپتىمەن
Ner-sem-ni un-tup qap-ti-men
I left it behind
Usage
Show to say that you left your belongings behind in a shop or a vehicle
Grammar Note
The sentence "Öy wezipesini untup qaptimen" (I forgot my homework) with the object replaced by "nersem" (my things); the accusative -ni is the same as in that sentence.
قاتناش ھادىسىسى بولدى
Qat-nash ha-di-si-si bol-di
There has been a traffic accident
Usage
Show when reporting or explaining that a traffic accident has happened
Grammar Note
"Qatnash hadisisi" (traffic accident) and "mashina hadisisi" (car accident) are examples under sense 2 of "hadise."
جىددىي چىقىش ئېغىزىدىن چىقىڭ
Jid-diy chi-qish é-ghi-zi-din chi-qing
Please escape through the emergency exit
Usage
Show to direct people to the emergency exit during a fire or a power failure
Grammar Note
"Jiddiy chiqish éghizi" (emergency exit) with the ablative -din, followed by the polite imperative "chiqing" used in "Asta chiqing."
خەتەرلىك!
Khe-ter-lik!
Watch out!
Usage
Shout or show this when the other person has not noticed an immediate danger
Grammar Note
"Kheterlik" means liable to bring misfortune or disaster, i.e. dangerous. The word "bikheter" (safe) is the same root "kheter" with the privative bi-.
تېز بولۇڭ!
Téz bo-lung!
Please hurry
Usage
Show to an ambulance crew or a driver when you need them to hurry
Grammar Note
"Téz" is the same word as in "téz qutquzush mashinisi" (ambulance).
ھازىرلا كېلىڭ
Ha-zir-la ké-ling
Please come right away
Usage
Show on the phone or at a desk to ask someone to come immediately
Grammar Note
The wording of the "Hazirla" (right now) followed by "kéling," the polite imperative of "kelmek" (to come); the same -ing imperative as in "chaqiring" and "chiqing."
بۇ جىددىي ئەھۋال
Bu jid-diy eh-wal
It's an emergency
Usage
Show at a desk or on the phone to say that the matter cannot wait
Grammar Note
"Jiddiy" is the same word as in "Jiddiy chiqish éghizi" (emergency exit); sense 2 is "important, needing to be dealt with quickly." "Jiddiy ehwal" is a collocation.
ساقچىخانىغا ئەرز قىلماقچىمەن
Saq-chi-kha-ni-gha erz qil-maq-chi-men
I want to file a police report
Usage
Show at the desk when you want to report a theft or other harm to the police
Grammar Note
The volitional "-maqchimen" ("Wiza uzartmaqchimen", I want to extend my visa), with "saqchikhana" — built on the word "saqchi" (police) — in the dative "-gha" (the final "a" becomes "i" before the suffix). "Erz" is a noun of Arabic origin meaning a complaint, an outpouring of grievance or a petition stated orally or in writing, as in "the erz letter written on white cloth". It also appears in the imperative "erte yene bérip erz qil" (go again tomorrow and lodge your complaint) and in "erz qilish méxanizmi" (complaint mechanism).
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