Hotel

1. بوش خانە بارمۇ؟

   Bosh kha-ne bar-mu?

   Do you have any available rooms?

   Usage

   Checking for available rooms at a hotel or guesthouse front desk

   Grammar Note

   "خانە" from Persian "khāna" (house/room). Common in Uyghur compounds: چايخانە (teahouse), كارۋانسارا (caravanserai).

2. بىر كېچىلىك نەچچە پۇل؟

   Bir ke-chi-liq ne-chche pul?

   How much is it per night?

   Usage

   Asking about the nightly room rate

   Grammar Note

   "كېچى" (night) + "-لىق" (adjectival period suffix) = "one night's." The suffix "-لىق" is widely used across Turkic languages.

3. مەن ئۈچ كۈن تۇرۇپ قالىمەن

   Men üch kün tu-rup qa-li-men

   I will stay for three days

   Usage

   Informing the hotel about the length of your stay at check-in

   Grammar Note

   "تۇر" (stand/stay) + "-ۇپ" (converb) + "قال" (remain) forms a compound. Converbs chain sequential actions in Uyghur.

4. ئىككى كىشىلىك خانە

   Ik-ki ki-shi-liq kha-ne

   A double room (for two people)

   Usage

   Requesting a room for two people

   Grammar Note

   "كىشى" (person) + "-لىق" (for) = "for X people." Pattern: "بىر كىشىلىك" (single), "ئۈچ كىشىلىك" (triple).

5. ئاچقۇچ يوقاپ كەتتى

   Ach-quch yo-qap ket-ti

   I lost my key

   Usage

   Reporting a lost room key to hotel reception

   Grammar Note

   "يوقاپ" is the converb of "يوق" (absent/none). "يوقاپ كەت-" is a compound meaning "to go missing" (completive aspect).

6. ھاممام ئىشلىمەيدۇ

   Ham-mam ish-li-mey-du

   The bathroom is not working

   Usage

   Reporting a broken facility in the hotel room

   Grammar Note

   "ھاممام" from Arabic "ḥammām" (bathhouse). Negative present tense uses "-مەيدۇ" suffix. Reflects Central Asian bathhouse culture.

7. قوشۇمچە ياستۇق كېرەك

   Qo-shum-che yas-tuq ké-rek

   I need an extra pillow

   Usage

   Requesting additional items from hotel housekeeping

   Grammar Note

   "كېرەك" as predicate means "is needed/necessary." Uyghur frequently omits the subject in necessity constructions.

8. خانىنى قايتۇرماقچىمەن

   Kha-ni-ni qay-tur-maq-chi-men

   I would like to check out

   Usage

   When checking out of the hotel

   Grammar Note

   "خانە" (room) + "-نى" (accusative) = "the room". "قايتۇر-" (return) + "-ماقچى" (intend to) + "-مەن" (I). Returning the room is how checking out is expressed.

9. ئىنتېرنېت ئۇلانمىسى بارمۇ؟

   In-ter-net u-lan-mi-si bar-mu?

   Is there an internet connection?

   Usage

   Checking for Wi-Fi or internet access at the hotel

   Grammar Note

   "ئۇلانما" = "ئۇلان" (connect) + "-ما" (nominalizer) = "connection." "-سى" is the 3rd person possessive suffix.

10. خانىمىزنى تازىلاڭ

    Kha-ni-miz-ni ta-zi-lang

    Please clean our room

    Usage

    Requesting housekeeping to clean the room

    Grammar Note

    "خانە" (room) + "-مىز" (1st pl. possessive) + "-نى" (accusative). "تازىلا-" is a denominative verb from "تازا" (clean).

11. ئەتىگەنلىك تاماق قاچان؟

    E-ti-gen-liq ta-maq qa-chan?

    When is breakfast?

    Usage

    Asking about breakfast time

    Grammar Note

    "ئەتىگەن" (morning) + "-لىك" (temporal adjective suffix) = "morning's." Question word "قاچان" (when) typically comes at end.

12. سۆلگە

    Söl-ge

    Towel

    Usage

    Point at it to ask housekeeping for an extra towel

13. ياستۇق

    Yas-tuq

    Pillow

    Usage

    For asking for another pillow; hold up fingers for the number

14. ئەدىيال

    E-di-yal

    Blanket

    Usage

    Winter nights in Xinjiang can hit -20C; use this to ask for another blanket

15. سوپۇن

    So-pun

    Soap

    Usage

    Ask at the front desk when the room has none

16. شامپۇن

    Sham-pun

    Shampoo

    Usage

    Ask at the front desk when the room has none

17. چىش چوتكىسى

    Chish chot-ki-si

    Toothbrush

    Usage

    Chinese hotels usually keep disposable toothbrushes at the desk

18. ھاجەتخانا قەغىزى

    Ha-jet-xa-na qe-ghi-zi

    Toilet paper

    Usage

    Public toilets often have none, so it is worth getting some at your lodging

19. چاچ قۇرۇتقۇچ

    Chach qu-rut-quch

    Hair dryer

    Usage

    Borrow one at the desk when the room has none; literally "hair dryer"

20. كىيىم ئىلغۇچ

    Ki-yim il-ghuch

    Clothes hanger

    Usage

    For asking for extra hangers when drying laundry

21. تىنچ خانا

    Tinch xa-na

    A quiet room

    Usage

    A room request at check-in, useful for avoiding the main-road side

22. بەك شاۋقۇن

    Bek shaw-qun

    It is too noisy

    Usage

    Show it as the reason for asking to change rooms; it complains about the noise itself

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