Shopping

1. بۇ نەچچە پۇل؟

   Bu ne-chche pul?

   How much is this?

   Usage

   Asking the price at a bazaar or shop

   Grammar Note

   The most basic price question in Uyghur. Speaking Uyghur at Kashgar's bazaar creates a positive impression with vendors.

2. ئارزانلاشتۇرۇڭ

   Ar-zan-lash-tu-rung

   Please give me a discount

   Usage

   Negotiating prices at the bazaar

   Grammar Note

   "ئارزان" (cheap) + "-لاش" (become verb) + "-تۇر" (causative) + "-ۇڭ" (polite imperative) = agglutinative structure.

3. بۇ ئالىمەن

   Bu a-li-men

   I'll take this one

   Usage

   When you have decided to buy something

   Grammar Note

   "ئال-" (take/buy) + present tense "-ىمەن." Uyghur uses "ئال" (take) for "buy." Object can appear without accusative suffix.

4. باشقا رەڭ بارمۇ؟

   Bash-qa reng bar-mu?

   Do you have another color?

   Usage

   Looking for a different color option

   Grammar Note

   "باشقا" (another/other) is common across Turkic languages. Useful when shopping for handicrafts and carpets in Uyghur bazaars.

5. كىچىكرەك ئۆلچەم بارمۇ؟

   Ki-chik-rek öl-chem bar-mu?

   Do you have a smaller size?

   Usage

   Checking for a smaller size in clothing or shoes

   Grammar Note

   "كىچىك" (small) + "-رەك" (comparative suffix) = "smaller." Uyghur comparatives simply add the suffix without other changes.

6. ئاق يىپەك روماللىرى قەيدە؟

   Aq yi-pek ro-mal-li-ri qey-de?

   Where are the white silk scarves?

   Usage

   Looking for silk scarves, a specialty of Hotan (Khotan)

   Grammar Note

   "رومال" (scarf) + "-لىر" (plural) + "-ى" (possessive/plural marker). Hotan has been a famous silk production center on the Silk Road.

7. يادكار بۇيۇملار بارمۇ؟

   Yad-kar bu-yum-lar bar-mu?

   Do you have souvenirs?

   Usage

   Looking for souvenirs

   Grammar Note

   "يادكار" from Persian "yādgār" (memorial). "بۇيۇم" (item) + "-لار" (plural). Famous Uyghur crafts include woodwork, carpets, and copperware.

8. قانداق تۆلەيمەن؟

   Qan-daq töl-ey-men?

   How do I pay?

   Usage

   Asking about payment methods

   Grammar Note

   "قانداق" asks "how/in what way." "تۆلە-" is the common verb for "to pay." Question words typically precede the predicate in Uyghur.

9. ھەقىقىي يادتاشمۇ؟

   Heq-qi-qi yad-tash-mu?

   Is this genuine jade?

   Usage

   Checking authenticity of Hotan jade. Hotan white jade is prized as the finest quality in China

   Grammar Note

   "ھەقىقىي" from Arabic "ḥaqīqī" (true/real). Hotan (Khotan) has been famous as "jade city" since ancient Silk Road times.

10. ئۇنى ئوراپ بېرىڭ

    U-ni o-rap be-ring

    Please wrap it up

    Usage

    Asking for the purchased item to be wrapped

    Grammar Note

    "ئوراپ بېر-" = converb + benefactive "بېر" (give). Adding "بېر" to a converb means "do [action] for me." Polite imperative "-ىڭ".

11. بازاردا كىلىم قانچە؟

    Ba-zar-da ki-lim qan-che?

    How much is the carpet at the bazaar?

    Usage

    Asking the price of carpets at Kashgar's Grand Bazaar

    Grammar Note

    "بازار" (bazaar) + "-دا" (locative) = "at the bazaar." "بازار" from Persian spread worldwide via the Silk Road trade routes.

12. ماڭا چەك كېرەك ئەمەس

    Ma-nga chek ke-rek e-mes

    I don't need a receipt

    Usage

    Declining when the cashier asks "Chek kerekmu?" (do you need the receipt?)

    Grammar Note

    The negative of "kerek" (needed) is formed by following it with "emes". Chek is a document used in transactions of paying and receiving money (from Russian chek)

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