Transportation

1. كاشغەرغا نەچچە پۇل؟

   Kash-gher-gha ne-chche pul?

   How much to Kashgar?

   Usage

   Checking the fare to Kashgar by taxi or shared bus

   Grammar Note

   Uyghur dative/directional case is marked by "-غا/-گە/-قا/-كە" added to nouns, including place names.

2. بۇ ئاۋتوبۇس قەيدە توختايدۇ؟

   Bu aw-to-bus qey-de tokh-tay-du?

   Where does this bus stop?

   Usage

   Checking where a bus makes stops

   Grammar Note

   "-دە/-دا" is the locative suffix. "قەيدە" (where) = "قەي" + locative "-دە". Present tense ends in "-ئايدۇ/-يدۇ".

3. توختاڭ، بۇ يەردە چۈشمەكچىمەن

   Tokh-tang, bu yer-de chüsh-mek-chi-men

   Stop here, I want to get off here

   Usage

   Telling a taxi or shared vehicle driver where to let you off

   Grammar Note

   "-ڭ" is the polite imperative. "يەر" (place) + locative "-دە" = "here." "چۈش" (descend) + "-مەكچى" expresses desire.

4. تاكسى چاقىرىڭ

   Tak-si cha-qi-ring

   Please call a taxi driver

   Usage

   Hailing a taxi

   Grammar Note

   "چاقىر" (call) + "-ىڭ" (polite imperative). "تاكسى" is a loanword from Russian "такси."

5. تەمىر يول ئىستانسىيەسى قەيدە؟

   Te-mir yol is-tan-si-ye-si qey-de?

   Where is the train station?

   Usage

   When looking for the train station

   Grammar Note

   "تەمىر" (iron) + "يول" (road) = railway. "ئىستانسىيە" from Russian "stansiya." "-سى" is the 3rd person possessive suffix.

6. بىر بىلەت نەچچە پۇل؟

   Bir bi-let ne-chche pul?

   How much is one ticket?

   Usage

   Checking the price of a bus or train ticket

   Grammar Note

   "بىلەت" is borrowed from French "billet" via Russian. Uyghur has many loanwords from Russian due to Soviet-era contact.

7. ھاۋاي مەيدانى قانچە يىراق؟

   Ha-way mey-da-ni qan-che yi-raq?

   How far is the airport?

   Usage

   Asking about the distance to the airport

   Grammar Note

   "ھاۋاي" (air) + "مەيدان" (field, from Arabic) = airport. "قانچە يىراق?" = "how far?" is a standard distance question.

8. سول يانغا بۇرۇلۇڭ

   Sol yang-gha bu-ru-lung

   Please turn left

   Usage

   Giving directions to a taxi driver or guide

   Grammar Note

   "يان" (side) + dative "-غا" = "towards the side." Right = "ئوڭ". "بۇرۇل-" is the stem of "to turn."

9. توغرا مېڭىڭ

   Tugh-ra meng-ing

   Go straight ahead

   Usage

   Giving directions

   Grammar Note

   Polite imperative of "مەڭ" (to go) = "مېڭىڭ". Uyghur movement verbs show the agglutinative nature of Turkic languages.

10. ئۇيغۇرچە يولخەرىتە بارمۇ؟

    Uy-ghur-che yol-khe-ri-te bar-mu?

    Is there a map in Uyghur?

    Usage

    Looking for a map at an information center or shop

    Grammar Note

    Adding "-چە" to an ethnonym means "in that language." "يولخەرىتە" = "يول" (road) + "خەرىتە" (map, from Persian/Arabic).

11. قانچە ۋاقىت كېتىدۇ؟

    Qan-che waq-it ke-ti-du?

    How long does it take?

    Usage

    Asking how long a journey takes

    Grammar Note

    "كەت" (to go/take) present tense "كېتىدۇ." "ۋاقىت" from Arabic "waqt" (time). Standard phrase for asking journey duration.

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