LingoflyA grocery run
A short text in Uzbek at level A2. The translation sits next to it: reading with a dictionary is still too early at this level, and without support it will not happen at all. Today is Saturday. We are going to the grocery store. The store is close; we take a basket. We buy two kilograms of…
Text
- Bugun shanba. Biz oziq-ovqat doʻkoniga boramiz. Doʻkon yaqin, savat olamiz. Ikki kilogramm olma, bir kilogramm guruch va non olamiz. Kassada navbat katta, lekin tez. Hammasi boʻlib oʻttiz ming soʻm. Paketni ham oldik.Today is Saturday. We are going to the grocery store. The store is close; we take a basket. We buy two kilograms of apples, a kilogram of rice and a flatbread. The line at the cash desk is long but fast. It comes to thirty thousand soʻm in total. We took a bag too.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- Where are they going today?
- What do they take first?
- How much did it come to?
- What else did they take?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Uzbek?
A2. That means: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.