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“bola” — child in Uzbek. Noun, level A0, topic — people and family. Child and "young fellow" at once: to a young waiter one says "bola". The plural is bolalar. In a live sentence: “Bola maktabga boradi.” — The child goes to school. One of 196 words in the set “people and family” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | bola |
| Translation | child |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A0 |
Why it looks that way
Child and "young fellow" at once: to a young waiter one says "bola". The plural is bolalar.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Bola maktabga boradi.The child goes to school.
Nearby words: people and family
Mum, friend, child, neighbour. The first thing people ask you about, and the first thing you tell about yourself.
- doʻstfrienda rounded oʻ inside
- oilafamilyA family with grandparents and cousins: the day off is its day, lunch at the elders'. The word is Arabic and sounds soft.
- sotuvchisellerFrom "sotmoq" — to sell: literally "the selling one". A trader at the bazaar is also called savdogar, but at the counter you hear sotuvchi.
- xaridorcustomerthe h is a light breath, like a soft kh
- odampersonPerson and man at once, told by context. "Odam bormi?" — "is anyone in?" — this is how one asks about people in a house.
- erkakmanThe word on the doors. The plural is "erkaklar" — one block, like every -lar.
- ayolwomanA polite word, on doors too. "Ayollar" — women: the same suffix as everywhere.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “people and family”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “child” in Uzbek?
Child and "young fellow" at once: to a young waiter one says "bola". The plural is bolalar.
- How do you say “customer” in Uzbek?
From "xarid" — purchase. At the bazaar you will be hailed not as a customer but with "marhamat" — "please", yet the word is heard in every shop.
- How do you say “mom” in Uzbek?
The most important word of the course: "ona tili" — "the mother's tongue" — is how the native language is named. "Oy" — the moon — sounds almost the same.
- How do you say “woman” in Uzbek?
A polite word, on doors too. "Ayollar" — women: the same suffix as everywhere.
- How do you say “seller” in Uzbek?
From "sotmoq" — to sell: literally "the selling one". A trader at the bazaar is also called savdogar, but at the counter you hear sotuvchi.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “child” in Uzbek?
«bola». In a live sentence: “Bola maktabga boradi.” — The child goes to school. Noun, level A0, from the set “people and family”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Child and "young fellow" at once: to a young waiter one says "bola". The plural is bolalar. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.