Lingoflybu qimmat
- bu qimmatthis is expensive
“bu qimmat” — this is expensive in Uzbek. Phrase, level A1, topic — shopping and money. The first move of the haggle. Softer is "juda qimmat" with an apologetic tone: the vendor will understand and name the real price. In a live sentence: “Kechirasiz, bu qimmat.” — Excuse me, this is expensive. One of 90 words in the set “shopping and money” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | bu qimmat |
| Translation | this is expensive |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The first move of the haggle. Softer is "juda qimmat" with an apologetic tone: the vendor will understand and name the real price.
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.
- Kechirasiz, bu qimmat.Excuse me, this is expensive.
Nearby words: shopping and money
How much it costs, whether there is a smaller one, whether cards are accepted. A shop forgives mistakes: miss a word and they will show you the thing with their hands anyway.
- qancha?how many?the q is made deep in the throat
- soʻmsoʻm (currency)a rounded oʻ inside
- Qancha turadi?how much does it cost?the q is made deep in the throat
- doʻkonshopa rounded oʻ inside
- bozorbazaarThe very bazaar: Chorsu in Tashkent is a city within the city — domes, rows, bowls of tea.
- belanchukcounterThe word came from everyday trade and settled for good: it names both a bazaar stall counter and a shop display.
- 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
- taroziscalesAn old word: the scales in a bazaar row are often mechanical, with pans, and the vendor weighs before the customer's eyes.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “shopping and money”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “this is expensive” in Uzbek?
The first move of the haggle. Softer is "juda qimmat" with an apologetic tone: the vendor will understand and name the real price.
- 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 do you say “how much does it cost?” in Uzbek?
Literally "how much does it stand": turadi — "stands". At a stall people also ask it short: qancha?
- How do you say “kilogram” in Uzbek?
At the bazaar people say it shorter — "kilo": "ikki kilo olma". The number goes before the word, and -lar after numbers is not used.
- How do you say “counter” in Uzbek?
The word came from everyday trade and settled for good: it names both a bazaar stall counter and a shop display.
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 “this is expensive” in Uzbek?
«bu qimmat». In a live sentence: “Kechirasiz, bu qimmat.” — Excuse me, this is expensive. Phrase, level A1, from the set “shopping and money”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The first move of the haggle. Softer is "juda qimmat" with an apologetic tone: the vendor will understand and name the real price. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.