LingoflyKoʻrishguncha!
- Koʻrishguncha!see you
“Koʻrishguncha!” — see you in Uzbek. Interjection, level A0, topic — greetings and goodbyes. Two rounded oʻ vowels in one word. In a live sentence: “Koʻrishguncha, doʻst!” — See you, friend! One of 9 words in the set “greetings and goodbyes” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | Koʻrishguncha! |
| Translation | see you |
| Part of speech | interjection |
| Level | A0 |
How to pronounce it
two rounded oʻ vowels in one word
Why it looks that way
Literally "until we see each other". Said by the one leaving and the one staying alike.
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.
- Koʻrishguncha, doʻst!See you, friend!
Nearby words: greetings and goodbyes
Every conversation starts here, and so does every first impression: say hello in the local language and you stop being a stranger in about a second.
- Salomhellostress on the second syllable
- Assalomu alaykumhello (formal)Literally "peace upon you". Said to elders, in town and on a host's doorstep; the answer is "Va alaykum assalom" — "and peace upon you".
- xayrgoodbyethe h is a light breath only
- Yaxshimisiz?how are you?y is the y of yes, not w
- Hammasi yaxshi.I am doing well"hammasi" — everything, "yaxshi" — good. The full answer to "how are you": hammasi yaxshi, rahmat.
- Xayrli tong!good morningLiterally "a blessed morning": xayrli — auspicious, tong — dawn. The answer is the same "xayrli tong" back.
- Xayrli kech!good eveningThe partner of "good morning" in the same frame: kech — evening. Wishes here are assembled from one word per time of day.
- Yaxshi uxlang!good nightLiterally "sleep well": -ng is the polite "you" inside the word. Said as people part late in the evening.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “greetings and goodbyes”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “see you” in Uzbek?
Literally "until we see each other". Said by the one leaving and the one staying alike.
- How do you say “good evening” in Uzbek?
The partner of "good morning" in the same frame: kech — evening. Wishes here are assembled from one word per time of day.
- How do you say “I am doing well” in Uzbek?
"hammasi" — everything, "yaxshi" — good. The full answer to "how are you": hammasi yaxshi, rahmat.
- How do you say “goodbye” in Uzbek?
A short "bye" and "goodbye" at once. The friendly koʻrishguncha — "until we meet" — lives nearby and is said by the one leaving.
- How do you say “hello” in Uzbek?
One hello for every occasion — friends and equals, any time of day. The solemn counterpart lives next door and is heard just as often.
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 “see you” in Uzbek?
«Koʻrishguncha!» Two rounded oʻ vowels in one word. In a live sentence: “Koʻrishguncha, doʻst!” — See you, friend! Interjection, level A0, from the set “greetings and goodbyes”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "until we see each other". Said by the one leaving and the one staying alike. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.