Lingoflymarshrut raqami
- marshrut raqamiroute number
“marshrut raqami” — route number in Uzbek. Noun, level B1, topic — the city and its places. The second word in the "whose" form: the number of what — of the route. The route here is called by the borrowing marshrut. In a live sentence: “Marshrut raqamini bilasizmi?” — Do you know the route number? One of 79 words in the set “the city and its places” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | marshrut raqami |
| Translation | route number |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
The second word in the "whose" form: the number of what — of the route. The route here is called by the borrowing marshrut.
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.
- Marshrut raqamini bilasizmi?Do you know the route number?
Nearby words: the city and its places
Street, square, pharmacy, bank. An address is built out of these, and an address is something you have to both say and understand.
- shaharcitythe h is a light breath only
- koʻchastreeta rounded oʻ inside
- maydonsquareSquare and field at once: one word. The Registon in Samarkand is the country's most famous maydon.
- olomoncrowdA crowd without judgment: festive and market alike. From "ol-" — many: the word itself speaks of multitude.
- velosipedbicyclePeople ride "velosipedda" — on the bicycle; the word itself does not mention its two wheels.
- avtobus bekatibus stopbekat — a stop and a station at once: of a bus and of the metro. Whose stop is said by the first word.
- oylik chiptamonthly passLiterally "monthly ticket": oy — month, oylik — monthly. A single ticket is bought for one ride, and the difference shows in the price at once.
- yoʻnalishroutea rounded oʻ between o and yo
- piyoda oʻtish joyicrosswalka rounded oʻ between o and yo
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “the city and its places”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “route number” in Uzbek?
The second word in the "whose" form: the number of what — of the route. The route here is called by the borrowing marshrut.
- How do you say “bus stop” in Uzbek?
bekat — a stop and a station at once: of a bus and of the metro. Whose stop is said by the first word.
- How do you say “square” in Uzbek?
Square and field at once: one word. The Registon in Samarkand is the country's most famous maydon.
- How do you say “crosswalk” in Uzbek?
piyoda — a pedestrian, oʻtish — crossing, joyi — place: "the place of a walking crossing". That is what the sign by the road says.
- How do you say “bicycle” in Uzbek?
People ride "velosipedda" — on the bicycle; the word itself does not mention its two wheels.
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 “route number” in Uzbek?
«marshrut raqami». In a live sentence: “Marshrut raqamini bilasizmi?” — Do you know the route number? Noun, level B1, from the set “the city and its places”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
The second word in the "whose" form: the number of what — of the route. The route here is called by the borrowing marshrut. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.