Lingoflyyoʻl haqi
- yoʻl haqifare
“yoʻl haqi” — fare in Uzbek. Noun, level A1, topic — transport. A rounded oʻ, a deep throat q and a light h. In a live sentence: “Yoʻl haqi qancha?” — How much is the fare? One of 14 words in the set “transport” in the Uzbek course.
In short
| Written in Uzbek | yoʻl haqi |
| Translation | fare |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
How to pronounce it
a rounded oʻ, a deep throat q and a light h
Why it looks that way
Literally "road pay": "haq" — payment and right at once. To pay the fare — "yoʻl haqini toʻlamoq" — you know.
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.
- Yoʻl haqi qancha?How much is the fare?
Nearby words: transport
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
- avtobusbusAn international word written in the local Latin. The cheapest ride across town.
- poyezdtrainThe word arrived together with the rails. "Afrosiyob" — the express from Tashkent to Samarkand — takes two hours.
- vokzalstationThe center of every journey: trains, long-distance taxis, tea.
- bekatstop"Avtobus bekati" — a bus stop — you know; bare "bekat" — the stop itself, for a train too. The end of the route — "oxirgi bekat".
- yoʻlovchipassengera rounded oʻ with the split mark in the middle
- oʻrindiqseata rounded oʻ with the split mark in the middle
- tutqichhandrailthe deep throat q, deeper than k
- tekshiruvchiinspectorFrom "tekshirmoq" — to check: the one who checks tickets. The word works in the bank and shop too — the checker everywhere is "tekshiruvchi".
- tiqilib ketganovercrowdedLiterally "got jammed": "tiqilib ketmoq" — to pack tight. The tail -ib ketgan makes the result: the bus is not merely full but already without a place.
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “transport”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “fare” in Uzbek?
Literally "road pay": "haq" — payment and right at once. To pay the fare — "yoʻl haqini toʻlamoq" — you know.
- How do you say “seat” in Uzbek?
A chair — "stul", and a place for sitting in a bus and house — "oʻrindiq": from "oʻrin" — a place. To take a seat — "oʻrinni egallamoq".
- How do you say “station” in Uzbek?
The center of every journey: trains, long-distance taxis, tea.
- How do you say “overcrowded” in Uzbek?
Literally "got jammed": "tiqilib ketmoq" — to pack tight. The tail -ib ketgan makes the result: the bus is not merely full but already without a place.
- How do you say “passenger” in Uzbek?
By the same word they call the passerby: "yoʻlovchi" — the one on the road. In the bus and train it is a passenger; context tells.
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 “fare” in Uzbek?
«yoʻl haqi». A rounded oʻ, a deep throat q and a light h. In a live sentence: “Yoʻl haqi qancha?” — How much is the fare? Noun, level A1, from the set “transport”.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "road pay": "haq" — payment and right at once. To pay the fare — "yoʻl haqini toʻlamoq" — you know. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.