Uzbek Story: How fox made fool of lion!

Assalomu alaykum,

Today's Uzbek lesson is for advanced and intermediate language level students. But I hope beginners will also learn some vocabulary. Story/tale is about "how fox made fool of lion".

"Did you know? O'zbek means independent or the lord itself (O'ziga bek), from O'z (self) and Bek/Bey/Beg (noble)."
- Wikipedia

Note that there will not be translated version of the story, please listen and try to understand meaning of the story. First please read the story and then listen, then listen and read, at the end we will have some vocabulary. Good luck!


Tulkining sherni laqillatgani. (How fox made fool of lion.)

Bir kuni tulki kechki payt qorni ochganini sezib, uyasidan chiqibtida, yegulik biror narsa topish uchun o'rmonga yo'l olibdi. Rosa charchab tinka madori quriguncha yuribdi. Lekin arzigulik biron nima topolmabdi.

Tulki kechadan beri tuz totmaganini eslab, mazali ovqatlardan benasib qilgan sherdan xafa bo'libdi. Kuni kecha u o'rmonga yaqin bir qishloqqa kirib borib bir g'ozni xalqumidan endi tishlab olib, qochmoqchi bo'lib turganida, to'satdan sherni o'kirganini eshitib qolgan ekan. Shunda tulki g'ozni tashlab qochib qolgan ekan. Agar o'sha sher bolmaganida mazza qilib ovqatlangan bo'larkan. G'azab tulkini aql xushini olib qo'yibdi.

U yo'lni ham pisand qilmay ketayotgan ekan, to'satdan, oldidan sher chiqib qolibdi. Tulki qo'rqib ketibdi. Vujudini titroq bosibdi. Lekin shunday bo'lsa ham o'zini bosib
-"Hoy sher, tezroq qochib qol hozir bo'ron ko'tariladi", debdi.
-"Men juda og'irman uncha buncha bo'ron menga pisand emas", debdi sher.
-"Qanday qilasan axir shamol juda qattiq bo'ladiku"
-"Yerga yotib olaman"
-"Bu tadbiring yordam bermaydi. Seni bo'ron uchirib ketadi"
-"Men daraxtga mahkam yopishib olaman"
-"Shamol beto'xtov ber necha kun davom etadi. Shuncha kungacha daraxtni quchoqlab tura olmaysanku axir"
Shunda sherni o'takasi yorilib,
-"Unday bo'lsa ayt nima qilay", deb o'kiribdi.
-"Kel men seni daraxtga bog'lab qo'yaman. Shunda har qanday shamol ham senga bexavotir bo'ladi", debdi tulki.
-"Voy, ajoyib fikr"!
rozi bo'libdi sher. Tulki sherni daraxtga bog'labtida o'zi sal naridagi qamishzorga kirib o'tiribdi.
-"Nega endi sen bo'rondan saqlanish uchun bironta panaroq joy qidirmayapsan", deb so'rabdi sher.
-"Hmmm, nega desang hech qanaqa bo'ron bo'lmaydi", xotirjam javob beribdi tulki.
Sherni g'azabiga qaynab ketib qattiq bo'kiribti. Shu zahoti har xil hayvonlar yig'ilib kelishibdi. Ular daraxtga bog'lab qo'yilgan sherni va uni yonida xotirjam o'tirgan tulkini ko'rib hayron bo'lishibdida bu voqeaning tafsilotini so'rashibdi.
-"Kecha kechqurun ovqatdan benasib qilgani uchun uni men bog'lab qo'ydim. Bu voqea hammangizga ibrat bo'lishi kerak. U kuchsizlarga hamla qilishdan o'zini tiysin", deya tushuntira ketibdi tulki.
Shunday qilib tulki ularni oldidan viqor bilan qaddini g'oz tutib hech kimni pisand qilmay o'tib boribdi. Hamma hayvonlar undan qo'rqanlaridan ehtirom bilan ta'zim qilib kuzatib qolibdilar.


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Vocabulary list

tulki	fox
sher	lion
g'oz	goose
ovqat	meal/food
yegulik	food
mazali	delicious
benasib	deprived of
o'rmon	wood/forest
qishloq	village
to'satdan	suddenly
o'kirmoq	bark/howl
qochib qolmoq	run away
g'azab	anger/fury
pisand qilmoq	disregard/ignore
bo'ron	storm
og'ir	heavy
shamol	wind
yer	ground
tadbir	course of action
daraxt	tree
beto'xtov	nonstop
quchoqlamoq	hug
bog'lamoq	bind/fasten
qamishzor	reeded field
tafsilot	detailed explanation
ibrat	example, lesson
viqor	dignity, proud
ehtirom	respect
ta'zim	bow

Please let me know if you have questions! If necessary we can translate the text in later lessons. I hope you understand the meaning of the story. Don't hesitate to ask, any vocabulary questions as well.

I hope you enjoy the lesson!

Ko'rishguncha! (see you)

Uzbek Story: How fox made fool of lion!
Last Reviewed by UzbekClass on September 07 2013
Rating: 5

Short dialogs in Uzbek - Greetings

Assalomu alaykum (Hello),

I thought of making short dialog that can be subjected to particular one topic or situation. These type of lessons may usually hold additional information about Uzbek culture, Grammar and Vocabulary explanations, Audio, Video, etc. It can be vary from Beginners level to Advanced level.

Dialog

person 1: Assalomu alaykum!
person 2: Vaalaykum assalom! Xush kelibsiz! Marhamat kiring!
person 1: Rahmat!

Vocabulary

assalomu alaykum!		Hello or (How do you do?)
vaalaykum assalom!		Hello (in respond to Hello)
xush		well, good
kelibsiz		you have come
xush kelibsiz		welcome
marhamat		please
kirmoq		to enter (infinitive)
kiring		come in (imperative, singular or plural polite)
rahmat		thank you

Vocabulary explanation

The greeting Assalomu alaykum! is a very common greeting. It is from an Arabic greeting meaning "peace be upon you!" The invariable respond must be Vaalaykum assalom which is also from an Arabic greeting, meaning "I also wish you peace!". But nowadays, most Uzbeks use same Assalomu alaykum also in the respond.

Uzbeks also use different greetings at different times of the day. The most appropriate respond for any of these greetings is to respond the greeting. 

Xayrli tong		Good morning
Xayrli kun		Good day (Good afternoon)
Xayrli kech (Xayrli oqshom)		Good evening
Xayrli tun		Good night
Yaxshimisiz?		How are you?
Omonmisiz?		How are you? (used mostly by women)
Esonmisiz?		How are you?
Salom		Hi (Hello)

I hope you got something out of this lesson. And I wish you all Happy New Year, 2013!

Ko'rishguncha! (See you!)

Short dialogs in Uzbek - Greetings
Last Reviewed by UzbekClasson Jan 13 2013
Rating: 4.4

Short dialog, examination (video) - Learn Uzbek Language

Assalomu alaykum,

Uzbek Comedy, short video about student giving final examination on chemistry class with English Subtitle!

Very funny video and I think it is easy to catch words.

Enjoy!

Ko'rishguncha!

Short dialog, examination (video) - Learn Uzbek Language
Last Reviewed by UzbekClasson May 19 2012
Rating: 4.9

Short dialog in Uzbek (introduce) - Learn Uzbek Language

Assalomu alaylum,

Today, we are going to form short dialog from what we have learned so far. If we look back there is a quite number of words in previous lessons. So let's form short dialog, try to be more creative, use your imagination to extend following short dialog.

Aziza. Assalomu alaykum.
Javoxir. Assalomu alaykum. (or Vaaleykum assalom)
Aziza. Mening ismim Aziza. Sizning ismingiz nima?
Javoxir. Mening ismim Javoxir.
Aziza. Tanishganimdan xursandman, Javoxir.
Javoxir. Men ham, Aziza.
Aziza. Men Toshkentda yashayman. Siz qayerda yashaysiz?
Javoxir. Men Buxoroda yashayman.
Aziza. (she sees her friend and says) O Kechirasiz, Javoxir! Muhim ishim chiqib qoldi. Ketishim kerak.
Javoxir. Hech qisi yo'q.
Aziza. Ko'rishguncha!
Javoxir. Ko'rishguncha!


Most of words in dialog already have been used in different lessons. Try to combine what you have learned during last ~10 lessons. You can find vocabulary list below.  Please don't hesitate to leave comments or your own version of short dialog, I will try to give feedbacks.

Vocabulary list

O'zbekcha	English
Mening	My
ism	name
sizning	your
xursand	glad
ham	too/also
Men ... yashayman	I live ...
siz	you
qayerda	where
kechirasiz	sorry
muhim	important
ishim chiqib qoldi	something came up
ish	work (but in example, it means "something")
ketishim kerak	have to leave
hech qisi yo'q	it's okay
ko'rishguncha	see you.

As always, I hope you get something out of this lesson.
Did I miss something? Is something unclear? Leave it in comments!

Ko'rishguncha!

Short dialog in Uzbek (introduce) - Learn Uzbek Language
Last Reviewed by UzbekClass on May 3 2012
Rating: 4.9