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On Saturday morningmorning (noun)The early part of the day, before 12 o'clock.🇺🇿UZ: ertalab🇷🇺RU: утро, I go to the marketmarket (noun)A place where people buy and sell food and other things.≈ Synonym: bazaar🇺🇿UZ: bozor🇷🇺RU: рынок with my mothermother (noun)Your female parent.≈ Synonym: mum🇺🇿UZ: ona🇷🇺RU: мама.
There are many stallsstall (noun)A small shop or table where things are sold.≈ Synonym: booth🇺🇿UZ: rasta, do'koncha🇷🇺RU: прилавок at the market. There is a fruitfruit (noun)Food like apples, bananas and grapes.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: meva🇷🇺RU: фрукты stall, a vegetablevegetable (noun)A plant you eat, like a carrot or potato.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: sabzavot🇷🇺RU: овощ stall, and a breadbread (noun)Food made from flour and baked.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: non🇷🇺RU: хлеб stall. There is also a stall with freshfresh (adj)New and not old (for food).≈ Synonym: new🇺🇿UZ: yangi, toza🇷🇺RU: свежий meatmeat (noun)Food from animals.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: go‘sht🇷🇺RU: мясо and fishfish (noun)An animal that lives in water; also food.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: baliq🇷🇺RU: рыба.
“Look, there are beautifulbeautiful (adj)Very nice to look at.≈ Synonym: pretty🇺🇿UZ: chiroyli🇷🇺RU: красивый applesapple (noun)A round fruit, often red or green.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: olma🇷🇺RU: яблоко here,” my mother says. “And there are fresh tomatoestomato (noun)A red vegetable often used in salads and cooking.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: pomidor🇷🇺RU: помидор too.”
“How much are the apples?” I ask the sellerseller (noun)A person who sells things.≈ Synonym: shop assistant🇺🇿UZ: sotuvchi🇷🇺RU: продавец. “They are ten thousand som a kilokilo (noun)A unit for measuring weight; kilogram.≈ Synonym: kilogram🇺🇿UZ: kilogramm🇷🇺RU: килограмм,” she says.
“And how much are the tomatoes?” “They are eight thousand som a kilo. They are very fresh today.”
We buybuy (verb)To get something by paying money.≈ Synonym: purchase🇺🇿UZ: sotib olmoq🇷🇺RU: покупать a kilo of apples and two kilos of tomatoes. There isn't a longlong (adj)Big from one end to the other.🇺🇿UZ: uzun🇷🇺RU: длинный queuequeue (noun)A line of people waiting.≈ Synonym: line🇺🇿UZ: navbat🇷🇺RU: очередь today, so we don't waitwait (verb)To stay until something happens.≈ Synonym: stay🇺🇿UZ: kutmoq🇷🇺RU: ждать long.
Next, we go to the bread stall. There is warmwarm (adj)A little hot, in a nice way.🇺🇿UZ: iliq🇷🇺RU: тёплый, fresh bread there. The smellsmell (noun)What you notice with your nose.≈ Synonym: scent🇺🇿UZ: hid🇷🇺RU: запах is wonderfulwonderful (adj)Very, very good.≈ Synonym: great🇺🇿UZ: ajoyib🇷🇺RU: чудесный! We buy two loavesloaf (noun)A whole piece of bread, before it is cut.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: bir bo'lak non🇷🇺RU: буханка of bread.
At the last stall, there are many different spicesspice (noun)A part of a plant used to add flavor to food.≈ Synonym: seasoning🇺🇿UZ: ziravor🇷🇺RU: специя — there is pepperpepper (noun)A spice, often black, used to flavor food.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: murch🇷🇺RU: перец, there is saltsalt (noun)A white powder that makes food taste better.🇺🇿UZ: tuz🇷🇺RU: соль, and there are herbsherb (noun)A plant used in cooking for flavor.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: ziravor o'tlar🇷🇺RU: трава (пряная) in small bags.
“Is there anything else we need?” my mother asks. “There is one more thing,” I say. “We need onionsonion (noun)A round vegetable with a strong smell and taste.≈ Synonym: —🇺🇿UZ: piyoz🇷🇺RU: лук for dinnerdinner (noun)The meal you eat in the evening.≈ Synonym: evening meal🇺🇿UZ: kechki ovqat🇷🇺RU: ужин.”
We find the onions and paypay (verb)To give money for something.🇺🇿UZ: to‘lamoq🇷🇺RU: платить for everything. The market is busy, colourful, and full of interesting smells. I always enjoy our Saturday trips together.
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| # | 🇬🇧 | 🇺🇿 | 🇷🇺 | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | morningnoun | ertalab | утро | The market is busy in the morning. |
| 2 | marketnoun | bozor | рынок | The market opens early in the morning. |
| 3 | mothernoun | ona | мама | My mother buys vegetables every day. |
| 4 | stallnoun | rasta, do'koncha | прилавок | This stall sells dried fruit. |
| 5 | fruitnoun | meva | фрукты | I eat fruit after lunch. |
| 6 | vegetablenoun | sabzavot | овощ | Potatoes are cheap vegetables. |
| 7 | breadnoun | non | хлеб | I love warm bread from the tandoor. |
| 8 | freshadjective | yangi, toza | свежий | These eggs are fresh. |
| 9 | meatnoun | go‘sht | мясо | We buy meat for plov. |
| 10 | fishnoun | baliq | рыба | My father caught a big fish. |
| 11 | beautifuladjective | chiroyli | красивый | These flowers are beautiful. |
| 12 | applenoun | olma | яблоко | An apple a day is good for you. |
| 13 | tomatonoun | pomidor | помидор | I want a tomato salad. |
| 14 | sellernoun | sotuvchi | продавец | The seller is very friendly. |
| 15 | kilonoun | kilogramm | килограмм | A kilo of grapes, please. |
| 16 | buyverb | sotib olmoq | покупать | What do you want to buy? |
| 17 | longadjective | uzun | длинный | The river is very long. |
| 18 | queuenoun | navbat | очередь | There is a long queue at the bank. |
| 19 | waitverb | kutmoq | ждать | Please wait here. |
| 20 | warmadjective | iliq | тёплый | The soup is still warm. |
| 21 | smellnoun | hid | запах | I love the smell of coffee. |
| 22 | wonderfuladjective | ajoyib | чудесный | The food smells wonderful! |
| 23 | loafnoun | bir bo'lak non | буханка | Can I have a loaf of bread? |
| 24 | spicenoun | ziravor | специя | Plov needs many spices. |
| 25 | peppernoun | murch | перец | This soup has too much pepper. |
| 26 | saltnoun | tuz | соль | Please pass the salt. |
| 27 | herbnoun | ziravor o'tlar | трава (пряная) | My grandmother grows herbs in the garden. |
| 28 | onionnoun | piyoz | лук | Onions make me cry! |
| 29 | dinnernoun | kechki ovqat | ужин | We have soup for dinner. |
| 30 | payverb | to‘lamoq | платить | Can I pay by card? |