Comments on: Survival Uyghur: Lesson One - Ordering Food

By: Alex

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:47:05 +0000

I have no connection to Xinjiang, other than the odd visit to Xinjiang restaurants, but China needs more coverage of it’s probably most remote, culture as much as locationally, province.

This series, and blog in general, could be fascinating.

By: Mike

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:48:44 +0000

Wonderful. I’m glad to see you’re starting this introduction to practical Uighur. My wife and I are moving to Urumqi for at least a year or more this coming June and the more I’ve studied a bit before the easier it should come. Thank you so much for this. I really appreciate this section.

By: Porfiriy

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:56:07 +0000

I just want to share my personal experience that for some reason in posh Uyghur restaurants, they take the money right after you order, which may catch Westerners off guard. I’ve found that in more down-to-earth restaurants, they take the money afterwards.

I’d like to give a round of applause to Opke Hessip for inaugurating this invaluable New Dominion feature. In honor of our resident linguist, I’d like to recommend all intrepid readers of “Survival Uyghur” to add a unique spin to today’s lesson by saying the exact same phrase, only replacing “polo” with the name of your new Uyghur e-teacher:

“Bir öpkä hässip yäymän.”

I’ll leave the more thorough explanations of ö to future lessons of survival Uyghur, but for those willing to take up my recommendation, make an “oh” sound but against all your instincts slide your tongue forward toward your bottom teeth.

You’ll be duly rewarded! I promise!