Bedeutung
Asking for a medical location.
Kultureller Hintergrund
Pharmacies are often social hubs. Don't be surprised if the pharmacist asks you detailed questions about your symptoms to help you choose the right medicine. The suffix '-xona' is used for many public buildings. Learning this pattern helps you find the 'oshxona' (restaurant) or 'shifoxona' (hospital) too. In cities like Tashkent, Russian is widely spoken. You will see signs for 'Apteka' just as often as 'Dorixona'. Both are perfectly acceptable. In villages, a pharmacy might be located inside a person's home or a small community center. Asking 'Dorixona qayerda?' is essential as there may be no signs.
Use 'Kechirasiz'
Always start your question with 'Kechirasiz' to sound polite to locals.
Locative Suffix
Don't forget the '-da' at the end of 'qayerda'. Without it, the sentence is ungrammatical.
Bedeutung
Asking for a medical location.
Use 'Kechirasiz'
Always start your question with 'Kechirasiz' to sound polite to locals.
Locative Suffix
Don't forget the '-da' at the end of 'qayerda'. Without it, the sentence is ungrammatical.
Look for the Green Cross
Even if you can't read the sign, look for the green cross symbol common in Uzbekistan.
Apteka is okay
If you forget 'Dorixona', just say 'Apteka'. Everyone will understand you.
Teste dich selbst
Complete the question to ask where the pharmacy is.
Dorixona _______?
'Qayerda' is the correct interrogative for location.
Match the Uzbek words with their English meanings.
Match the following:
These are the building blocks of the phrase.
Choose the best response to the question.
A: Kechirasiz, dorixona qayerda? B: ________.
'To'g'riga boring' (Go straight) is a logical direction.
Which of these is the most polite way to ask for a pharmacy?
Select the best option:
Adding 'Kechirasiz' makes it polite.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Visuelle Lernhilfen
Aufgabensammlung
4 AufgabenDorixona _______?
'Qayerda' is the correct interrogative for location.
Ordne jedem Element links seinen Partner rechts zu:
These are the building blocks of the phrase.
A: Kechirasiz, dorixona qayerda? B: ________.
'To'g'riga boring' (Go straight) is a logical direction.
Select the best option:
Adding 'Kechirasiz' makes it polite.
🎉 Ergebnis: /4
Häufig gestellte Fragen
10 FragenNo, 'Apteka' is also very common due to Russian influence.
Say 'Eng yaqin dorixona qayerda?'
It is the locative suffix meaning 'at', 'in', or 'on'.
No, use 'Shifoxona qayerda?' for a hospital.
Yes, most pharmacies in Uzbekistan are open 7 days a week.
Many medicines are available over-the-counter, but some require a 'retsept'.
It's a raspy sound, like the 'ch' in 'Loch Ness'.
'Qayerda' is for location (where is it?), 'qayerga' is for direction (where to?).
It is written as one word: 'Dorixona'.
Ask '24 soatlik dorixona qayerda?'
Verwandte Redewendungen
Shifoxona qayerda?
similarWhere is the hospital?
Dori bormi?
builds onIs there medicine?
Kechirasiz
specialized formExcuse me
Qayerda joylashgan?
specialized formWhere is it located?
