| Hello! | Salamatsyzby!
(Саламатсызбы!) |
Yes | Ooba
(Ооба) |
No | jok
(Жок) |
| Good morning! | Kutmanduu tangyngyz menen!
(Кутмандуу таныныз менен!) |
Good evening! | Kutmanduu kechingiz menen!
(Кутмандуу кечиниз менен!) |
What's up? | Emne jangylyk?
(Эмне жанылык?) |
| What's up? | Emne boldu?
(Эмне болду?) |
How are you? | Kandaysiz?
(Кандайсыз?) |
| Good, thanks, and you? | Jakshy, rahmat, ozunguz?
(Жакшы, рахмат, озунуз?) |
Good bye! | Kosh kalyng!
(Кош калын!) |
| See you later! | Korushkoncho!
(Корушкончо!) |
| Sorry! | Kechirip koyunguz!
(Кечирип коюнуз!) |
Open/closed | Achyk/jabyk
(Ачык/жабык) |
Pull/push | Tart/turt
(Тарт/турт) |
Small/big | Kichine/chong
(Кичине/чон) |
Do you speak English? | Siz Anglische suyloy alasyzby?
(Сиз Англисче суйлой аласызбы?) |
| I don't speak English. | Men Anglische suyloy albaym.
(Мен англисче суйлой албайм.) |
| I only speak a little Kyrgyz. | Men bir az Kyrgyzscha suyloy alam.
(Мен бир аз Кыргызсча суйлой алам.) |
I understand. | Men tushunom.
(Мен тушуном.) |
I don't understand. | Men tushunboym.
(Мен тушунбойм.) |
Thank you! | Rahmat!
(Рахмат!) |
Thank you very much! | Chong rahmat!
(Чон рахмат!) |
Very well, thanks! | Oto jakshy, rahmat!
(Ото жакшы, рахмат!) |
Good | Jakshy
(Жакшы) |
Please | Suranych
(Сураныч) |
Please | Otunuch
(Отунуч) |
You're welcome! | Echteke emes!
(Эчтеке эмес) |
Excuse me! | Kechiresiz!
(Кечиресиз!) |
A little | Bir az
(Бир аз) |
Could you speak more slowly? | Bir az jayiraak suylonguzchu!
(Бир аз жайыраак суйлонузчу!) |
| Could you write that down? | Jazyp beresizbi?
(Жазып бересизби?) |
My bag/wallet/passport was stolen | Men sumkamdy/kapchigimdi/pasportumdu uurdatip jiberdim
(Мен сумкамды/капчыгымды/паспортумду уурдатып жибердим) |
I need a doctor! | Maga dogdurdu chakyrgyla!
(Мага догдурду чакыргыла!) |
Call the police! | Militsiyaga konguro kylyngyzchy!
(Милицияга конгуроо кылынызчы!) |
![A Kyrgyz girl in traditional attire offers tourists snacks near Ysyk Kol lake, Kyrgyzstan, May 18, 2006. [© AP Images]](img/photo/kyrgyzstan_girl_2006_05_18.jpg)
Below, you will find several useful phrases and words. To the left is the English and to the above right is an English transliteration of the Kyrgyz translation. Below the English transliteration is a Russian transliteration. Kyrgyz uses a modified Cyrillic alphabet nearly identical to the Russian. 
