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Bukharian Jewish Language Zaboni Yahudihoyi Buxori ALPHABET Corresponding letters and sounds Latin Letters Russian Hebrew English Letters (Bukharian) letters letters A a A А אַ B b B Б בּ V v V В ו ,ב G g G Г ג D d D Д ד E e E Е אּ.. Yo yo YO Ё ׳ Zh zh ZH Ж ׳ז Z z Z З ז I i I И ׳אּ Y y Y Й אּ׳ K k K К כּ L l L Л ל M m M М ם ,מ N n N Н ן ,נ O o O O אָ P p P П פּ R r R Р ר S s S C ס ,שׂ T t T T ת ,ט U u U У וּא F f F Ф ף ,פ H h soft sounding H X ה ,ח Ch ch CH Ч ׳צ Sh sh SH Ш שׁ sign for separation of ' Ъ ע letters E e E Э ׳א Yu yu YU Ю וּ׳ Ya ya YA Я אַ׳ pronounced as sound of U' u' וֹא "ea" in word "early" pronouced as "c" in Q q ק word "consonant" pronounced as sound Gh gh "gh" in word ГX ג "Afghanistan" X x hard sounding H X , כ J j J ДЖ ׳ג Note: The letter of H should be pronounced softer than usual English h, while letter X should be pronounced harder than usual English h. For example: Hayim - the life Xursand - Merry, happy The letter U' should be pronounced as letters ea in the English word early. The letter Q should be pronounced as "c" in English word "consonant". LESSON ONE The cardinal numbers. 1. one - yak 2. two - du 3. three - se 4. four - chor 5. five - panj 6. six - shish 7. seven - haft 8. eight - hasht 9. nine - no'h 10. ten - dah 11. eleven - yozdah 12. twelve - duvozdah 13. thirteen - senzdah 14. fourteen - chordah 15. fifteen - ponzdah 16. sixteen - shonzdah 17. seventeen - habdah 18. eighteen - hastdah 19. nineteen - no'zdah 20. twenty - bist 21. twenty one - bistu yak 30. thirty - si 31. thirty one- siyu yak 40. forty - chil 50. fifty - panjoh 60. sixty - shast 70. seventy - haftod 80. eighty - hashtod 90. ninety - navad 100. hundred - sad 200. two hundred - dusad 300. three hundred - sesad 400. four hundred - chorsad 500. five hundred - panjsad 600. six hundred - shishsad 700. seven hundred - haftsad 800. eight hundred - hashtsad 900. nine hundred - no'hsad 1000. thousand - hazor 1000000. million - milion The ordinal numbers. The ordinal numbers are derived from the cardinal numbers with the addition of the suffix - to words ending with consonants "-um" ; - to words ending with vowels "-yum": yakum - first duyum - second seyum - third chorum - fourth panjum - fifth bistu seyum - twenty third sadu navadu haftum - one hundred and ninety seventh Fractions. Example: Az chor se - three quarters (three fourths) Az se du - two thirds Home work. Write the following words in Buxori: Sixty one (61) Twenty two (22) Eighth (8th) One hundred ninety fifth (195th) Two fourth (2/4) LESSON TWO In the Bukharian-Jewish language as in other languages, there are words, letters in which pronounce differently, than are written. For a correct pronunciation of the words in the Bukharian-Jewish language, difficult words will be written in a transcription. In many cases the letter “h” doesn’t pronounce at the end of the words, for example: no'h [no’] – nine dah [da] – ten yozdah [yoza] – eleven duvozdah [do’za] – twelve senzdah [senza] – thirteen chordah [chorda] – fourteen ponzdah [ponza] – fifteen shonzdah [shonza] – sixteen habdah [habda] – seventeen hashtdah [hashda] – eighteen nuzdah [nuzda] – nineteen panjoh [panjo] – fifty Learn the following words: Yakshanbe [yakshame] – Sunday Dushanbe [dushame] – Monday Seshanbe [seshame] – Tuesday Chorshanbe [chorshame] – Wednesday Panjshanbe [panshame] – Thursday Jum`a – Friday Shabot – Saturday Ro’z – day Hafta – week Moh – month Sol – year Imro’z – today Pagah – tomorrow Dina – yesterday Imro’z shabot – today is Saturday Imro’z yakshanbe – today is Sunday It is necessary to note, that some Bukharian Jews use the following words for days of week: Yakshabot – Sunday Dushabot – Monday Seshabot – Tuesday Chorshabot – Wednesday Panjshabot – Thursday Ro’zi erev-shabot – Friday Shabot – Saturday Homework Write down the following words: Today is Monday Today is Tuesday Today is Wednesday Today is Thursday Today is Friday Answers to the homework of the first lesson: Sixty one (61) - Shastu yak Twenty two (22) - Bistu du Eighth (8th) - Hashtum One hundred ninety fifth (195th) - Sadu navadu panjum or yak sadu navadu panjum Two fourth (2/4) - Az Chor Du LESSON 3 Learn the following words: Mishpoho, oila - family Dada - dad Ocha, ona - mom Padar – father (lit.) Modar – mother (lit.) Bobo [bovo] - grandfather Bibi [bivi] - grandmother Bacha, farzand – a child Pisar – son, boy Duxtar – daughter, girl Barodar– brother Aka – older brother Dodar, uka – younger brother Apa – older sister Xohar [xuvar] – younger sister Nabera [navera] – grandson, granddaughter Amak – uncle (from father’s side) Taghoi – uncle (from mother’s side) Amma – aunt (from father’s side) Xola – aunt (from mother’s side) Hover, do’st, jo’ra – friend Kitob [kitov] – book