Xush kelibsiz

Welcome

Level 1

Xush kelibsiz! = Welcome! Oʻzbekistonga xush kelibsiz! = Welcome to Uzbekistan!

How It Works

How it is built. xush means pleasant or good, and kelibsiz is kel- (come) + -ib + -siz (you): "you have come". So the phrase means "it is good that you have come". The -ib ending here belongs to the same past form as -(i)bdi, but for now you can learn the phrase as a whole.

Welcoming someone to a place. The place takes -ga, because the guest came to it:

  • Oʻzbekistonga xush kelibsiz! (Welcome to Uzbekistan!)
  • Uyimizga xush kelibsiz! (Welcome to our home!)
  • Toʻyimizga xush kelibsiz! (Welcome to our wedding!)

Matching the guests. The last part changes like -siz:

  • xush kelibsiz: one person, politely
  • xush kelibsan: a close friend or a child
  • xush kelibsizlar: a group (sizlar)

A guest usually replies with Xush koʻrdik (Glad to see you) or Rahmat (Thank you). Hosts often follow with Marhamat: Xush kelibsiz! Marhamat, kiring. (Welcome! Please come in.)

Examples (6)

  1. Xush kelibsiz!

    Welcome!

    Word by Word: Pleasantly you-have-come!

  2. Oʻzbekistonga xush kelibsiz!

    Welcome to Uzbekistan!

    Word by Word: Uzbekistan-to pleasantly you-have-come!

    The place takes -ga.

  3. Uyimizga xush kelibsiz!

    Welcome to our home!

    Word by Word: Our-home-to pleasantly you-have-come!

  4. Toʻyimizga xush kelibsiz!

    Welcome to our wedding!

    Word by Word: Our-wedding-to pleasantly you-have-come!

  5. Samarqandga xush kelibsizlar!

    Welcome to Samarkand, everyone!

    Word by Word: Samarkand-to pleasantly you-all-have-come!

    -sizlar for a group of guests.

  6. Xush kelibsan, doʻstim!

    Welcome, my friend!

    Word by Word: Pleasantly you-have-come, my-friend!

    The familiar -san for a close friend.

Common Mistakes

  • Using -da (in) for the place instead of -ga (to).

    Oʻzbekistonda xush kelibsiz!
    Oʻzbekistonga xush kelibsiz!

    The guest has come to the place, so it takes -ga, like any destination of kelmoq (to come).

  • Writing xush with h.

    Hush kelibsiz!
    Xush kelibsiz!

    Xush is spelled with x, the sound at the back of the throat.

How It Connects

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Xush kelibsizLevel 1Welcome

Learn This First

Builds on To or Toward: -ga and Greetings: Assalomu alaykum and Salom.

Words in This Pattern

kelmoq