Airport & Customs

1. Паспортыгызны күрсәтегез

   Pasportygyzny kürsätegez

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Typically said at passport control

   Grammar Note

   Possessive "-гыз", accusative "-ны", polite imperative "-егез".

2. Нинди максат белән килдегез?

   Nindi maksat belän kildegez?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Asked at immigration about the purpose of the visit

   Grammar Note

   "максат белән" = with the aim of, as in "Ә нинди максат белән?"; past "килдегез" asks what you came for. Composed with regular grammar.

3. Монда ничә төн калырга уйлыйсыз?

   Monda nichä tön kalyrga uylyysyz?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Asked how long you will stay

   Grammar Note

   The noun after "ничә" stays singular ("ничә төн"); "…ырга уйлау" = to plan to. Composed with regular grammar.

4. Таможня декларациясенә кертәсе әйберләрегез бармы?

   Tamozhnya deklaratsiyasenä kertäse äyberläregez barmy?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs whether you have goods to declare

   Grammar Note

   "-асы" marks what is to be done (as in "барасы"). Composed with regular grammar.

5. Минем багажым килеп җитмәде

   Minem bagazhym kilep jitmäde

   My luggage has not arrived

   Usage

   When your checked bag does not show up

   Grammar Note

   "килеп җитү" = to arrive; negative "-ма-" + past "-де". "Безнең багаж кайда?" also works. Composed with regular grammar.

6. Мин транзит белән очам

   Min tranzit belän ocham

   I am in transit

   Usage

   Telling staff you are a transit passenger

   Grammar Note

   "… белән очу" = fly by (as in "самолет белән очтым"). Composed with regular grammar.

7. Самолетка утырту кайчан башлана?

   Samoletka utyrtu kaychan bashlana?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Asking when boarding starts

   Grammar Note

   "кайчан башлана?" as in "Очрашу кайчан башлана?". Composed with regular grammar.

8. Пошлинасыз сәүдә кибете кайда?

   Poshlinasyz säwdä kibete kayda?

   Where is the duty-free shop?

   Usage

   Looking for the duty-free shop

   Grammar Note

   "пошлина" (duty) + "-сыз" (without), a direct rendering of "беспошлинная торговля". Composed with regular grammar.

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