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Greetings & basics Kazakh Say it English sä-lem hello sau bo-lyn-yz goodbye rah-met thank you ö-ti-ne-min please ke-shi-riñ-iz excuse me / sorry i-ä yes zhoq no / there is not bar there is ke-rek needed / must zhaq-sy good
Pronouns Kazakh Say it English men I sen you (informal) siz you (formal) ol he / she / it biz we sen-der you (plural) o-lar they
Question words Kazakh Say it English kim who ne what qai-da where qa-shan when ne-ge why qa-lai how qan-sha how much / many qai which
Numbers Kazakh Say it English bir 1 e-ki 2 üsh 3 tört 4 bes 5 al-ty 6 zhe-ti 7 se-giz 8 to-ghyz 9 on 10
People Kazakh Say it English a-dam person ba-la child ä-ke father a-na mother a-gha older brother a-pa older sister dos friend mu-gha-lim teacher
Verbs (dictionary form ends in -у) Kazakh Say it English bo-lu to be / become ba-ru to go ke-lu to come kö-ru to see bi-lu to know a-lu to take be-ru to give ai-tu to say zheu to eat i-shu to drink o-qu to read / study zha-zu to write tu-ru to stand / live söi-leu to speak tü-si-nu to understand
Adjectives Kazakh Say it English ül-ken big ki-shi small zha-man bad zha-ña new es-ki old (things) zhy-ly warm su-yq cold ä-de-mi beautiful köp many / much az few / little
Everyday nouns Kazakh Say it English su water nan bread et meat shai tea süt milk üi house / home qa-la city a-uyl village zhol road kün day / sun tün night zhyl year ua-qyt time aq-sha money ki-tap book e-sik door
Colors Kazakh Say it English qy-zyl red kök blue / sky-blue zha-syl green sa-ry yellow aq white qa-ra black qo-ñyr brown
Family Kazakh Say it English a-ta grandfather ä-zhe grandmother ul son / boy qyz daughter / girl
Time Kazakh Say it English qa-zir now bü-gin today er-teñ tomorrow ke-she yesterday tañ-er-teñ in the morning kesh evening sa-ghat hour / clock ap-ta week ai month / moon
Days of the week Kazakh Say it English düi-sen-bi Monday sei-sen-bi Tuesday sär-sen-bi Wednesday bei-sen-bi Thursday zhu-ma Friday sen-bi Saturday zhek-sen-bi Sunday
Food Kazakh Say it English ta-maq food al-ma apple kar-top potato kü-rish rice qy-myz kymyz (fermented mare's milk)
Animals Kazakh Say it English it dog my-syq cat at horse qoi sheep si-yr cow tü-ie camel qus bird
Body Kazakh Say it English bas head köz eye qu-laq ear mu-ryn nose a-uyz mouth qol hand / arm a-yaq foot / leg zhü-rek heart
Nature Kazakh Say it English tau mountain ö-zen river köl lake as-pan sky zher earth / land zhul-dyz star
Places Kazakh Say it English mek-tep school dü-ken shop ba-zar market
Useful phrases Kazakh Say it English qa-lyñ-yz qa-lai how are you qai-yr-ly tañ good morning qai-yr-ly kesh good evening qosh kel-diñ-iz welcome tü-sin-be-dim I didn't understand qan-sha tu-ra-dy how much does it cost