Ask the price, state a quantity and choose a payment method.
How the language works
After a cardinal number, the noun usually stays singular: ekı alma — “two apples”. Qanşa? asks about quantity or price, while bar ma? asks whether something is available.
Useful phrases
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Būl qanşa tūrady?
How much does this cost?
Bır kelı alma berıñızşı.
Please give me a kilogram of apples.
Mağan ekı nan kerek.
I need two loaves of bread.
Kartamen töleuge bola ma?
Can I pay by card?
Mağan paket kerek emes.
I do not need a bag.
Chektı berıñızşı.
Please give me the receipt.
Dialogue
Bır kelı alma qanşa tūrady?
How much is a kilogram of apples?
Alty jüz teñge.
Six hundred tenge.
Bır kelı berıñızşı. Kartamen töleuge bola ma?
A kilogram, please. Can I pay by card?
İä, bolady.
Yes, you can.
Check your understanding
Choose an answer before opening the explanation. Then explain your choice.
1. Choose the correct translation: “Būl qanşa tūrady?”
- Please give me the receipt.
- Please give me a kilogram of apples.
- How much does this cost?
- I need two loaves of bread.
Answer and explanation
How much does this cost?
Būl qanşa tūrady? — How much does this cost?
2. How do you say: “Can I pay by card?”?
- Mağan paket kerek emes.
- Kartamen töleuge bola ma?
- Bır kelı alma berıñızşı.
- Chektı berıñızşı.
Answer and explanation
Kartamen töleuge bola ma?
Kartamen töleuge bola ma? — Can I pay by card?
3. How do you say “two apples”?
- Alma ekıge
- Ekı almalar
- Ekı alma
- Almanyñ ekeuımen
Answer and explanation
Ekı alma
In a neutral number–noun phrase, the noun after ekı does not take a plural ending: ekı alma.
Make it your own
Ask for a kilogram of apples, find out the price and check whether you can pay by card.
- I stated a quantity
- I asked the price
- I checked the payment method
Example response
Bır kelı alma berıñızşı. Būl qanşa tūrady? Kartamen töleuge bola ma? Chektı berıñızşı.