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Numbers in Kazakh: counting, ordinals, age
Counting from zero to a million, ordinals, age and phone numbers.
- From zero to ten
- 11 to 19 and the tens
- Hundreds, thousands and compound numbers
- Ordinals: first, second
- Counting things and people
- Age and phone numbers
From zero to ten
Eleven words, from zero to ten, that underpin counting. Listen and repeat until they come without thinking.
| nöl | 0 — zero | |
|---|---|---|
| bır | 1 — one | |
| ekı | 2 — two | |
| üş | 3 — three | |
| tört | 4 — four | |
| bes | 5 — five | |
| alty | 6 — six | |
| jetı | 7 — seven | |
| segız | 8 — eight | |
| toğyz | 9 — nine | |
| on | 10 — ten |
11 to 19 and the tens
11–19 is “ten” + a unit: on bır, on ekı… The tens are separate words to memorise.
| on bır | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| on ekı | 12 | |
| on üş | 13 | |
| on tört | 14 | |
| on bes | 15 | |
| on alty | 16 | |
| on jetı | 17 | |
| on segız | 18 | |
| on toğyz | 19 | |
| jiyrma | 20 | |
| otyz | 30 | |
| qyryq | 40 | |
| elu | 50 | |
| alpys | 60 | |
| jetpıs | 70 | |
| seksen | 80 | |
| toqsan | 90 |
Hundreds, thousands and compound numbers
Numbers are stacked from large to small with no connecting words: 2026 is ekı myñ jiyrma alty. “One” is not said before a hundred or a thousand: jüz (100), myñ (1000).
| jüz | 100 | |
|---|---|---|
| ekı jüz | 200 | |
| bes jüz | 500 | |
| myñ | 1,000 | |
| ekı myñ | 2,000 | |
| on myñ | 10,000 | |
| jüz myñ | 100,000 | |
| million | 1,000,000 | |
| jiyrma bes | 25 | |
| qyryq jetı | 47 | |
| jüz on | 110 | |
| ekı jüz elu | 250 | |
| myñ bes jüz | 1,500 | |
| ekı myñ jiyrma alty | 2,026 | |
| bes myñ tört jüz | 5,400 |
Ordinals: first, second
-ynşy/-ınşı after a consonant, -nşy/-nşı after a vowel. You need them for dates, floors, numbers and queues: üşınşı qabat (third floor), bırınşı ret (the first time).
| bırınşı | 1st, first | |
|---|---|---|
| ekınşı | 2nd | |
| üşınşı | 3rd | |
| törtınşı | 4th | |
| besınşı | 5th | |
| altynşy | 6th | |
| jetınşı | 7th | |
| segızınşı | 8th | |
| toğyzynşy | 9th | |
| onynşy | 10th | |
| jiyrmasynşy | 20th | |
| jüzınşı | 100th |
I live on the third floor.
This is my first lesson.
Counting things and people
After a number the noun stays singular: üş kıtap, bes adam. “How many / how much” is qanşa (amounts, prices) or neşe (countable items): Neşe adam? Qanşa tūrady? “Several” is bırneşe. Collective numerals: ekeu (two of them), üşeu (three of them): bız ekeumız (the two of us).
| üş kıtap | three books | |
|---|---|---|
| bes adam | five people | |
| Neşe adam? | How many people? | |
| Qanşa? | How much? | |
| bırneşe kün | several days | |
| köp | many, much | |
| az | few, little | |
| jarty | half | |
| şirek | a quarter | |
| ekeumız | the two of us | |
| barlyğy | in total |
How many people are coming in total?
Two teas and one coffee, please.
Age and phone numbers
Age: Men otyz jastamyn (I am thirty; jas is a year of age) or Menıñ jasym otyzda. To ask: Sız neşedesız? Phone numbers are read digit by digit or in groups: 8 777 123 45 67 — segız, jetı jüz jetpıs jetı, jüz jiyrma üş, qyryq bes, alpys jetı.
| Sız neşedesız? | How old are you? | |
|---|---|---|
| Men otyz jastamyn. | I am thirty. | |
| Balam bes jasta. | My child is five. | |
| Telefon nömırıñız qandai? | What is your phone number? | |
| Menıñ nömırım — segız jetı jetı… | My number is eight seven seven… |
I am thirty-five.
Please tell me your phone number.