Counting to ten in Kazakh
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Kazakh words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Kazakh phrases in this lesson
- Бірbeer
- One
- Екіek-KI
- Two
- Үшoosh
- Three
- Төртtort
- Four
- Бесbes
- Five
- Алтыal-TY
- Six
- Жетіzhe-TI
- Seven
- Сегізse-GIZ
- Eight
- Тоғызto-GHYZ
- Nine
- Онon
- Ten
The most common counting number. In casual speech it is often dropped, so just saying "кофе" works instead of "бір кофе", but including it sounds more natural.
Straightforward Turkic counting. The pattern continues logically without the complexity of some European languages.
The numbers up to ten are all single syllables or very short, making them easy to learn and remember quickly.
Twenty is жиырма, thirty отыз. The system stays regular without the mixed base shifts that plague other languages, making Kazakh numbers relatively learner friendly.