Kazakh Words and Phrases

Here are some useful phrases and words. If anyone knows of any others, please e-mail me and I will add them. Most of these include a "phonetic" spelling so that you know how to say it. Some of the lists have the same words, but I wanted to list them as I found them. If you use the Print this page function below, it will print only the word lists and none of the page graphics or navigation.

I now have two PDFs availble. They both contain English, Kazakh, and Russian words and phrases. The foreign words are transiliterated; in other words, they are phonetically spelled and not in Cyrillic. I would like to thank the adoptive moms who sent these to me, so that I can make them available to you: Diana Eaton's is Kazakh List 1 (17 pages) and Rocio Schupp's is Kazakh List 2 (9 pages). You are welcome to download these for your own personal use, but please don't forward or publish them without permission. If you ever find them on another website, or handed out by an adoption agency, please let me know .

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Hello, how are you? = Salamatsys, ba?
Thank You = rrrrak-mit
Goodbye = kosh sow bolingdar
Yes = ee-ah
No = shoke
Good = shacquesie
Boiled water = qaynaghan su
How much = qansha?
Where is = ...qayda?
I don't understand = tusinbeymin
Toilet = azhetkhana
Peace be with you = Asalaam Aleykum
Mother = sheshe
Father = yeka
Baby = bobek
Boy = bala
Girl = kuz
Grandfather = ata
Grandmother = apa
I love you = Myen syeni sooyom. (or) Myen syeni zhaksi koryem
Time for bed = Zhoor youktayik
Go to sleep! = Bar youkta!
Are you hungry? = Syen ashsinba?
Do you need to use the potty? = Syen doozgye barasin ba? (or) Syen dairyebkhanaga barasin ba?
Do you have to pee pee? = See Es-in-pah pee pee?
Do you have to poop? = See Es-in-pah cah-cah?
Good girl! = Jac-see Koo! (with the Jac said like Jacque in French)
Cat = Mu-sick
Sheep = Koy
rabbit = Koy-yon
squirrel = Tiyin
camel = bura
horse = tulpar
Happy Birthday! = Tughan kuninmen!
Numbers:
    1 = bir
    2 = yeki
    3 = ush
    4 = tort
    5 = bes
    6 = alti
    7 = zhetti
    8 = segiz
    9 = toghiz
    10 = on
To chew = myrshim
colorful mountains = alatau

The following words are from an adoptive mom - thanks, Kym.
Horse: Aht
Bunny: Koy-Un
Fish: Balak
Bird: Tota-Kus
Cat: Miss-ick
Turtle: Tas-bak-ah
Hamster: Tish-kam
Dog: eat

Car: Machine-ah (russian I think)
Cookie: Pa-chen-ya (russian)
Ball: Dope
Push: Boss
Beautiful (as in you look beautiful): odd-ye-emma
Fruit: Jee-mus
Meat: Yet
No: Zjock (Nyet is Russian)
Yes: Zjockza (Da is Russian)
eat: jehr
Blocks: Coo-be-key
juice: soak (russian)
water: sue
doll: kook-la (russian)
orange: man-der-eeen

Big girl (as in you are a big girl!) Dowl-kus
Say or Repeat after me: Ite
Book: ka-tept
medicine: Dad-rah
Airplane: sum-moe-lote
going: Oat-tram-mus
big sister: ap-keya
little brother: en-nung
dance: beel-yeah
come here: kas-mat-kil
thank you: rock-mid
go to sleep: york-time-mus (we use this one ALOT!)
be quiet: teesh-tan
please: pa-jawl-sta (russian)
give a hug: shocktah
give a kiss: see
Don't Cry: zgha-llamav
go to the bathroom: gar-shock-ca ba-ra-maz
thats all or thats enough!: Bold-da (my 4 year old has learned this one to communicate with her strong willed sister!)
stay by me: mennen-cos-sum-da-tore
stay in your seat: or-nan-da-or-terr

lunch: tue-skus
dinner: kesh-ka-us
breakfast: tan-year-tien-ga-us
bath: vanna
hot: bi-ka
cold: soolk

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The following phrases are from an adoptive dad - thanks, Mark.

We love you: Biz see-ah-nah jacque-see kour-i-mas
I love you: Men see-ah-nah jacque-see kour-i-man
Do you want to eat?: ta-mak schee-es-en-bah?
Do you want water?: sou schee-es-en-bah?
Do you want milk?: soot schee-es-en-bah?
Do you want soup?: kis-pee-ah schee-es-en-bah? (Alia did seem to know the Russian term zoupa also)
Do you want bread?: none schee-es-en-bah?
Do you want to sleep?: see-ah-nah yuk-tee-ah-sen-bah?
Come here: Mon dah kyll
Come to me: Mah-gan-kyll
Do you have to peepee?: See es-sen-bah peepee?
Do you have to poopoo?: See es-en-bah caca? (Julie and I were amused that peepee and caca seem to be universal!)
Good Girl!: Jacque-see kou!
Please don't cry: Zjill-lah-mah-sha!

These are from Jennifer's language page , which also lists these words and phrases in many (up to 800) other languages.

hello: Salam, salamu alaykim, Khayrly kün, Selem (informal)
thank you: Rahmet, Rahmet sizge
good bye: Qosh sau bolyngdar, Sau bolnynyz, Sau bol (informal)
how are you?/fine: Zhagdaiynyz qalai?, Khalynjyz qalai?, Zhaqsë, Zhaksy
what is your name?: Atëngëz kim?, Atënj kim? (informal)
welcome: Khosh keldiniz, Khosh keldinizder
good morning: Khayrly tanj
good evening: Khayrly kesh
good night: Khayrly tün
please: Marhamet, Marhabatv I don't understand: Tusinbeymin, Tüsindim
do you speak English?: Aghylshynsa bilesiz be?, Siz agylshynsha söyley alasez ba?
yes: Ia
no: Zhoq

From the Kazakh phrasebook (no longer online, was at www.angelfire.com/nd/phrasebook/kazakh.html)

yes: iye
no: joq
thank you: rahmet sizge
hello: salemetsiz be
good bye: sau bolynyz
how are you ?: salemitsiz be ?
I am fine: jaqsuh
what is you name ?: atuhnguhz kim ?
my name is _____: atuhm _______.
I understand: tewsindim
I don't understand: tewsinbeymin
do you speak _____ ?: siz_________soyley a lasez ba ?
english: agylshynsha
spanish: ispansha
french: frantsusha
kazakh: qazaqsha

Joni, an adoptive mom, had this list on her web site.

grandma - apa
grandpa - ata
aunt - apai
uncle - agha
no - jikh
pee-pee - pee-pee
thank you - rakhmet
yes - yah
good boy! - ziakhsi bala
very good! - ote zhakhsi
bad boy - bala jahmmin
go to bed or bedtime - toe sek
mama loves you - mama men sin omin
mama's here - mamang minda
come here - bear gale

Kazakinfo has a page of pictures, how Kazak children might write the word, how it is pronounced, and the English word.

There is an extensive list in Issue 5 of the Kazakh Kids newsletter, contributed by Diana, another adoptive mother.

Kidsave has a Kazakh Child Talk Phrasebook, an English to Russian words and phrases document, and a document for Russian to English, all available for download.

Sample text from a Kazakh textbook published by Dunwoody Press.

US Embassy website has a large list of words and phrases, organized into categories. I used to have these on my website, but the Embassy's list is better organized.

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Page last updated on 17 August 2008.