Numbers

1. бир

   bir

   One

   Usage

   Basic numeral one

   Grammar Note

   Common Turkic numeral system. "Бир" (one) is shared with Uzbek, Kazakh, and Turkish.

2. эки

   eki

   Two

   Usage

   Basic numeral two

   Grammar Note

   "Эки" (two) shares its root with Kazakh "екі" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

3. үч

   üch

   Three

   Usage

   Basic numeral three

   Grammar Note

   "Үч" (three) shares its root with Kazakh "үш" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

4. төрт

   tört

   Four

   Usage

   Basic numeral four

   Grammar Note

   "Төрт" (four) is identical to Kazakh "төрт" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

5. беш

   besh

   Five

   Usage

   Basic numeral five

   Grammar Note

   "Беш" (five) shares its root with Kazakh "бес" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

6. алты

   alty

   Six

   Usage

   Basic numeral six

   Grammar Note

   "Алты" (six) is identical to Kazakh "алты" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

7. жети

   jeti

   Seven

   Usage

   Basic numeral seven

   Grammar Note

   "Жети" (seven) shares its root with Kazakh "жеті" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

8. сегиз

   segiz

   Eight

   Usage

   Basic numeral eight

   Grammar Note

   "Сегиз" (eight) shares its root with Kazakh "сегіз" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

9. тогуз

   toguz

   Nine

   Usage

   Basic numeral nine

   Grammar Note

   "Тогуз" (nine) shares its root with Kazakh "тоғыз" — a numeral common to the Kipchak Turkic languages.

10. он

    on

    Ten

    Usage

    Basic numeral ten

    Grammar Note

    Kyrgyz numerals are decimal. Eleven is "он бир", twenty is "жыйырма."

11. жүз

    jüz

    One hundred

    Usage

    The numeral for one hundred

    Grammar Note

    "Жүз" (hundred) is identical in Kazakh ("жүз"). Kyrgyz numerals are decimal, and the roots for 100 and 1000 stay simple as the scale grows

12. миң

    ming

    One thousand

    Usage

    The numeral for one thousand

    Grammar Note

    "Миң" (thousand) shares its root with Kazakh "мың". Larger numbers are built by combining 10, 100, and 1000 (regular decimal system)

13. Канча?

    Kancha?

    How much?

    Usage

    Most basic question for price or quantity

    Grammar Note

    "Kancha" is the quantity interrogative, corresponding to Kazakh "қанша". It covers both price (as in "Kancha turat?") and quantity

14. жарым

    jarym

    Half

    Usage

    Expression for half

    Grammar Note

    "Жарым" (half) is identical in Kazakh ("жарым"). It follows a number to mean "N and a half" (e.g. "бир жарым" = 1.5)

15. көп

    köp

    Many / A lot

    Usage

    Expression for many or a large amount

    Grammar Note

    "Көп" (many) is identical in Kazakh ("көп"). Turkic quantity words precede the noun, which stays in its singular form ("көп китеп" = many books, with "book" unmarked for plural)

16. бир аз

    bir az

    A few / A little

    Usage

    Expression for a small amount

    Grammar Note

    "Бир аз" combines "бир" (one) + "аз" (few/little). "Аз" alone already means "little" and pairs with "көп" (many) as its opposite

17. Мен жыйырма жети жаштамын

    Men jyyyrma jeti jashtamyn

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    How to answer "Jashyngyz kancha?" (how old are you?). "Jash" (age) + locative "-ta" + first person "-myn" = "I am N years old". Swap the number for any other age

    Grammar Note

    "Jashtamyn" packs "jash" (age) + locative "-ta" + first-person singular "-myn" into one word. This locative-for-age pattern is shared with Kazakh

18. Быйыл жыйырма сегиз жашта болом

    Byyyl jyyyrma segiz jashta bolom

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Used in the year your age changes. "Jash" (age) + locative "-ta" + "boluu" (to become) = "I will be N years old". "Byyyl" means "this year". "Jashka tolom" (to complete N years) is an equally valid alternative

    Grammar Note

    This swaps the copula of "jashtamyn" for "bolom" (will become — first person singular future of "boluu"). "Jashta" (the locative for age) stays the same

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