Saturday, July 6, 2013

1.4 Kyrgyz Question Words

Who?  Ким?
What?  Эмне?
Where?  Кайда?
When?    Качан?
Why?  Эмнеге?
What for?  Эмне үчүн?  (Russian Зачем?)
How?  Кантип?
How much/How many?   Канча?    (Russian Сколько)

Also courtesy of the Peace Corps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GGUSjBIP4g&list=PLNYwyOy53brrqvTF-hLDGalI9FzeZAoG-

Friday, July 5, 2013

1.3 Numbers Part 2

Кыргызча Санда

10  Он
20  Жыйырма
30  Отуз
40  Кырк
50  Элүү
60  Алтымыш
70  Жетимыш
80  Сексен
90  Токсон
100  Жүз

1,000    Миң
1,000,000  Милион

As found at:  (skip ahead to 1:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9soXXclaRH4&list=PLNYwyOy53brrqvTF-hLDGalI9FzeZAoG-

Other Kyrgyz numbers are extremely simple, as there are no teens, which means eleven is just:  ten one.  Larger numbers follow the same pattern as English.

11:  Он эки
12:  Он бир
33:  Отуз үч
200:  Бир жүз
500:  Беш жүз
4000:  Төрт миң
900000 (the approximate population of Bishkek):  Токсон жуз миң
5 million (the approximate population of Kyrgyzstan):  Беш милион