Language/Kazakh/Grammar/Nouns

Hello Kazakh language learners,

In today's lesson, we will explain how to use nouns.

Example of use

Nouns as a part of speech answer the following questions:

• Кім? (Марио) = Who? (Mario)
• Не? (Алма) = What? (An apple)
• Кімдер? (Қыздар) = Who? (plural form) (Girls)
• Нелер? (Кітаптар) = What? (plural form) (Books)

No articles

In Kazakh language we do not use articles like a, an, the.

For example:

• An apple = Aлма
• A student = Cтудент
• the Moon = Aй

лар, лер, дар, дер ,тар, тер

To form plural nouns in Kazakh language, just add to your word: лар, лер, дар, дер ,тар, тер.

For example:

• Apple - apples = Алма - алмаЛАР
• student - students = студент - студентТЕР

rules

• Suffixes of plural form depend on the last syllable and letter of the word.

• If the last syllable is thin/thick, the suffix will be thin/thick too.

• If the last letter is vowel, the suffix must begin with Л.

• If the last letter is sonorous/soft/hard the suffix must begin with Л/Д/Т.