- 311 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Colloquial Kazakh
About This Book
Colloquial Kazakh provides a step-by-step course in Kazakh as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Kazakh in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
Key features include:
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- progressive coverage of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
- structured, jargon-free explanations of grammar
- an extensive range of focused and stimulating exercises
- realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of scenarios
- useful vocabulary lists throughout the text
- an overview of the sounds and alphabet of Kazakh
- additional resources available at the back of the book, including a full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues.
Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Kazakh will be an indispensable resource both for independent learners and for students taking courses in Kazakh.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
Frequently asked questions
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стэйси | Сәлеметсіз бе! |
Aйгүл | Aмансыз ба! Бұйымтайыңыз бар ма? |
стэйси | Менің атым Стэйси. Мен осы компанияның жаңа инженерімін. |
Aйгүл | Кешіріңіз, толық аты-жөніңіз кім болады? |
стэйси | Cтэйси Брук. |
Aйгүл | Қош келдіңіз, Стэйси! Мен Айгүлмін, осы компанияның хатшысымын. |
STACY | How do you do? |
AIGUL | How do you do? Can I help you? |
STACY | My name is Stacy. I’m the new engineer. |
ALGUL | I’m sorry, what is your full name? |
STACY | Stacy Brooke. |
AIGUL | Welcome, Stacy! I’m Aigul, the secretary. |
бұйымтайыңыз бар ма? | can I help you? |
менің атым | my name |
осы | this |
жаңа | new |
кешіріңіз | excuse me, sorry |
толық аты-жөні | full name |
хатшы | secretary |
инженер | engineer |
Aйгүл | Ерлан Ахмет-ұлы, таныс болыңыз, Стэйси Брук, жаңа инженер. |
ерлан | Ерлан Ахмет-ұлы – бөлім бастығы. Танысқаныма қуаныштымын. Қош келдің! |
стэйси | Cәлеметсіз бе, Ерлан Ахмет-ұлы! |
AIGUL | Erlan Akhmet-uly, please meet Stacy Brooke, the new engineer. |
ERLAN | Erlan Akhmet-uly, the manager of our division. Nice to meet you. Welcome! |
STACY | How do you do, Erlan Akhmet-uly? |
таныс болыңыз | please meet |
бөлім бастығы | manager of the division |
қош келдің | welcome |
KAHAT | Cәлем! Таныс болайық, менің атым Қанат. |
стэйси | Cәлем! Танысқаныма қуаныштымын! |
KANAT | Hi! Let us be acquainted, my name is Kanat. |
STACY | Hi! Nice to meet you. |
Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The sounds of Kazakh
- 1 Glad to meet you!
- 2 Where are you from?
- 3 Is your family big?
- 4 I am from Italy, but I now live in Almaty
- 5 Have a nice trip!
- 6 Business trip
- 7 It is raining in Almaty
- 8 Happy Nowruz!
- 9 Please come and visit our home
- 10 Ready to serve
- 11 It is not my size
- 12 The city we lived in
- 13 Everything used to be different
- 14 I fell sick
- Grammar summary
- Key to exercises
- Translations of dialogues
- Kazakh-English glossary
- English-Kazakh glossary
- Index