nouns

Sports

Most sport names in Kazakh are international borrowings. The traditional Kazakh sport is көкпар — a horseback game played with a goat carcass.

Practice this lesson

⎔Memory matchPair Kazakh ↔ English ◇Multiple choice4 options, pick one ⌨Type the answerType Kazakh from English ♪Audio-only quizAudio only — no Kazakh text shown

Go to daily review

Words (19)

Tap ▶ to hear pronunciation

спорт

sport
ойын

game / play
ойнау

to play (a game)
жаттығу

training / exercise
жаттығу жасау

to do exercise / to train
футбол

football / soccer
баскетбол

basketball
волейбол

volleyball
теннис

tennis
жүгіру

running
жүзу

swimming
шаңғы

skis / skiing
коньки

skates / skating
бокс

boxing
күрес

wrestling
көкпар

kokpar

traditional Kazakh horseback game
команда

team
жеңіс

victory / win
жеңіліс

loss / defeat

Sentences (3)

Менің сүйікті спортым — футбол.

My favorite sport is football.
Бүгін команда жеңіске жетті.

Today the team won.
Қыста шаңғы тебеміз.

In winter we go skiing.