verbs

Essential verbs

The most common Kazakh verbs in their **infinitive (dictionary) form**. Kazakh infinitives end in -у/-ю (the back/front-vowel rule). To use them in real speech you'll add personal endings — for now just learn the stems. Note: Kazakh has no exact equivalent of English "to be" — болу means to become / to exist; in present tense it's usually omitted.

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Words (14)

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болу

to be / to become

often omitted in present tense
бару

to go
келу

to come
жеу

to eat
ішу

to drink
көру

to see
білу

to know
айту

to say / to tell
жасау

to do / to make
алу

to take
беру

to give
сүю

to love
ұйықтау

to sleep
ойлау

to think

Sentences (3)

Мен білемін.

I know.
Сен қайда барасың?

Where are you going?
Ол кітап оқиды.

He / she reads a book.