Numeral adjectives of the Kazakh language
Good day, dear blog readers of our website SoftMaker.kz! Here you can see a table with the numeral adjectives (san esimder) of the Kazakh language. San esim indicates the number of items order of items in account and answers questions: qansha? neshe? (how much?), neshinshi? (which?).
For example: otyz (neshe?) kitap — thirty books; qyryq (neshe?) adam — forty people; úshinshi (neshinshi?) qatar — the third row; besinshi (neshinshi?) bala — the fifth child.
| Numeral | Questions | Endings |
| Eseptik san esim (cardinal numeral) | qansha? neshe? (how much?) | no endings |
| Rettik san esim (ordinal numeral) | neshinshi? (wich?) qaı? (wich?) | -nshy, -nshi, -ynshy, -inshi |
| Jınaqtaý san esim (collective numeral) | Nesheý? (how many?) | -еу, -ау |
| Boljaldyq san esim (approximate numeral) | neshege jýyq? qanshadaı? (approximately how much? how many?) | -taı, -teı, -daı, -deı, -laǵan, -legen, -daǵan, -degen, -taǵan, -tegen, -lap, -lep, -dap, -dep, -tap, -tep |
| Toptaý san esim (separative numeral) | nesheden? qanshadan?(how much?) | Collective numerals + The original case (shyǵys septik): -nan, -nen, -dan, -den, -tan, -ten |
| Bólshektik san esim (fractional numeral) | qansha? neshe? (how much?) | Denominator — Ilik septik (genitive case): -nyń, -niń, -dyń, -diń, -tyn, -tiń; numerator — the third person affix -y, -i, -sy, -si. Denominator — Shyǵys septik (original case): -dan, -den, -tan, -ten, -nan, -nen; numerator — the third person affix -y, -i, -sy, -si. |
The names of numbers are formed from numerals: úsh + tik – triples, alty + lyq – sixes.
