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Kazakh from zero to A1

Standard Kazakh (қазақ әдеби тілі) from zero to A1, taught in English. Kazakh is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, and so is this course, from lesson 1: module 0 introduces all 42 letters with their sounds in one chart, then practices the nine Kazakh letters (ә, ғ, қ, ң, ө, ұ, ү, һ, і), vowel harmony, stress and the six forms of an ending, and shows how to add the Kazakh keyboard. Then meeting people with сен and сіз, personal endings, questions and negation, numbers, phone numbers and age; family and possession, бар / жоқ, the genitive, adjectives and colors; where you live and what you do — the locative, the present tense, work, the time and the days of the week; town and travel with the dative, the ablative and the instrumental, postpositions and the imperative. Then food and shopping with the accusative and prices, clothes, months and dates, the past and the future, free time, weather and health; extras — a form, visiting a Kazakh home, the movies and the theater; and real-life scenes — store and bazaar, a teahouse café, bus and taxi, doctor and pharmacy.

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Module 0. Letters and sounds

Module 1. Meeting people

Module 2. Family and what's mine

Module 3. Where I live and what I do

Module 4. Town and getting around

Module 5. Food, shopping, and the past

Module 6. Free time, weather, and health

Module 7. A1 extras

Module 8. A1 practice