LingoflyTexts in Kazakh
Short texts in Kazakh with a translation alongside and comprehension questions, levels A1–B1. The first ones need two or three hundred everyday words; the B1 texts need about three thousand. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart.
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- 📖An ordinary dayA1 · Hello. My name is Aigul, I live in Almaty. In the morning I drink tea and eat bread with…
- 📖At the marketA2 · On Saturday I go to the market with my family. The market is close to home, ten minutes…
- 📖The Saturday bazaarA2 · On Saturday I go to the bazaar early, because in the morning everything is fresh. My…
- 📖A rented flatA2 · We rent a two-room flat on the third floor. The flat has a big kitchen but a small…
- 📖At the pharmacyA2 · Yesterday evening my head hurt and my throat hurt too. I had no fever, so I did not go to…
- 📖Four seasons in AlmatyA2 · In Almaty spring comes early: in March the sun is warm, and in April it often rains. In…
- 📖My jobA2 · My profession is engineer, and I work in a big office. The working day is from nine to…
- 📖By train to TurkestanA2 · Last month I went to Turkestan by train, because the ticket is half the price of a plane…
- 📖A holiday at the lakeA2 · In summer we went up into the mountains and drove to a small lake. There is no sand on…
- 📖Autumn clothesA2 · Autumn has come, so I went to the bazaar looking for warm clothes. I liked a brown…
- 📖A small quarrelA2 · Yesterday I quarreled with a colleague because he did not listen to me. I was angry and…
- 📖The Sunday mealA2 · On Sundays I cook at home, because the whole family gathers. First I wash the vegetables…
- 📖I lost my phoneA2 · Yesterday evening I forgot my phone in a taxi, because I was in a hurry getting out. When…
- 📖A day in the cityA2 · On Saturday I went into the city, because I needed to make it to both the hairdresser and…
- 📖My free timeA2 · My hobby is drawing, but there is little time, so most often I draw only on my day off.…
- 📖The Nauryz holidayA2 · Nauryz is the biggest holiday, celebrated every year in March, and the whole country…
- 📖Our houseA2 · We live in a house on the edge of the city: there is a yard, there is a fence, and a…
- 📖Before the examA2 · Last week the whole class prepared for the exam, because the grades go into the diploma.…
- 📖The monthly budgetA2 · Having received my salary, first I pay the utility bill and the monthly loan payment. I…
- 📖A week at the hospitalA2 · In January my father fell, and the doctor established a fracture. We called an ambulance…
- 📖A new jobA2 · In spring there were layoffs in the department, and I was left without work. For two…
- 📖Renting a flatA2 · We looked for a flat close to the new job, and the agent showed us three options. The…
- 📖On the roadA2 · Last Sunday we rented a car and set off toward the mountains. First we filled up, then I…
- 📖A photo on social mediaB1 · Yesterday I posted a photo taken in the mountains, and then put the phone in my pocket.…
- 📖A night incidentB1 · At night a window in the neighbor's shop broke, and he reported it to the police at once.…
- 📖I am not sureB1 · A friend told me he had received an offer of a new job, but added that he was not sure.…
- 📖The order of the dayA2 · Usually in the morning I first read the letters, then write down the plan for the day.…
- 📖About my grandfatherA2 · My grandfather was a man of medium height, gray-haired, with a deep wrinkle on his…
- 📖After the falling-outA2 · Last week a conflict came up with my close friend; she was hurt with me badly. I was on…
- 📖Pumpkin porridgeA2 · First I peeled the vegetables and chopped the pumpkin finely on the cutting board. Then I…
- 📖At the mallA2 · On our day off we went to the mall, because our son needed a jacket. The jacket in the…
- 📖The washing machine brokeA2 · Yesterday the washing machine started making noise, and then stopped working altogether.…
- 📖A thunderstorm in the villageA2 · In summer, when we came to the village, toward evening the weather turned overcast. First…
- 📖Our districtA2 · We live in a quiet district on the edge of the city. Behind the house there is a park: it…
- 📖How I am learning the languageA2 · A year has passed since I started learning Kazakh on my own. I memorize ten words a day…
- 📖My grandfather's life pathA2 · My grandfather was born in a village, and his childhood fell on hard years. After…
- 📖I learned to ask againA2 · Earlier, talking on the phone, I worried a lot: even if I did not catch something, it…
- 📖My own businessB1 · Two years ago I worked at a factory; then I quit and opened a small workshop. In the…
- 📖The end of the monthA2 · The salary payment arrives on the fifth of each month, but the money runs out by the…
- 📖Trash in the yardB1 · In our district trash recycling began a year ago. First three different bins were put in…
- 📖The book clubB1 · Our book club gathers once a month at the library. Each person picks a novel or a story…
- 📖The final gameA2 · Yesterday the final of the city championship took place. The gym was full, the fans sang.…
- 📖Measure and spaceB1 · Science explains the big with a small measure. At school we were told: the Earth is a…
- 📖Taking care of healthA2 · Last autumn I began to fall ill often. First I caught the flu, then my throat grew…
- 📖The housewarmingA2 · Last Saturday our neighbor held a housewarming. We came early and helped set the table.…
- 📖The dispute in the yardB1 · The dispute in our yard dragged on for a year. One group of residents wanted the road…
- 📖Making a decisionB1 · I was offered a job in another city, and making the decision was not easy. The salary is…
- 📖The old cupboardB1 · The cupboard left from grandfather stands in the corner of the room: the shape is simple…
- 📖In the new districtA2 · When we moved, we did not know the district at all, and in the first week we got lost…
- 📖The family accountB1 · This year we started writing down our household expenses, and after a month the figures…
- 📖The course of the projectB1 · We started the project in spring, and everything had to be done from scratch. In the…
- 📖A small researchB1 · In the school laboratory we carried out a small study of the water quality. First we…
- 📖The village has changedB1 · I was born in this village, and over the last decade everything here has changed. Since…
- 📖The price of waterB1 · In our region summers are dry, and the water resource is not endless. Upstream on the…
- 📖A day in the shop floorA2 · The working day starts at seven with a briefing: we go over the safety rules. Then we put…
- 📖An incident on the roadB1 · Once I was traveling at night on a train, and the carriage was full. Just as I was…
- 📖About characterB1 · I have two friends, and their characters are entirely different. The first is…
How to read a text in a language you barely know
First pass — all the way through, without peeking at the translation. The goal is not to understand but to catch familiar words: there will be more of them than you expect, and that feeling matters more than any rule.
Second pass — with the translation beside you. Now it becomes clear what exactly was in the way: an unknown word, a construction you did not get, or just reading speed.
Third pass — all the way through again. The second pass brings noticeably more, and this step is what makes reading useful: it turns analysis into recognition.
At the first levels a dictionary is still too early: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart, and understanding never assembles. That is why the translation stands beside the text whole, not word by word — in the B1 texts too, although there it is for checking.
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read texts in Kazakh?
A1–B1. For the first texts the letters and two or three hundred everyday words are enough; the B1 texts need about three thousand. The translation sits next to it, so an unknown word does not stop the reading.
How many times should you reread the text?
Three times: without the translation, with it, and without it again. The third pass is what all of this is for — the second time you recognize noticeably more.