Time, days and hours in Kazakh

137 words Kazakh words on the topic “time, days and hours”: Сағат — hour, Күн — day, Бүгін — today, Ертең — tomorrow. 137 words can be played from recordings.

Updated September 1, 2026 · Lingofly

137 words on the topic

How it sounds in a sentence

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What is worth knowing about these words

Сағат — hour. The same word means "clock", wrist or wall: "qol sagaty" is a wristwatch. "Sagat neshe?" is "what time is it?".

Күн — day. The same word means "sun", as in many Turkic languages: the luminary and the day it measures share a name. When you need the luminary itself, it is "kun kozi".

Бүгін — today. "Bul", "this", plus "kun", "day". Assembled from two words you already know.

Ертең — tomorrow. Do not confuse with "ertemen", "early in the morning": the root "erte", "early", is shared, but the meanings have drifted apart.

Test yourself

First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.

What is this word?
It is Сағат — hour.
What is this word?
It is Сағат нешеде? — at what time?.
What is this word?
It is Алдымен — to start with.
What is this word?
It is -ған соң — after (conjunction).
What is this word?
It is Ешқашан — never.

Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.

How do you say “hour” in Kazakh?
The same word means "clock", wrist or wall: "qol sagaty" is a wristwatch. "Sagat neshe?" is "what time is it?".
How do you say “at what time?” in Kazakh?
"Hour" from unit 3, "how many", plus the locative. Literally "at which hour".
How do you say “to start with” in Kazakh?
from ald, the front, the start; it stands at the START of the sentence or right before the verb: first wash your hands; this is first in a row of deeds; first in the sense of again is quite another word
How do you say “after (conjunction)” in Kazakh?
the same scheme with another postposition: the -ghan participle at the end of the clause plus son; call me after you finish work; equal to the -ghannan keiin form, only shorter and chattier; son never opens a phrase
How do you say “never” in Kazakh?
it demands double negation: I will never go — without the negation on the verb the phrase is wrong; the same with nobody and nothing: the negative must sit on the word and on the verb

How to learn the set instead of just reading it

Today, tomorrow, in the morning, at six. You cannot arrange to meet without these — let alone understand the answer.

A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.

Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many times
Adesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
This holds not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many times
Mawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.

Frequently asked

How do you say “hour” in Kazakh?

«Сағат». The same word means "clock", wrist or wall: "qol sagaty" is a wristwatch. "Sagat neshe?" is "what time is it?". It is one of 137 words in the set “time, days and hours” — the rest are in the table above.

How many time words do you need to start?

A dozen is enough. The set of 137 words on this page covers nearly every everyday case on the topic — but it is best taken a few at a time, not all at once.

Is there audio?

Yes, 137 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.

Time, days and hours in Kazakh

137 words on the topic

How it sounds in a sentence

What is worth knowing about these words

Test yourself

How to learn the set instead of just reading it

Frequently asked

How do you say “hour” in Kazakh?

How many time words do you need to start?

Is there audio?

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