В в — ve
«ve» is a consonant of Kazakh, the “Kazakh Cyrillic” script, read as “v as in "van"”. An ordinary v. Never occurs in native words — loanwords only. The Kazakh alphabet has 42 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “Автобус” — bus.
In short
| Character | В в |
| Name | ve |
| Sound | v as in "van" |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 4th of 42, its neighbours in the course are б and г, appears in 57 words of this site.
How it sounds
An ordinary v. Never occurs in native words — loanwords only
The character in the “read them as written” group
Twenty-two letters that read exactly as you would guess. There is nothing to learn in them.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound, see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 42 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Kazakh character в read?
As “v as in "van"” — it is a consonant of the “Kazakh Cyrillic” script. An ordinary v. Never occurs in native words — loanwords only.
What is the letter в called?
Ve. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Kazakh script: it is called “ve” and reads as “v as in "van"”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.