Raqmet and oqasy zhoq: thank you and the answer to it
Raqmet is thank you. Both spellings, raqmet and rahmet, are alive in writing and in speech. For example: “— Рақмет! — Оқасы жоқ.” — — Thank you! — Not at all.. A rule from the Kazakh course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Raqmet is thank you. Both spellings, raqmet and rahmet, are alive in writing and in speech.
Nobody answers it with a word for please. English uses please for two jobs. The job of answering thanks belongs to Oqasy zhoq, word for word there is no fault. One formula covers two occasions, because it answers raqmet and it answers the apology keshiriñiz, where English would say no harm done.
The other job of please, the one inside a request, belongs to Ötinemin, word for word I ask.
The trap: a request usually needs no separate word at all. The politeness sits at the end of the verb. Qaitalañyz already sounds polite, and the tail -shi softens it further: Mağan beriñizşi.
Table
| The phrase | Word for word | The job |
|---|---|---|
| Raqmet | "mercy" | thank you |
| Oqasy zhoq | "no fault" | the answer to thanks and to an apology alike |
| Ötinemin | "I ask" | "please" inside a request |
| Qaitalañyz | "repeat" | -ñyz already carries "please" |
| Beriñizşi | "hand it over, do" | -şi softens the request |
By example
- — Рақмет! — Оқасы жоқ.— Thank you! — Not at all.
- — Кешіріңіз. — Оқасы жоқ.— I am sorry. — No harm done.
- Маған су беріңізші.Give me some water, please.
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to say thank you in Kazakh?
Raqmet is thank you. Both spellings, raqmet and rahmet, are alive in writing and in speech.
What to answer to raqmet?
Nobody answers it with a word for please. English uses please for two jobs. The job of answering thanks belongs to Oqasy zhoq, word for word there is no fault. One formula covers two occasions, because it answers raqmet and it answers the apology keshiriñiz, where English would say no harm done.
How to say please in Kazakh?
The other job of please, the one inside a request, belongs to Ötinemin, word for word I ask.
Ötinemin vs oqasy zhoq?
The trap: a request usually needs no separate word at all. The politeness sits at the end of the verb. Qaitalañyz already sounds polite, and the tail -shi softens it further: Mağan beriñizşi.
What does it look like in an example sentence Kazakh?
“— Рақмет! — Оқасы жоқ.” — — Thank you! — Not at all.. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.