Басып шығару
“Басып шығару” — to print out in Kazakh. Verb, level A2. voiced throaty g in the middle: ba-SYP shy-gha-RU. In a live sentence: “Құжатты екі дана басып шығарыңыз” — Print the document in two copies. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Басып шығару |
| Translation | to print out |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
- Басып шығаруto print out
How to pronounce it
voiced throaty g in the middle: ba-SYP shy-gha-RU
Why it looks that way
literally having pressed, to bring out: basu is to press and shygharu to bring out; it is not said with one verb; a book is published with the same phrase
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Құжатты екі дана басып шығарыңызPrint the document in two copies
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, 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.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to print out” in Kazakh?
«Басып шығару». voiced throaty g in the middle: ba-SYP shy-gha-RU. In a live sentence: “Құжатты екі дана басып шығарыңыз” — Print the document in two copies. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
literally having pressed, to bring out: basu is to press and shygharu to bring out; it is not said with one verb; a book is published with the same phrase. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.