Дәл қызған кезде
“Дәл қызған кезде” — at the very height in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. open ae with an e shade, throaty q, voiced throaty g: DAEL qyz-GHAN kez-DE. In a live sentence: “Той дәл қызған кезде жарық өшті” — At the very height of the wedding the light went out. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Дәл қызған кезде |
| Translation | at the very height |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- Дәл қызған кездеat the very height
How to pronounce it
open ae with an e shade, throaty q, voiced throaty g: DAEL qyz-GHAN kez-DE
Why it looks that way
from heating up: at the moment when everything has heated through; the image is the same as in English, only through heat, not through burning
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.
- Той дәл қызған кезде жарық өштіAt the very height of the wedding the light went out
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 “at the very height” in Kazakh?
«Дәл қызған кезде». open ae with an e shade, throaty q, voiced throaty g: DAEL qyz-GHAN kez-DE. In a live sentence: “Той дәл қызған кезде жарық өшті” — At the very height of the wedding the light went out. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
from heating up: at the moment when everything has heated through; the image is the same as in English, only through heat, not through burning. 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.