Мінез-құлық ережелері
“Мінез-құлық ережелері” — rules of conduct in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. short i, throaty q: mi-nez-qu-LYQ e-re-zhe-le-RI. In a live sentence: “Мектепте мінез-құлық ережелері ілулі тұр” — The rules of conduct are posted at school. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Мінез-құлық ережелері |
| Translation | rules of conduct |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- Мінез-құлық ережелеріrules of conduct
How to pronounce it
short i, throaty q: mi-nez-qu-LYQ e-re-zhe-le-RI
Why it looks that way
a paired word: the character plus the conduct; together they mean behavior; such pairs are common in Kazakh and are not taken apart piece by piece
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.
- Мектепте мінез-құлық ережелері ілулі тұрThe rules of conduct are posted at school
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 “rules of conduct” in Kazakh?
«Мінез-құлық ережелері». short i, throaty q: mi-nez-qu-LYQ e-re-zhe-le-RI. In a live sentence: “Мектепте мінез-құлық ережелері ілулі тұр” — The rules of conduct are posted at school. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
a paired word: the character plus the conduct; together they mean behavior; such pairs are common in Kazakh and are not taken apart piece by piece. 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.