Өтінемін
“Өтінемін” — please (making a request) in Kazakh. Adverb, level A0. Literally "I beg": a form of the verb otinu, "to ask", not a particle. The answer to thanks is oqasy zhoq. In a live sentence: “Бір стақан су беріңіз, өтінемін” — Give me a glass of water, please. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A0.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Өтінемін |
| Translation | please (making a request) |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A0 |
- Өтінемінplease (making a request)
Why it looks that way
Literally "I beg": a form of the verb otinu, "to ask", not a particle. The answer to thanks is oqasy zhoq.
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.
- Бір стақан су беріңіз, өтінемінGive me a glass of water, please
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 “please (making a request)” in Kazakh?
«Өтінемін». In a live sentence: “Бір стақан су беріңіз, өтінемін” — Give me a glass of water, please. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A0.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "I beg": a form of the verb otinu, "to ask", not a particle. The answer to thanks is oqasy zhoq. 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.