Өзін жақсы сезіну
“Өзін жақсы сезіну” — to feel better in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. rounded o, short i, throaty q: o-ZIN zhaq-SY se-zi-NU. In a live sentence: “Дәріден кейін өзін жақсы сезінді” — After the medicine he felt better. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Өзін жақсы сезіну |
| Translation | to feel better |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- Өзін жақсы сезінуto feel better
How to pronounce it
rounded o, short i, throaty q: o-ZIN zhaq-SY se-zi-NU
Why it looks that way
the reflexive pronoun changes by person: about yourself I feel well, about you yourself, about him himself; the card shows the third person — in speech put your own
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.
- Дәріден кейін өзін жақсы сезіндіAfter the medicine he felt better
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 feel better” in Kazakh?
«Өзін жақсы сезіну». rounded o, short i, throaty q: o-ZIN zhaq-SY se-zi-NU. In a live sentence: “Дәріден кейін өзін жақсы сезінді” — After the medicine he felt better. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
the reflexive pronoun changes by person: about yourself I feel well, about you yourself, about him himself; the card shows the third person — in speech put your own. 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.