Жедел жәрдем шақыру
“Жедел жәрдем шақыру” — to call an ambulance in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. wide ae, tense short u: zhe-DEL zher-DEM sha-qy-RU. In a live sentence: “Дереу жедел жәрдем шақырыңыз” — Call an ambulance immediately. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жедел жәрдем шақыру |
| Translation | to call an ambulance |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- Жедел жәрдем шақыруto call an ambulance
How to pronounce it
wide ae, tense short u: zhe-DEL zher-DEM sha-qy-RU
Why it looks that way
zhedel zhardem is the ambulance service, literally swift help — the course knows it from wave one; shaqyru is the same call verb as for guests and for the police; the number is 103
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.
- Дереу жедел жәрдем шақырыңызCall an ambulance immediately
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 call an ambulance” in Kazakh?
«Жедел жәрдем шақыру». wide ae, tense short u: zhe-DEL zher-DEM sha-qy-RU. In a live sentence: “Дереу жедел жәрдем шақырыңыз” — Call an ambulance immediately. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
zhedel zhardem is the ambulance service, literally swift help — the course knows it from wave one; shaqyru is the same call verb as for guests and for the police; the number is 103. 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.