Жұмыс іздеу
“Жұмыс іздеу” — to look for a job in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. tense short u, short i: zhu-MYS iz-DEU. In a live sentence: “Екі айдан бері жұмыс іздеп жүрмін” — For two months already I have been looking for a job. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жұмыс іздеу |
| Translation | to look for a job |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- Жұмыс іздеуto look for a job
How to pronounce it
tense short u, short i: zhu-MYS iz-DEU
Why it looks that way
izdeu the course knows as search on the phone — the same verb hunts for a job and for lost keys; the object stands bare: a job in general; zhumys izdep zhurmin means I am between jobs
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.
- Екі айдан бері жұмыс іздеп жүрмінFor two months already I have been looking for a job
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 look for a job” in Kazakh?
«Жұмыс іздеу». tense short u, short i: zhu-MYS iz-DEU. In a live sentence: “Екі айдан бері жұмыс іздеп жүрмін” — For two months already I have been looking for a job. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
izdeu the course knows as search on the phone — the same verb hunts for a job and for lost keys; the object stands bare: a job in general; zhumys izdep zhurmin means I am between jobs. 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.