LingoflyӘңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды
- Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болдыÄñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldyit was nice talking
“Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды” (Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy) — it was nice talking in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Wider than e, nasal ng, short i: aang-gi-me-les-ke-ni-MIZ zhaq-SY bol-DY. In a live sentence: “Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды, рахмет” (Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy, rakhmet) — It was nice talking, thank you. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ә, ң, г, і, м, е, л, е, с, к, е, н… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды (Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy) |
| Read in Latin letters | Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy |
| Translation | it was nice talking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
wider than e, nasal ng, short i: aang-gi-me-les-ke-ni-MIZ zhaq-SY bol-DY
Why it looks that way
angimelesu is to converse, from angime, a talk; the -les shows mutuality, as in to speak with each other; the long word is assembled from four pieces
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.
- Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды, рахметÄñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy, rakhmetIt was nice talking, thank you
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 “it was nice talking” in Kazakh?
«Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды» (Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy), read “Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy”. Wider than e, nasal ng, short i: aang-gi-me-les-ke-ni-MIZ zhaq-SY bol-DY. In a live sentence: “Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды, рахмет” (Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy, rakhmet) — It was nice talking, thank you. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ә, ң, г, і, м, е, л, е, с, к, е, н…
How is “Әңгімелескеніміз жақсы болды” (Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy) written in Latin letters?
Äñgimeleskenimiz zhaqsy boldy. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Angimelesu is to converse, from angime, a talk; the -les shows mutuality, as in to speak with each other; the long word is assembled from four pieces. 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 this 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.