LingoflyӘрең жетеді
- Әрең жетедіÄreñ zhetedibarely enough
“Әрең жетеді” (Äreñ zhetedi) — barely enough in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Open ae with an e shade, nasal ng: ae-RENG zhe-te-DI. In a live sentence: “Ақша ай соңына әрең жетеді” (Aqsha ai soñyna äreñ zhetedi) — The money will barely last to the end of the month. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ә, р, е, ң, ж, е, т, е, д, і. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Әрең жетеді (Äreñ zhetedi) |
| Read in Latin letters | Äreñ zhetedi |
| Translation | barely enough |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
open ae with an e shade, nasal ng: ae-RENG zhe-te-DI
Why it looks that way
literally hardly suffices; aren is scarcely; close to it is tausylyp barady, running out: there the stock is ending right now, here it barely lasts until the needed time
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.
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 “barely enough” in Kazakh?
«Әрең жетеді» (Äreñ zhetedi), read “Äreñ zhetedi”. Open ae with an e shade, nasal ng: ae-RENG zhe-te-DI. In a live sentence: “Ақша ай соңына әрең жетеді” (Aqsha ai soñyna äreñ zhetedi) — The money will barely last to the end of the month. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ә, р, е, ң, ж, е, т, е, д, і.
How is “Әрең жетеді” (Äreñ zhetedi) written in Latin letters?
Äreñ zhetedi. 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?
Literally hardly suffices; aren is scarcely; close to it is tausylyp barady, running out: there the stock is ending right now, here it barely lasts until the needed time. 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.