LingoflyБір минут, түсіндіріп берейін
- Бір минут, түсіндіріп берейінBir minut, tüsindirip bereiinone moment, let me explain
“Бір минут, түсіндіріп берейін” (Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin) — one moment, let me explain in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Short i, round u lips forward: BIR mi-NUT tu-sin-di-RIP be-RE-yin. In a live sentence: “Асықпаңыз, бір минут, түсіндіріп берейін” (Asyqpañyz, bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin) — Do not rush, one moment, let me explain. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Б, і, р, м, и, н, у, т, т, ү, с, і… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Бір минут, түсіндіріп берейін (Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin) |
| Read in Latin letters | Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin |
| Translation | one moment, let me explain |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
short i, round u lips forward: BIR mi-NUT tu-sin-di-RIP be-RE-yin
Why it looks that way
beru after an adverbial means to do for another: I will explain it to you; without it the explanation would go into the void
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.
- Асықпаңыз, бір минут, түсіндіріп берейінAsyqpañyz, bir minut, tüsindirip bereiinDo not rush, one moment, let me explain
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 “one moment, let me explain” in Kazakh?
«Бір минут, түсіндіріп берейін» (Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin), read “Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin”. Short i, round u lips forward: BIR mi-NUT tu-sin-di-RIP be-RE-yin. In a live sentence: “Асықпаңыз, бір минут, түсіндіріп берейін” (Asyqpañyz, bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin) — Do not rush, one moment, let me explain. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Б, і, р, м, и, н, у, т, т, ү, с, і…
How is “Бір минут, түсіндіріп берейін” (Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin) written in Latin letters?
Bir minut, tüsindirip bereiin. 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?
Beru after an adverbial means to do for another: I will explain it to you; without it the explanation would go into the void. 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.