LingoflyБірде-бірі жоқ
- Бірде-бірі жоқBirde-biri zhoqnot a single one
“Бірде-бірі жоқ” (Birde-biri zhoq) — not a single one in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. Short i three times, throaty q: bir-de-bi-RI ZHOQ. In a live sentence: “Дүкенде бірде-бірі жоқ болып шықты” (Dükende birde-biri zhoq bolyp shyqty) — Not a single one turned up in the store. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Б, і, р, д, е, б, і, р, і, ж, о, қ. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Бірде-бірі жоқ (Birde-biri zhoq) |
| Read in Latin letters | Birde-biri zhoq |
| Translation | not a single one |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
short i three times, throaty q: bir-de-bi-RI ZHOQ
Why it looks that way
not-one: the doubled one with a particle; the negation must be repeated at the end — the no-word or a verb on -ma
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.
- Дүкенде бірде-бірі жоқ болып шықтыDükende birde-biri zhoq bolyp shyqtyNot a single one turned up in the store
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 “not a single one” in Kazakh?
«Бірде-бірі жоқ» (Birde-biri zhoq), read “Birde-biri zhoq”. Short i three times, throaty q: bir-de-bi-RI ZHOQ. In a live sentence: “Дүкенде бірде-бірі жоқ болып шықты” (Dükende birde-biri zhoq bolyp shyqty) — Not a single one turned up in the store. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Б, і, р, д, е, б, і, р, і, ж, о, қ.
How is “Бірде-бірі жоқ” (Birde-biri zhoq) written in Latin letters?
Birde-biri zhoq. 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?
Not-one: the doubled one with a particle; the negation must be repeated at the end — the no-word or a verb on -ma. 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.