LingoflyБұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ
- Бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқBūl mäselege qatysy zhoqthat is beside the point
“Бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ” (Būl mäselege qatysy zhoq) — that is beside the point in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Back tense u, wider than e, throaty q: BUL mae-se-le-GE qa-ty-SY ZHOQ. In a live sentence: “Кешіріңіз, бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ” (Keshiriñiz, būl mäselege qatysy zhoq) — Excuse me, that is beside the point. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Б, ұ, л, м, ә, с, е, л, е, г, е, қ… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ (Būl mäselege qatysy zhoq) |
| Read in Latin letters | Būl mäselege qatysy zhoq |
| Translation | that is beside the point |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
back tense u, wider than e, throaty q: BUL mae-se-le-GE qa-ty-SY ZHOQ
Why it looks that way
katysy bar means it has a bearing and katysy zhoq that it has none; about a person: he has nothing to do with it
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.
- Кешіріңіз, бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқKeshiriñiz, būl mäselege qatysy zhoqExcuse me, that is beside the point
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 “that is beside the point” in Kazakh?
«Бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ» (Būl mäselege qatysy zhoq), read “Būl mäselege qatysy zhoq”. Back tense u, wider than e, throaty q: BUL mae-se-le-GE qa-ty-SY ZHOQ. In a live sentence: “Кешіріңіз, бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ” (Keshiriñiz, būl mäselege qatysy zhoq) — Excuse me, that is beside the point. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Б, ұ, л, м, ә, с, е, л, е, г, е, қ…
How is “Бұл мәселеге қатысы жоқ” (Būl mäselege qatysy zhoq) written in Latin letters?
Būl mäselege qatysy 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?
Katysy bar means it has a bearing and katysy zhoq that it has none; about a person: he has nothing to do with it. 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.