LingoflyБұрынғы қалпында қалу
- Бұрынғы қалпында қалуBūrynğy qalpynda qaluto stay the same
“Бұрынғы қалпында қалу” (Būrynğy qalpynda qalu) — to stay the same in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Back tense short u, throaty g and q: bu-ryn-GHY qal-pyn-DA qa-LU. In a live sentence: “Баға бұрынғы қалпында қалды” (Bağa būrynğy qalpynda qaldy) — The price stayed the same. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Б, ұ, р, ы, н, ғ, ы, қ, а, л, п, ы… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Бұрынғы қалпында қалу (Būrynğy qalpynda qalu) |
| Read in Latin letters | Būrynğy qalpynda qalu |
| Translation | to stay the same |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
back tense short u, throaty g and q: bu-ryn-GHY qal-pyn-DA qa-LU
Why it looks that way
former plus a state, a look: literally to remain in the former form; shorter people say it did not change
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 “to stay the same” in Kazakh?
«Бұрынғы қалпында қалу» (Būrynğy qalpynda qalu), read “Būrynğy qalpynda qalu”. Back tense short u, throaty g and q: bu-ryn-GHY qal-pyn-DA qa-LU. In a live sentence: “Баға бұрынғы қалпында қалды” (Bağa būrynğy qalpynda qaldy) — The price stayed the same. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Б, ұ, р, ы, н, ғ, ы, қ, а, л, п, ы…
How is “Бұрынғы қалпында қалу” (Būrynğy qalpynda qalu) written in Latin letters?
Būrynğy qalpynda qalu. 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?
Former plus a state, a look: literally to remain in the former form; shorter people say it did not change. 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.