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- Емтихан тапсыруEmtikhan tapsyruto take an exam
“Емтихан тапсыру” (Emtikhan tapsyru) — to take an exam in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. Breathy h, short y: em-ti-KHAN tap-sy-RU. In a live sentence: “Ертең емтихан тапсырамын” (Erteñ emtikhan tapsyramyn) — Tomorrow I take an exam. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Е, м, т, и, х, а, н, т, а, п, с, ы… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Емтихан тапсыру (Emtikhan tapsyru) |
| Read in Latin letters | Emtikhan tapsyru |
| Translation | to take an exam |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
breathy h, short y: em-ti-KHAN tap-sy-RU
Why it looks that way
literally to hand over the exam — tapsyru means both to hand in work and to entrust; the phrase covers taking it and passing it, and the result is marked separately: emtikhannan ottim means I passed
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 take an exam” in Kazakh?
«Емтихан тапсыру» (Emtikhan tapsyru), read “Emtikhan tapsyru”. Breathy h, short y: em-ti-KHAN tap-sy-RU. In a live sentence: “Ертең емтихан тапсырамын” (Erteñ emtikhan tapsyramyn) — Tomorrow I take an exam. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Е, м, т, и, х, а, н, т, а, п, с, ы…
How is “Емтихан тапсыру” (Emtikhan tapsyru) written in Latin letters?
Emtikhan tapsyru. 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 to hand over the exam — tapsyru means both to hand in work and to entrust; the phrase covers taking it and passing it, and the result is marked separately: emtikhannan ottim means I passed. 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.