Lingoflyжаңа туған нәресте
- жаңа туған нәрестеzhaña tuğan närestenewborn
“жаңа туған нәресте” (zhaña tuğan näreste) — newborn in Kazakh. Noun, level A1. Literally a just-born infant; bare nareste is already the word for an infant. In a live sentence: “Жаңа туған нәресте жылап жіберді” (Zhaña tuğan näreste zhylap zhiberdi) — The newborn started crying. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ж, а, ң, а, т, у, ғ, а, н, н, ә, р… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | жаңа туған нәресте (zhaña tuğan näreste) |
| Read in Latin letters | zhaña tuğan näreste |
| Translation | newborn |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
literally a just-born infant; bare nareste is already the word for an infant
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.
- Жаңа туған нәресте жылап жібердіZhaña tuğan näreste zhylap zhiberdiThe newborn started crying
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 “newborn” in Kazakh?
«жаңа туған нәресте» (zhaña tuğan näreste), read “zhaña tuğan näreste”. In a live sentence: “Жаңа туған нәресте жылап жіберді” (Zhaña tuğan näreste zhylap zhiberdi) — The newborn started crying. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ж, а, ң, а, т, у, ғ, а, н, н, ә, р…
How is “жаңа туған нәресте” (zhaña tuğan näreste) written in Latin letters?
zhaña tuğan näreste. 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 a just-born infant; bare nareste is already the word for an infant. 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.