Lingoflyкеме айлағы
- кеме айлағыkeme ailağyboat pier
“кеме айлағы” (keme ailağy) — boat pier in Kazakh. Noun, level A1, topic — buildings and premises. The bare "ailaq" is the port; the chain with "keme" narrows it to the pier where you board a boat. In a live sentence: “Кеме айлағында қайық тұр” (Keme ailağynda qaiyq tūr) — A boat is moored at the pier. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters к, е, м, е, а, й, л, а, ғ, ы.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | кеме айлағы (keme ailağy) |
| Read in Latin letters | keme ailağy |
| Translation | boat pier |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The bare "ailaq" is the port; the chain with "keme" narrows it to the pier where you board a boat.
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.
Nearby words: buildings and premises
Where to go and what is done there. These words are read off a sign more often than they are spoken.
- МейрамханаMeiramkhanarestaurant"Meiram" is "feast", "khana" is "house": literally "feast house".
- ДүкенDükenstoreFrom the Persian "dukan", a shop. The store is "duken" and the market is "bazar": for Kazakh these are two different places.
- БекетBeketstationOne word for the station and the stop alike: "avtobus beketi" is a bus stop, "temir zhol beketi" is a railway station.
- БазарBazarbazaarA Persian word — the same one as English "bazaar". "Bazarlyq" is a treat brought back from the market — a custom with a name of its own.
- БанкBankbankA loanword that takes cases as its own, with devoicing at the seam: "bankke" is "to the bank", "bankten" is "from the bank".
- ДәріханаDärikhanapharmacyAgain "-khana", "house": "dari", "medicine", plus house. Like "meiramkhana".
- Азық-түлік дүкеніAzyq-tülik dükenigrocery store"Azyq-tulik" is a paired word: both halves mean "edibles", together — groceries. "Duken" is a shop.
- АуруханаAurukhanahospitalThe third "-hana" house after the restaurant and the pharmacy: "illness" plus "house".
- ӘуежайÄuezhaiairporta midway between "a" and "e", the mouth wider: a-u-e-ZHAI
- ҚонақүйQonaqüihotelq deep, u rounded: qo-naq-UI
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “buildings and premises”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “boat pier” in Kazakh?
The bare "ailaq" is the port; the chain with "keme" narrows it to the pier where you board a boat.
- How do you say “grocery store” in Kazakh?
"Azyq-tulik" is a paired word: both halves mean "edibles", together — groceries. "Duken" is a shop.
- How do you say “station” in Kazakh?
One word for the station and the stop alike: "avtobus beketi" is a bus stop, "temir zhol beketi" is a railway station.
- How do you say “hotel” in Kazakh?
"Guest" plus "house" — a guest's house. The word is transparent and has displaced the borrowed one even from signs.
- How do you say “pharmacy” in Kazakh?
Again "-khana", "house": "dari", "medicine", plus house. Like "meiramkhana".
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 “boat pier” in Kazakh?
«кеме айлағы» (keme ailağy), read “keme ailağy”. In a live sentence: “Кеме айлағында қайық тұр” (Keme ailağynda qaiyq tūr) — A boat is moored at the pier. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1, from the set “buildings and premises”; written with the characters к, е, м, е, а, й, л, а, ғ, ы.
How is “кеме айлағы” (keme ailağy) written in Latin letters?
keme ailağy. 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?
The bare "ailaq" is the port; the chain with "keme" narrows it to the pier where you board a boat. 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.