LingoflyКиім өлшейтін бөлме
- Киім өлшейтін бөлмеKiim ölsheitin bölmefitting room
“Киім өлшейтін бөлме” (Kiim ölsheitin bölme) — fitting room in Kazakh. Noun, level A2. O twice: ol-sheit-IN bol-ME. In a live sentence: “Киім өлшейтін бөлме бос па?” (Kiim ölsheitin bölme bos pa) — Is the fitting room free? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters К, и, і, м, ө, л, ш, е, й, т, і, н… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Киім өлшейтін бөлме (Kiim ölsheitin bölme) |
| Read in Latin letters | Kiim ölsheitin bölme |
| Translation | fitting room |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
o twice: ol-sheit-IN bol-ME
Why it looks that way
Literally "the room where clothes are measured": "to measure" plus the participle tail. On the door often just "the measuring room".
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 “fitting room” in Kazakh?
«Киім өлшейтін бөлме» (Kiim ölsheitin bölme), read “Kiim ölsheitin bölme”. O twice: ol-sheit-IN bol-ME. In a live sentence: “Киім өлшейтін бөлме бос па?” (Kiim ölsheitin bölme bos pa) — Is the fitting room free? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters К, и, і, м, ө, л, ш, е, й, т, і, н…
How is “Киім өлшейтін бөлме” (Kiim ölsheitin bölme) written in Latin letters?
Kiim ölsheitin bölme. 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 "the room where clothes are measured": "to measure" plus the participle tail. On the door often just "the measuring room". 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.