Lingoflyкөлікке жанармай құю
- көлікке жанармай құюkölikke zhanarmai qūyuto fill up the car
“көлікке жанармай құю” (kölikke zhanarmai qūyu) — to fill up the car in Kazakh. Phrase, level A1. The car stands in the directional case: you pour not the car but into the car. In a live sentence: “Жолға шықпай тұрып көлікке жанармай құйдым” (Zholğa shyqpai tūryp kölikke zhanarmai qūidym) — Before the trip I filled up the car. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | көлікке жанармай құю (kölikke zhanarmai qūyu) |
| Read in Latin letters | kölikke zhanarmai qūyu |
| Translation | to fill up the car |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The car stands in the directional case: you pour not the car but into the car.
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.
- Жолға шықпай тұрып көлікке жанармай құйдымZholğa shyqpai tūryp kölikke zhanarmai qūidymBefore the trip I filled up the car
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 fill up the car” in Kazakh?
«көлікке жанармай құю» (kölikke zhanarmai qūyu), read “kölikke zhanarmai qūyu”. In a live sentence: “Жолға шықпай тұрып көлікке жанармай құйдым” (Zholğa shyqpai tūryp kölikke zhanarmai qūidym) — Before the trip I filled up the car. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters к, ө, л, і, к, к, е, ж, а, н, а, р…
How is “көлікке жанармай құю” (kölikke zhanarmai qūyu) written in Latin letters?
kölikke zhanarmai qūyu. 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 car stands in the directional case: you pour not the car but into the car. 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.