LingoflyКөруге тұрарлық
- Көруге тұрарлықKöruge tūrarlyqworth watching
“Көруге тұрарлық” (Köruge tūrarlyq) — worth watching in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Rounded o, back tense short u, throaty q: ko-ru-GE tu-rar-LYQ. In a live sentence: “Бұл фильм көруге тұрарлық” (Būl film köruge tūrarlyq) — This film is worth watching. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters К, ө, р, у, г, е, т, ұ, р, а, р, л… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Көруге тұрарлық (Köruge tūrarlyq) |
| Read in Latin letters | Köruge tūrarlyq |
| Translation | worth watching |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
rounded o, back tense short u, throaty q: ko-ru-GE tu-rar-LYQ
Why it looks that way
literally worthy of being looked at; the -rarlyq tail gives worthy: worth reading is built the same way
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 “worth watching” in Kazakh?
«Көруге тұрарлық» (Köruge tūrarlyq), read “Köruge tūrarlyq”. Rounded o, back tense short u, throaty q: ko-ru-GE tu-rar-LYQ. In a live sentence: “Бұл фильм көруге тұрарлық” (Būl film köruge tūrarlyq) — This film is worth watching. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters К, ө, р, у, г, е, т, ұ, р, а, р, л…
How is “Көруге тұрарлық” (Köruge tūrarlyq) written in Latin letters?
Köruge tūrarlyq. 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 worthy of being looked at; the -rarlyq tail gives worthy: worth reading is built the same way. 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.