LingoflyҚұқығы бар
- Құқығы барQūqyğy barto have the right
“Құқығы бар” (Qūqyğy bar) — to have the right in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Back tense short u, throaty q twice, voiced g: qu-qu-GHY BAR. In a live sentence: “Сіздің бас тартуға құқығыңыз бар” (Sizdiñ bas tartuğa qūqyğyñyz bar) — You have the right to refuse. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Қ, ұ, қ, ы, ғ, ы, б, а, р. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Құқығы бар (Qūqyğy bar) |
| Read in Latin letters | Qūqyğy bar |
| Translation | to have the right |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
back tense short u, throaty q twice, voiced g: qu-qu-GHY BAR
Why it looks that way
ququq is right and bar is there is: there is no verb to have at all — everything owned is built as somebody has it; the negation flips to the no-word
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 “to have the right” in Kazakh?
«Құқығы бар» (Qūqyğy bar), read “Qūqyğy bar”. Back tense short u, throaty q twice, voiced g: qu-qu-GHY BAR. In a live sentence: “Сіздің бас тартуға құқығыңыз бар” (Sizdiñ bas tartuğa qūqyğyñyz bar) — You have the right to refuse. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Қ, ұ, қ, ы, ғ, ы, б, а, р.
How is “Құқығы бар” (Qūqyğy bar) written in Latin letters?
Qūqyğy bar. 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?
Ququq is right and bar is there is: there is no verb to have at all — everything owned is built as somebody has it; the negation flips to the no-word. 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.