LingoflyҚызық екен
- Қызық екенQyzyq ekenfunny enough
“Қызық екен” (Qyzyq eken) — funny enough in Kazakh. Adverb, level B1. Throaty q: qy-ZYQ e-KEN. In a live sentence: “Қызық екен, мен де солай ойлағанмын” (Qyzyq eken, men de solai oilağanmyn) — Funny enough, I thought so too. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Қ, ы, з, ы, қ, е, к, е, н. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Қызық екен (Qyzyq eken) |
| Read in Latin letters | Qyzyq eken |
| Translation | funny enough |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
throaty q: qy-ZYQ e-KEN
Why it looks that way
eken is the particle of surprise and outside judgment; the bare qyzyq means interesting — with eken it is already a reaction to the telling
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.
- Қызық екен, мен де солай ойлағанмынQyzyq eken, men de solai oilağanmynFunny enough, I thought so too
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 “funny enough” in Kazakh?
«Қызық екен» (Qyzyq eken), read “Qyzyq eken”. Throaty q: qy-ZYQ e-KEN. In a live sentence: “Қызық екен, мен де солай ойлағанмын” (Qyzyq eken, men de solai oilağanmyn) — Funny enough, I thought so too. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level B1; written with the characters Қ, ы, з, ы, қ, е, к, е, н.
How is “Қызық екен” (Qyzyq eken) written in Latin letters?
Qyzyq eken. 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?
Eken is the particle of surprise and outside judgment; the bare qyzyq means interesting — with eken it is already a reaction to the telling. 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.