LingoflyМедициналық тексеру
- Медициналық тексеруMeditsinalyq tekserumedical checkup
“Медициналық тексеру” (Meditsinalyq tekseru) — medical checkup in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Throaty q twice: me-di-tsi-na-LYQ tek-se-RU. In a live sentence: “Жылына бір рет медициналық тексеруден өтемін” (Zhylyna bir ret meditsinalyq tekseruden ötemin) — Once a year I have a medical checkup. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters М, е, д, и, ц, и, н, а, л, ы, қ, т… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Медициналық тексеру (Meditsinalyq tekseru) |
| Read in Latin letters | Meditsinalyq tekseru |
| Translation | medical checkup |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
throaty q twice: me-di-tsi-na-LYQ tek-se-RU
Why it looks that way
one tekseru will not do here: it is already the border check, and its sibling is the audit; medicine has to be named in front
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.
- Жылына бір рет медициналық тексеруден өтемінZhylyna bir ret meditsinalyq tekseruden öteminOnce a year I have a medical checkup
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 “medical checkup” in Kazakh?
«Медициналық тексеру» (Meditsinalyq tekseru), read “Meditsinalyq tekseru”. Throaty q twice: me-di-tsi-na-LYQ tek-se-RU. In a live sentence: “Жылына бір рет медициналық тексеруден өтемін” (Zhylyna bir ret meditsinalyq tekseruden ötemin) — Once a year I have a medical checkup. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters М, е, д, и, ц, и, н, а, л, ы, қ, т…
How is “Медициналық тексеру” (Meditsinalyq tekseru) written in Latin letters?
Meditsinalyq tekseru. 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?
One tekseru will not do here: it is already the border check, and its sibling is the audit; medicine has to be named in front. 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.