LingoflyМектеп директоры
- Мектеп директорыMektep direktoryschool principal
“Мектеп директоры” (Mektep direktory) — school principal in Kazakh. Noun, level A2. A short link with no owner tail: mektep stands bare and the tail -y sits on the second word; posts in general are built like this. In a live sentence: “Мектеп директоры ата-аналарды жинады” (Mektep direktory ata-analardy zhinady) — The school principal gathered the parents. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters М, е, к, т, е, п, д, и, р, е, к, т…
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Мектеп директоры (Mektep direktory) |
| Read in Latin letters | Mektep direktory |
| Translation | school principal |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
a short link with no owner tail: mektep stands bare and the tail -y sits on the second word; posts in general are built like this
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.
- Мектеп директоры ата-аналарды жинадыMektep direktory ata-analardy zhinadyThe school principal gathered the parents
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 “school principal” in Kazakh?
«Мектеп директоры» (Mektep direktory), read “Mektep direktory”. In a live sentence: “Мектеп директоры ата-аналарды жинады” (Mektep direktory ata-analardy zhinady) — The school principal gathered the parents. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters М, е, к, т, е, п, д, и, р, е, к, т…
How is “Мектеп директоры” (Mektep direktory) written in Latin letters?
Mektep direktory. 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?
A short link with no owner tail: mektep stands bare and the tail -y sits on the second word; posts in general are built like this. 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.