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- Мен қорқып тұрмынMen qorqyp tūrmynI am scared
“Мен қорқып тұрмын” (Men qorqyp tūrmyn) — I am scared in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. The present continuous: the adverbial "fearing" plus "I stand". Kazakh shows "right now" with an auxiliary verb. In a live sentence: “Мен қорқып тұрмын, қолымды ұста” (Men qorqyp tūrmyn, qolymdy ūsta) — I am scared, hold my hand. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters М, е, н, қ, о, р, қ, ы, п, т, ұ, р… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Мен қорқып тұрмын (Men qorqyp tūrmyn) |
| Read in Latin letters | Men qorqyp tūrmyn |
| Translation | I am scared |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The present continuous: the adverbial "fearing" plus "I stand". Kazakh shows "right now" with an auxiliary verb.
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.
- Мен қорқып тұрмын, қолымды ұстаMen qorqyp tūrmyn, qolymdy ūstaI am scared, hold my hand
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 “I am scared” in Kazakh?
«Мен қорқып тұрмын» (Men qorqyp tūrmyn), read “Men qorqyp tūrmyn”. In a live sentence: “Мен қорқып тұрмын, қолымды ұста” (Men qorqyp tūrmyn, qolymdy ūsta) — I am scared, hold my hand. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters М, е, н, қ, о, р, қ, ы, п, т, ұ, р…
How is “Мен қорқып тұрмын” (Men qorqyp tūrmyn) written in Latin letters?
Men qorqyp tūrmyn. 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?
The present continuous: the adverbial "fearing" plus "I stand". Kazakh shows "right now" with an auxiliary verb. 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.