LingoflyМерекелік сөз
- Мерекелік сөзMerekelik sözfestive speech
“Мерекелік сөз” (Merekelik söz) — festive speech in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Short i, rounded o: me-re-ke-LIK SOZ. In a live sentence: “Әкім мерекелік сөз сөйледі” (Äkim merekelik söz söiledi) — The mayor gave the festive speech. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters М, е, р, е, к, е, л, і, к, с, ө, з. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Мерекелік сөз (Merekelik söz) |
| Read in Latin letters | Merekelik söz |
| Translation | festive speech |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
short i, rounded o: me-re-ke-LIK SOZ
Why it looks that way
soz is both the word and the speech: to give the floor is to give the word; at the table an elder speaks the blessing and that is another genre
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.
- Әкім мерекелік сөз сөйледіÄkim merekelik söz söilediThe mayor gave the festive speech
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 “festive speech” in Kazakh?
«Мерекелік сөз» (Merekelik söz), read “Merekelik söz”. Short i, rounded o: me-re-ke-LIK SOZ. In a live sentence: “Әкім мерекелік сөз сөйледі” (Äkim merekelik söz söiledi) — The mayor gave the festive speech. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters М, е, р, е, к, е, л, і, к, с, ө, з.
How is “Мерекелік сөз” (Merekelik söz) written in Latin letters?
Merekelik söz. 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?
Soz is both the word and the speech: to give the floor is to give the word; at the table an elder speaks the blessing and that is another genre. 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.