LingoflyӨзін ұстау
- Өзін ұстауÖzin ūstauto behave
“Өзін ұстау” (Özin ūstau) — to behave in Kazakh. Verb, level B1. Rounded lips, back tense short u: o-ZIN us-TAU. In a live sentence: “Қонақта өзіңді дұрыс ұста” (Qonaqta öziñdi dūrys ūsta) — When visiting, behave yourself properly. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ө, з, і, н, ұ, с, т, а, у. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Өзін ұстау (Özin ūstau) |
| Read in Latin letters | Özin ūstau |
| Translation | to behave |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
rounded lips, back tense short u: o-ZIN us-TAU
Why it looks that way
literally to hold yourself: there is no single verb for it; the pronoun changes by person: I held myself, hold yourself
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.
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 “to behave” in Kazakh?
«Өзін ұстау» (Özin ūstau), read “Özin ūstau”. Rounded lips, back tense short u: o-ZIN us-TAU. In a live sentence: “Қонақта өзіңді дұрыс ұста” (Qonaqta öziñdi dūrys ūsta) — When visiting, behave yourself properly. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters Ө, з, і, н, ұ, с, т, а, у.
How is “Өзін ұстау” (Özin ūstau) written in Latin letters?
Özin ūstau. 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?
Literally to hold yourself: there is no single verb for it; the pronoun changes by person: I held myself, hold yourself. 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.