LingoflyШешінетін бөлме
- Шешінетін бөлмеSheshinetin bölmelocker room
“Шешінетін бөлме” (Sheshinetin bölme) — locker room in Kazakh. Noun, level A2. Short i, rounded lips: she-shi-ne-TIN bol-ME. In a live sentence: “Шешінетін бөлме дәліздің соңында” (Sheshinetin bölme dälizdiñ soñynda) — The locker room is at the end of the corridor. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ш, е, ш, і, н, е, т, і, н, б, ө, л… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Шешінетін бөлме (Sheshinetin bölme) |
| Read in Latin letters | Sheshinetin bölme |
| Translation | locker room |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
short i, rounded lips: she-shi-ne-TIN bol-ME
Why it looks that way
literally the room where one undresses: sheshinu is to undress and -etin the which-participle; the borrowed locker word is alive among coaches too
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.
- Шешінетін бөлме дәліздің соңындаSheshinetin bölme dälizdiñ soñyndaThe locker room is at the end of the corridor
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 “locker room” in Kazakh?
«Шешінетін бөлме» (Sheshinetin bölme), read “Sheshinetin bölme”. Short i, rounded lips: she-shi-ne-TIN bol-ME. In a live sentence: “Шешінетін бөлме дәліздің соңында” (Sheshinetin bölme dälizdiñ soñynda) — The locker room is at the end of the corridor. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ш, е, ш, і, н, е, т, і, н, б, ө, л…
How is “Шешінетін бөлме” (Sheshinetin bölme) written in Latin letters?
Sheshinetin bölme. 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 the room where one undresses: sheshinu is to undress and -etin the which-participle; the borrowed locker word is alive among coaches too. 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.