LingoflyСөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын
- Сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпынSözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpynI have not finished speaking
“Сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын” (Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn) — I have not finished speaking in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Rounded o, short i, throaty q: so-zim-DI a-yaq-ta-GHAN ZHOQ-pyn. In a live sentence: “Тоқтай тұрыңыз, сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын” (Toqtai tūryñyz, sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn) — Wait, I have not finished speaking. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters С, ө, з, і, м, д, і, а, я, қ, т, а… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын (Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn) |
| Read in Latin letters | Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn |
| Translation | I have not finished speaking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
rounded o, short i, throaty q: so-zim-DI a-yaq-ta-GHAN ZHOQ-pyn
Why it looks that way
aiaktau is to finish, from aiak, the foot and the end; the past negation is again built from a participle and the no-word
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.
- Тоқтай тұрыңыз, сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпынToqtai tūryñyz, sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpynWait, I have not finished speaking
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 have not finished speaking” in Kazakh?
«Сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын» (Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn), read “Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn”. Rounded o, short i, throaty q: so-zim-DI a-yaq-ta-GHAN ZHOQ-pyn. In a live sentence: “Тоқтай тұрыңыз, сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын” (Toqtai tūryñyz, sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn) — Wait, I have not finished speaking. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters С, ө, з, і, м, д, і, а, я, қ, т, а…
How is “Сөзімді аяқтаған жоқпын” (Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn) written in Latin letters?
Sözimdi ayaqtağan zhoqpyn. 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?
Aiaktau is to finish, from aiak, the foot and the end; the past negation is again built from a participle and the no-word. 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.