Табыс салығы
- Табыс салығыTabys salyğyincome tax
“Табыс салығы” (Tabys salyğy) — income tax in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Throaty g, short y: ta-BYS sa-ly-GHY. In a live sentence: “Табыс салығы жалақыдан ұсталады” (Tabys salyğy zhalaqydan ūstalady) — Income tax is withheld from the salary. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Т, а, б, ы, с, с, а, л, ы, ғ, ы. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Табыс салығы (Tabys salyğy) |
| Read in Latin letters | Tabys salyğy |
| Translation | income tax |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
throaty g, short y: ta-BYS sa-ly-GHY
Why it looks that way
literally the tax on income — tabys is the income itself; at the seam the voiceless q voices into g: salyk to salyghy; the flat rate is ten percent
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.
- Табыс салығы жалақыдан ұсталадыTabys salyğy zhalaqydan ūstaladyIncome tax is withheld from the salary
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 “income tax” in Kazakh?
«Табыс салығы» (Tabys salyğy), read “Tabys salyğy”. Throaty g, short y: ta-BYS sa-ly-GHY. In a live sentence: “Табыс салығы жалақыдан ұсталады” (Tabys salyğy zhalaqydan ūstalady) — Income tax is withheld from the salary. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Т, а, б, ы, с, с, а, л, ы, ғ, ы.
How is “Табыс салығы” (Tabys salyğy) written in Latin letters?
Tabys salyğy. 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 tax on income — tabys is the income itself; at the seam the voiceless q voices into g: salyk to salyghy; the flat rate is ten percent. 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.