Lingoflyтакси тұрағы
- такси тұрағыtaksi tūrağytaxi rank
“такси тұрағы” (taksi tūrağy) — taxi rank in Kazakh. Noun, level A1. "Turaq" on its own is "parking"; with "taxi" and the tail "-y" it is the stand of checked-cab cars. In a live sentence: “Такси тұрағы вокзалдың алдында” (Taksi tūrağy vokzaldyñ aldynda) — The taxi rank is in front of the station. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters т, а, к, с, и, т, ұ, р, а, ғ, ы. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | такси тұрағы (taksi tūrağy) |
| Read in Latin letters | taksi tūrağy |
| Translation | taxi rank |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
"Turaq" on its own is "parking"; with "taxi" and the tail "-y" it is the stand of checked-cab cars.
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.
- Такси тұрағы вокзалдың алдындаTaksi tūrağy vokzaldyñ aldyndaThe taxi rank is in front of the station
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 “taxi rank” in Kazakh?
«такси тұрағы» (taksi tūrağy), read “taksi tūrağy”. In a live sentence: “Такси тұрағы вокзалдың алдында” (Taksi tūrağy vokzaldyñ aldynda) — The taxi rank is in front of the station. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters т, а, к, с, и, т, ұ, р, а, ғ, ы.
How is “такси тұрағы” (taksi tūrağy) written in Latin letters?
taksi tūrağy. 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?
"Turaq" on its own is "parking"; with "taxi" and the tail "-y" it is the stand of checked-cab cars. 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.