Теңіз көрінісі
“Теңіз көрінісі” — sea view in Kazakh. Noun, level A2. nasal ng, short i, rounded o: te-NGIZ ko-ri-ni-SI. In a live sentence: “Терезеден теңіз көрінісі ашылады” — The sea view opens from the window. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Теңіз көрінісі |
| Translation | sea view |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- Теңіз көрінісіsea view
How to pronounce it
nasal ng, short i, rounded o: te-NGIZ ko-ri-ni-SI
Why it looks that way
a link: teniz stands bare and the tail -si sits on the second word — the view of what exactly; the same build gives mountain view and city view; the English to is not rendered at all
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.
- Терезеден теңіз көрінісі ашыладыThe sea view opens from the window
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 “sea view” in Kazakh?
«Теңіз көрінісі». nasal ng, short i, rounded o: te-NGIZ ko-ri-ni-SI. In a live sentence: “Терезеден теңіз көрінісі ашылады” — The sea view opens from the window. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2.
Why does this word look the way it does?
a link: teniz stands bare and the tail -si sits on the second word — the view of what exactly; the same build gives mountain view and city view; the English to is not rendered at all. 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.