Түсінікті, түсіндім
- Түсінікті, түсіндімTüsinikti, tüsindimclear, I got it
“Түсінікті, түсіндім” (Tüsinikti, tüsindim) — clear, I got it in Kazakh. Phrase, level A2. Round u lips forward, short i: tu-si-nik-TI tu-sin-DIM. In a live sentence: “Түсінікті, түсіндім, ертең келемін” (Tüsinikti, tüsindim, erteñ kelemin) — Clear, I got it, I will come tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Т, ү, с, і, н, і, к, т, і, т, ү, с… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Түсінікті, түсіндім (Tüsinikti, tüsindim) |
| Read in Latin letters | Tüsinikti, tüsindim |
| Translation | clear, I got it |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
round u lips forward, short i: tu-si-nik-TI tu-sin-DIM
Why it looks that way
two words of one root in a row — the ordinary way to confirm: first the verdict, then the deed; shorter is just I understood
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.
- Түсінікті, түсіндім, ертең келемінTüsinikti, tüsindim, erteñ keleminClear, I got it, I will come tomorrow
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 “clear, I got it” in Kazakh?
«Түсінікті, түсіндім» (Tüsinikti, tüsindim), read “Tüsinikti, tüsindim”. Round u lips forward, short i: tu-si-nik-TI tu-sin-DIM. In a live sentence: “Түсінікті, түсіндім, ертең келемін” (Tüsinikti, tüsindim, erteñ kelemin) — Clear, I got it, I will come tomorrow. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters Т, ү, с, і, н, і, к, т, і, т, ү, с…
How is “Түсінікті, түсіндім” (Tüsinikti, tüsindim) written in Latin letters?
Tüsinikti, tüsindim. 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?
Two words of one root in a row — the ordinary way to confirm: first the verdict, then the deed; shorter is just I understood. 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.