ұшып кету
- ұшып кетуūshyp ketuto leave by plane
“ұшып кету” (ūshyp ketu) — to leave by plane in Kazakh. Verb, level A1. The pair of ushyp kelu, "to fly in": "kelu" is coming here, "ketu" is going away. In a live sentence: “Ұшағымыз жетіде ұшып кетеді” (Ūshağymyz zhetide ūshyp ketedi) — Our plane leaves at seven. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ұ, ш, ы, п, к, е, т, у. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | ұшып кету (ūshyp ketu) |
| Read in Latin letters | ūshyp ketu |
| Translation | to leave by plane |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
The pair of ushyp kelu, "to fly in": "kelu" is coming here, "ketu" is going away.
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.
- Ұшағымыз жетіде ұшып кетедіŪshağymyz zhetide ūshyp ketediOur plane leaves at seven
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 “to leave by plane” in Kazakh?
«ұшып кету» (ūshyp ketu), read “ūshyp ketu”. In a live sentence: “Ұшағымыз жетіде ұшып кетеді” (Ūshağymyz zhetide ūshyp ketedi) — Our plane leaves at seven. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A1; written with the characters ұ, ш, ы, п, к, е, т, у.
How is “ұшып кету” (ūshyp ketu) written in Latin letters?
ūshyp ketu. 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?
The pair of ushyp kelu, "to fly in": "kelu" is coming here, "ketu" is going away. 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.