LingoflyЗейнеткерлік жас
- Зейнеткерлік жасZeinetkerlik zhasretirement age
“Зейнеткерлік жас” (Zeinetkerlik zhas) — retirement age in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Short i: zey-net-ker-LIK ZHAS. In a live sentence: “Зейнеткерлік жас өзгерді” (Zeinetkerlik zhas özgerdi) — The retirement age has changed. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters З, е, й, н, е, т, к, е, р, л, і, к… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Зейнеткерлік жас (Zeinetkerlik zhas) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zeinetkerlik zhas |
| Translation | retirement age |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
short i: zey-net-ker-LIK ZHAS
Why it looks that way
the pensioner word is the plain one; the -lik tail makes a state of the person; the pension itself is the pay-for-rest word with the same -aqy tail as salary
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.
- Зейнеткерлік жас өзгердіZeinetkerlik zhas özgerdiThe retirement age has changed
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 “retirement age” in Kazakh?
«Зейнеткерлік жас» (Zeinetkerlik zhas), read “Zeinetkerlik zhas”. Short i: zey-net-ker-LIK ZHAS. In a live sentence: “Зейнеткерлік жас өзгерді” (Zeinetkerlik zhas özgerdi) — The retirement age has changed. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters З, е, й, н, е, т, к, е, р, л, і, к…
How is “Зейнеткерлік жас” (Zeinetkerlik zhas) written in Latin letters?
Zeinetkerlik zhas. 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 pensioner word is the plain one; the -lik tail makes a state of the person; the pension itself is the pay-for-rest word with the same -aqy tail as salary. 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.