LingoflyЖағынан кем түсу
- Жағынан кем түсуZhağynan kem tüsuto fall short in
“Жағынан кем түсу” (Zhağynan kem tüsu) — to fall short in in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Voiced throaty g, round u lips forward: zha-ghy-NAN KEM tu-SU. In a live sentence: “Ол сапасы жағынан кем түседі” (Ol sapasy zhağynan kem tüsedi) — He falls short in quality. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ж, а, ғ, ы, н, а, н, к, е, м, т, ү… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жағынан кем түсу (Zhağynan kem tüsu) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zhağynan kem tüsu |
| Translation | to fall short in |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
voiced throaty g, round u lips forward: zha-ghy-NAN KEM tu-SU
Why it looks that way
in the respect of plus to turn out lesser; to give up a seat on the bus is quite another verb — to give the place
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.
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 fall short in” in Kazakh?
«Жағынан кем түсу» (Zhağynan kem tüsu), read “Zhağynan kem tüsu”. Voiced throaty g, round u lips forward: zha-ghy-NAN KEM tu-SU. In a live sentence: “Ол сапасы жағынан кем түседі” (Ol sapasy zhağynan kem tüsedi) — He falls short in quality. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ж, а, ғ, ы, н, а, н, к, е, м, т, ү…
How is “Жағынан кем түсу” (Zhağynan kem tüsu) written in Latin letters?
Zhağynan kem tüsu. 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?
In the respect of plus to turn out lesser; to give up a seat on the bus is quite another verb — to give the place. 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.