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- Жарты жолда тастауZharty zholda tastauto give up halfway
“Жарты жолда тастау” (Zharty zholda tastau) — to give up halfway in Kazakh. Phrase, level B1. Literally to leave on half the road; tastau is to drop, to leave; to refuse outright is the head-turning phrase. In a live sentence: “Бастаған істі жарты жолда тастама” (Bastağan isti zharty zholda tastama) — Do not give up what you started halfway. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ж, а, р, т, ы, ж, о, л, д, а, т, а…
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жарты жолда тастау (Zharty zholda tastau) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zharty zholda tastau |
| Translation | to give up halfway |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
literally to leave on half the road; tastau is to drop, to leave; to refuse outright is the head-turning phrase
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.
- Бастаған істі жарты жолда тастамаBastağan isti zharty zholda tastamaDo not give up what you started halfway
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 give up halfway” in Kazakh?
«Жарты жолда тастау» (Zharty zholda tastau), read “Zharty zholda tastau”. In a live sentence: “Бастаған істі жарты жолда тастама” (Bastağan isti zharty zholda tastama) — Do not give up what you started halfway. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Ж, а, р, т, ы, ж, о, л, д, а, т, а…
How is “Жарты жолда тастау” (Zharty zholda tastau) written in Latin letters?
Zharty zholda tastau. 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?
Literally to leave on half the road; tastau is to drop, to leave; to refuse outright is the head-turning phrase. 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.