LingoflyЖеткізу мерзімі
- Жеткізу мерзіміZhetkizu merzimidelivery time
“Жеткізу мерзімі” (Zhetkizu merzimi) — delivery time in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Short i: zhet-ki-ZU mer-zi-MI. In a live sentence: “Жеткізу мерзімі үш күн еді” (Zhetkizu merzimi üsh kün edi) — The delivery time was three days. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ж, е, т, к, і, з, у, м, е, р, з, і… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жеткізу мерзімі (Zhetkizu merzimi) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zhetkizu merzimi |
| Translation | delivery time |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
short i: zhet-ki-ZU mer-zi-MI
Why it looks that way
merzim means a term and a date; the same link as in the delivery cost: the first word bare, the second with -i
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 “delivery time” in Kazakh?
«Жеткізу мерзімі» (Zhetkizu merzimi), read “Zhetkizu merzimi”. Short i: zhet-ki-ZU mer-zi-MI. In a live sentence: “Жеткізу мерзімі үш күн еді” (Zhetkizu merzimi üsh kün edi) — The delivery time was three days. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ж, е, т, к, і, з, у, м, е, р, з, і…
How is “Жеткізу мерзімі” (Zhetkizu merzimi) written in Latin letters?
Zhetkizu merzimi. 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?
Merzim means a term and a date; the same link as in the delivery cost: the first word bare, the second with -i. 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.