LingoflyЖұмыс кестесі
- Жұмыс кестесіZhūmys kestesiwork schedule
“Жұмыс кестесі” (Zhūmys kestesi) — work schedule in Kazakh. Noun, level A2. Tense short u, stress at the end: zhu-MYS kes-te-SI. In a live sentence: “Жұмыс кестесі тоғыздан алтыға дейін” (Zhūmys kestesi toğyzdan altyğa deiin) — The work schedule is from nine to six. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ж, ұ, м, ы, с, к, е, с, т, е, с, і. A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жұмыс кестесі (Zhūmys kestesi) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zhūmys kestesi |
| Translation | work schedule |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
tense short u, stress at the end: zhu-MYS kes-te-SI
Why it looks that way
keste is the word behind the train timetable and the class schedule — the same word serves work; the five-day week is bes kundik zhumys aptasy and shifts are auysymduq keste
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.
- Жұмыс кестесі тоғыздан алтыға дейінZhūmys kestesi toğyzdan altyğa deiinThe work schedule is from nine to six
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 “work schedule” in Kazakh?
«Жұмыс кестесі» (Zhūmys kestesi), read “Zhūmys kestesi”. Tense short u, stress at the end: zhu-MYS kes-te-SI. In a live sentence: “Жұмыс кестесі тоғыздан алтыға дейін” (Zhūmys kestesi toğyzdan altyğa deiin) — The work schedule is from nine to six. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters Ж, ұ, м, ы, с, к, е, с, т, е, с, і.
How is “Жұмыс кестесі” (Zhūmys kestesi) written in Latin letters?
Zhūmys kestesi. 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?
Keste is the word behind the train timetable and the class schedule — the same word serves work; the five-day week is bes kundik zhumys aptasy and shifts are auysymduq keste. 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.