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- Жылдамдықты шектеуZhyldamdyqty shekteuspeed limit
“Жылдамдықты шектеу” (Zhyldamdyqty shekteu) — speed limit in Kazakh. Noun, level B1. Short y, deep back q: zhyl-dam-dyq-TY shek-TEU. In a live sentence: “Мұнда жылдамдықты шектеу қырық” (Mūnda zhyldamdyqty shekteu qyryq) — The speed limit here is forty. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters Ж, ы, л, д, а, м, д, ы, қ, т, ы, ш… A word from the everyday Kazakh course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Kazakh | Жылдамдықты шектеу (Zhyldamdyqty shekteu) |
| Read in Latin letters | Zhyldamdyqty shekteu |
| Translation | speed limit |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
short y, deep back q: zhyl-dam-dyq-TY shek-TEU
Why it looks that way
shekteu is to restrict and a restriction at once, from shek, a border; the sign shows just the number, while the rulebook spells out the speed-limiting sign; the same root in restricted
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 “speed limit” in Kazakh?
«Жылдамдықты шектеу» (Zhyldamdyqty shekteu), read “Zhyldamdyqty shekteu”. Short y, deep back q: zhyl-dam-dyq-TY shek-TEU. In a live sentence: “Мұнда жылдамдықты шектеу қырық” (Mūnda zhyldamdyqty shekteu qyryq) — The speed limit here is forty. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters Ж, ы, л, д, а, м, д, ы, қ, т, ы, ш…
How is “Жылдамдықты шектеу” (Zhyldamdyqty shekteu) written in Latin letters?
Zhyldamdyqty shekteu. 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?
Shekteu is to restrict and a restriction at once, from shek, a border; the sign shows just the number, while the rulebook spells out the speed-limiting sign; the same root in restricted. 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.