söz konusu
“söz konusu” — the matter at hand in Turkish. Phrase, level B1. ö rounded, soft s: söz ko-nu-SU. In a live sentence: “Burada söz konusu olan para değil” — Here the matter at hand is not money. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Turkish course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Turkish | söz konusu |
| Translation | the matter at hand |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- söz konusuthe matter at hand
How to pronounce it
ö rounded, soft s: söz ko-nu-SU
Why it looks that way
söz is a word, konu a topic: "the thing the word is about". It also works as a modifier: söz konusu belge — the document in question.
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.
- Burada söz konusu olan para değilHere the matter at hand is not money
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 “the matter at hand” in Turkish?
«söz konusu». ö rounded, soft s: söz ko-nu-SU. In a live sentence: “Burada söz konusu olan para değil” — Here the matter at hand is not money. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
söz is a word, konu a topic: "the thing the word is about". It also works as a modifier: söz konusu belge — the document in question. 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 it 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.