Compare places to live and explain your priorities.
How the language works
To compare one option with another, use …-ğa/-ge qarağanda — ‘compared with…’. Öitkenı (‘because’) introduces a reason, while sondyqtan (‘so/therefore’) introduces a result. Mağan mañyzdysy… means ‘What matters to me is…’.
Useful phrases
Read, recall the meaning and say it aloud. Then compare with the audio.
Mağan mañyzdysy — jūmysyma jaqyn tūru.
What matters to me is living close to work.
Būl päter aldyñğysyna qarağanda jaryğyraq.
This apartment is brighter than the previous one.
Jaldau aqysyna kommunaldyq tölemder kıre me?
Are utility bills included in the rent?
Bağasy joğary, bıraq ornalasqan jerı yñğaily.
The price is high, but the location is convenient.
Aulasy tynyş bolğandyqtan, osy nūsqa ūnady.
I liked this option because the courtyard is quiet.
Şeşım qabyldamas būryn tağy bır päterdı körgım keledı.
Before making a decision, I want to see one more apartment.
Dialogue
Būl päter sızge ūnai ma?
Do you like this apartment?
İä, jūmysyma jaqyn. Kommunaldyq tölemder jaldau aqysyna kıre me?
Yes, it is close to work. Are utility bills included in the rent?
Joq, olar bölek tölenedı.
No, they are paid separately.
Tüsınıktı. Şeşım qabyldamas būryn tağy bır nūsqany körgım keledı.
I see. Before making a decision, I want to see one more option.
Check your understanding
Choose an answer before opening the explanation. Then explain your choice.
1. Choose the correct translation: “Mağan mañyzdysy — jūmysyma jaqyn tūru.”
- This apartment is brighter than the previous one.
- Are utility bills included in the rent?
- What matters to me is living close to work.
- Before making a decision, I want to see one more apartment.
Answer and explanation
What matters to me is living close to work.
Mağan mañyzdysy — jūmysyma jaqyn tūru. — What matters to me is living close to work.
2. How do you say “The price is high, but the location is convenient.”?
- Bağasy joğary, bıraq ornalasqan jerı yñğaily.
- Aulasy tynyş bolğandyqtan, osy nūsqa ūnady.
- Şeşım qabyldamas būryn tağy bır päterdı körgım keledı.
- Būl päter aldyñğysyna qarağanda jaryğyraq.
Answer and explanation
Bağasy joğary, bıraq ornalasqan jerı yñğaily.
Bağasy joğary, bıraq ornalasqan jerı yñğaily. — The price is high, but the location is convenient.
3. Which conjunction introduces a reason and means ‘because’?
- Sondyqtan
- Öitkenı
- Bıraq
- Nemese
Answer and explanation
Öitkenı
Öitkenı introduces a reason; sondyqtan a result; bıraq a contrast; and nemese a choice.
Make it your own
Compare two apartments by price, location and one more criterion. Explain your provisional choice.
- I compared at least two criteria
- I explained the reason for my choice
- I named something I still need to clarify
Example response
Bırınşı päter arzanyraq, bıraq jūmysymnan alys. Ekınşı päter qymbatyraq, esesıne jūmysyma jaqyn. Mağan jolğa az uaqyt jūmsau mañyzdy. Sondyqtan ekınşı nūsqany tañdağym keledı. Aldymen kommunaldyq tölemderdı naqtylaimyn.