Check your understanding of a task, its expected result and its deadline.
How the language works
Dūrys tüsındım be? helps you check your understanding. An action that someone needs to do can be expressed with an infinitive and a possessive ending: jıberuım kerek — I need to send it; jıberuıñız kerek — you need to send it (polite).
Useful phrases
Read, recall the meaning and say it aloud. Then compare with the audio.
Dūrys tüsındım be: eseptı bügın jıberuım kerek pe?
Have I understood correctly: do I need to send the report today?
Nätije qandai formatta boluy kerek?
What format should the result be in?
Qai bölıgıne basymdyq bergenım dūrys?
Which part should I prioritize?
Merzımdı naqtylap alaiyq.
Let’s clarify the deadline.
Būl tapsyrmany oryndauğa bır kün qajet.
This task takes one day to complete.
Daiyn bolğan soñ sızge habarlaimyn.
I will let you know when it is ready.
Dialogue
Eseptı erteñge daiyndañyzşy.
Please prepare the report by tomorrow.
Nätije qandai formatta boluy kerek?
What format should the result be in?
Keste jäne qysqaşa qorytyndy kerek.
We need a table and a brief conclusion.
Tüsınıktı. Erteñ tüske deiın jıberemın.
Understood. I will send it tomorrow before lunch.
Check your understanding
Choose an answer before opening the explanation. Then explain your choice.
1. Choose the correct translation: “Dūrys tüsındım be: eseptı bügın jıberuım kerek pe?”
- Which part should I prioritize?
- Have I understood correctly: do I need to send the report today?
- I will let you know when it is ready.
- What format should the result be in?
Answer and explanation
Have I understood correctly: do I need to send the report today?
Dūrys tüsındım be: eseptı bügın jıberuım kerek pe? — Have I understood correctly: do I need to send the report today?
2. How do you say “Let’s clarify the deadline.”?
- Nätije qandai formatta boluy kerek?
- Būl tapsyrmany oryndauğa bır kün qajet.
- Daiyn bolğan soñ sızge habarlaimyn.
- Merzımdı naqtylap alaiyq.
Answer and explanation
Merzımdı naqtylap alaiyq.
Merzımdı naqtylap alaiyq. — Let’s clarify the deadline.
3. How do you say ‘I need to send it’?
- Jıberıñızşı
- Jıberuıñız kerek
- Jıbergen joqsyz
- Jıberuım kerek
Answer and explanation
Jıberuım kerek
In jıberuım, the ending -ım links the required action to the speaker.
Make it your own
Clarify an assignment with your manager: the expected result, priority and deadline. Finish by checking what you have agreed.
- I asked about the expected result
- I clarified the deadline
- I restated the agreement
Example response
Nätije qandai formatta boluy kerek? Qai bölıgıne basymdyq bergenım dūrys? Merzımdı naqtylap alaiyq. Dūrys tüsındım be: keste men qorytyndyny erteñ tüske deiın jıberuım kerek pe?