Assess a message and express how certain you are.
How the language works
To refer to a source’s data, use … mälımetıne süiensek. Express possibility with … boluy mümkın and limited certainty with … dep naqty aita almaimyz. Distinguish facts, interpretations and assumptions by stating the basis for your claims.
Useful phrases
Read, recall the meaning and say it aloud. Then compare with the audio.
Būl tūjyrym qandai derekke süienedı?
What data is this claim based on?
Maqalada aqparattyñ bastapqy közı körsetılmegen.
The article does not identify the original source of the information.
Bır mysalğa qarap jalpy qorytyndy jasauğa bolmaidy.
You cannot draw a general conclusion from a single example.
Būl — däleldengen fakt emes, avtordyñ boljamy.
This is the author’s assumption, not a proven fact.
Qoldağy mälımet jetkılıksız bolğandyqtan, naqty aita almaimyn.
Since the available information is insufficient, I cannot say for certain.
Derektı basqa täuelsız közben salystyryp teksereiık.
Let’s check the data against another independent source.
Dialogue
Osy habarlamadağy sanğa senuge bola ma?
Can we trust the figure in this message?
Aldymen bastapqy derekközdı qarau kerek. Mūnda sılteme joq.
First, we need to look at the original source. There is no link here.
Onda būl jalğan aqparat pa?
Does that mean the information is false?
Olai dep naqty aita almaimyz. Äzırge mälımet jetkılıksız.
We cannot say that for certain. There is not enough information yet.
Check your understanding
Choose an answer before opening the explanation. Then explain your choice.
1. Choose the correct translation: “Būl tūjyrym qandai derekke süienedı?”
- Let’s check the data against another independent source.
- The article does not identify the original source of the information.
- You cannot draw a general conclusion from a single example.
- What data is this claim based on?
Answer and explanation
What data is this claim based on?
Būl tūjyrym qandai derekke süienedı? — What data is this claim based on?
2. How do you say “This is the author’s assumption, not a proven fact.”?
- Qoldağy mälımet jetkılıksız bolğandyqtan, naqty aita almaimyn.
- Maqalada aqparattyñ bastapqy közı körsetılmegen.
- Būl — däleldengen fakt emes, avtordyñ boljamy.
- Derektı basqa täuelsız közben salystyryp teksereiık.
Answer and explanation
Būl — däleldengen fakt emes, avtordyñ boljamy.
Būl — däleldengen fakt emes, avtordyñ boljamy. — This is the author’s assumption, not a proven fact.
3. Which wording appropriately expresses limited certainty?
- Būl mındettı türde dūrys.
- Bärı osylai oilaidy.
- Būl sözsız däleldengen.
- Qoldağy mälımet jetkılıksız bolğandyqtan, naqty aita almaimyn.
Answer and explanation
Qoldağy mälımet jetkılıksız bolğandyqtan, naqty aita almaimyn.
Qoldağy mälımet jetkılıksız bolğandyqtan, naqty aita almaimyn identifies a limitation in the available information and does not present an assumption as an established fact.
Make it your own
Someone in a group chat claims, ‘All residents support the project’, but provides only one comment. Give a cautious response and a plan for checking the claim.
- I distinguished the claim from the evidence
- I expressed my degree of certainty
- I proposed a specific check
Example response
Bır pıkırge qarap barlyq tūrğynnyñ közqarasyn anyqtau mümkın emes. Būl tūjyrym qandai derekke süienedı? Saualnama bolsa, oğan kımder qatysqanyn jäne qaşan jürgızılgenın bılu kerek. Qoldağy mälımet jetkılıksız bolğandyqtan, naqty aita almaimyn. Aldymen bastapqy derekközdı tauyp, nätijenı basqa mälımetpen salystyraiyq.