Check the meaning of a question, acknowledge the limits of your knowledge and give a substantive answer.
How the language works
Use the time productively by clarifying the question: … turaly sūrap tūrsyz ba? — ‘Are you asking about…?’. Separate what you know from what needs checking: … rastai alamyn (‘I can confirm…’), … tekseruım kerek (‘I need to check…’). Mark a conditional answer with eger…, onda… (‘if…, then…’).
Useful phrases
Read, recall the meaning and say it aloud. Then compare with the audio.
Sūrağyñyzdy dūrys tüsıngenımdı naqtylap alaiyn.
Let me check that I have understood your question correctly.
Sız bastapqy şyğyn turaly ma, älde ai saiynğy şyğyn turaly sūrap tūrsyz ba?
Are you asking about the initial costs or the monthly costs?
Būl sūraqtyñ ekı bölıgı bar, ärqaisysyna jeke toqtalaiyn.
There are two parts to this question; let me address each separately.
Qazır naqty sandy aita almaimyn, ony tekserıp jauap beremın.
I cannot give an exact figure right now; I will check it and get back to you.
Bız teksergen jağdailarda nätije osyndai boldy.
Under the conditions we tested, this was the result.
Sūrağyñyzğa tolyq jauap berdım be?
Have I answered your question fully?
Dialogue
Jobağa qanşa qarajat qajet?
How much funding does the project need?
Sız bastapqy şyğyn turaly ma, älde ai saiynğy şyğyn turaly sūrap tūrsyz ba?
Are you asking about the initial costs or the monthly costs?
Ekeuı de qyzyqtyrady.
I am interested in both.
Onda ekeuın bölek tüsındıreiın. Naqty somany kesteden tekserıp aitamyn.
Then I will explain them separately. I will check the table and give you the exact amount.
Check your understanding
Choose an answer before opening the explanation. Then explain your choice.
1. Choose the correct translation: “Sūrağyñyzdy dūrys tüsıngenımdı naqtylap alaiyn.”
- There are two parts to this question; let me address each separately.
- Are you asking about the initial costs or the monthly costs?
- Let me check that I have understood your question correctly.
- Have I answered your question fully?
Answer and explanation
Let me check that I have understood your question correctly.
Sūrağyñyzdy dūrys tüsıngenımdı naqtylap alaiyn. — Let me check that I have understood your question correctly.
2. How do you say “I cannot give an exact figure right now; I will check it and get back to you.”?
- Sūrağyñyzğa tolyq jauap berdım be?
- Bız teksergen jağdailarda nätije osyndai boldy.
- Sız bastapqy şyğyn turaly ma, älde ai saiynğy şyğyn turaly sūrap tūrsyz ba?
- Qazır naqty sandy aita almaimyn, ony tekserıp jauap beremın.
Answer and explanation
Qazır naqty sandy aita almaimyn, ony tekserıp jauap beremın.
Qazır naqty sandy aita almaimyn, ony tekserıp jauap beremın. — I cannot give an exact figure right now; I will check it and get back to you.
3. Which wording acknowledges the limits of the available information?
- Naqty sandy tekserıp jauap beremın.
- Sannyñ bärı dūrys ekenı sözsız.
- Ony eşqaşan teksermeimın.
- Kez kelgen sandy aita salamyn.
Answer and explanation
Naqty sandy tekserıp jauap beremın.
Promising to check avoids presenting an unconfirmed figure as an established fact.
Make it your own
You are asked the broad question ‘Does it work?’. Clarify the criterion, give a qualified answer and explain what needs checking.
- I clarified the criterion behind the question
- I answered within the limits of the data
- I explained the check and how I would follow up
Example response
Sūrağyñyzdy naqtylap alaiyn: sız qatysuşylar sany turaly ma, älde oqu nätijesı turaly sūrap tūrsyz ba? Būl ekeuın bölek bağalau kerek. Bız teksergen topta qatysu tūraqty boldy. Al oqu nätijesı turaly qorytyndy jasau üşın qosymşa bağalau qajet. Naqty derekterdı tekserıp, tolyq jauap beremın. Sūrağyñyzdyñ negızgı bölıgıne jauap berdım be?