ადამიანის შებრალება
“ადამიანის შებრალება” (adamianis shebraleba) — to feel sorry for someone in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. shebraleba is to pity, to take pity: about the same feeling they say it simpler — semecoda, I felt sorry. To regret what one did is quite different, nana: vnanob — I regret that it happened. In a live sentence: “ადამიანის შებრალება და დახმარება სხვადასხვა რამეა” — Feeling sorry for someone and helping are different things. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ადამიანის შებრალება |
| Read in Latin letters | adamianis shebraleba |
| Translation | to feel sorry for someone |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ადამიანის შებრალებაadamianis shebralebato feel sorry for someone
Why it looks that way
shebraleba is to pity, to take pity: about the same feeling they say it simpler — semecoda, I felt sorry. To regret what one did is quite different, nana: vnanob — I regret that it happened
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.
- ადამიანის შებრალება და დახმარება სხვადასხვა რამეაadamianis shebraleba da dakhmareba skhvadaskhva rameaFeeling sorry for someone and helping are different things
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 “to feel sorry for someone” in Georgian?
«ადამიანის შებრალება», read “adamianis shebraleba”. In a live sentence: “ადამიანის შებრალება და დახმარება სხვადასხვა რამეა” — Feeling sorry for someone and helping are different things. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ა, დ, ა, მ, ი, ა, ნ, ი, ს, შ, ე, ბ.
How is “ადამიანის შებრალება” written in Latin letters?
adamianis shebraleba. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
shebraleba is to pity, to take pity: about the same feeling they say it simpler — semecoda, I felt sorry. To regret what one did is quite different, nana: vnanob — I regret that it happened. 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.