აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა
“აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა” (aeroportshi charchena) — to get stuck at the airport in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. carchena is to get stuck, to be held where there is no way out: the preverb ca- down-inward plus rcena — to stay. About a traffic jam they say it differently — satsobshi gacedva. In a live sentence: “ღამით აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა მომიწია” — I had to get stuck at the airport overnight. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა |
| Read in Latin letters | aeroportshi charchena |
| Translation | to get stuck at the airport |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- აეროპორტში ჩარჩენაaeroportshi charchenato get stuck at the airport
Why it looks that way
carchena is to get stuck, to be held where there is no way out: the preverb ca- down-inward plus rcena — to stay. About a traffic jam they say it differently — satsobshi gacedva
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.
- ღამით აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა მომიწიაghamit aeroportshi charchena momitsiaI had to get stuck at the airport overnight
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 get stuck at the airport” in Georgian?
«აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა», read “aeroportshi charchena”. In a live sentence: “ღამით აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა მომიწია” — I had to get stuck at the airport overnight. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ა, ე, რ, ო, პ, ო, რ, ტ, შ, ი, ჩ, ა.
How is “აეროპორტში ჩარჩენა” written in Latin letters?
aeroportshi charchena. 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?
carchena is to get stuck, to be held where there is no way out: the preverb ca- down-inward plus rcena — to stay. About a traffic jam they say it differently — satsobshi gacedva. 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.