ახლოს
“ახლოს” (akhlos) — close in Georgian. Adverb, level A1, topic — asking the way. From akhlo, near. With an object it takes -tan: sakhltan akhlos, close to the house. In a live sentence: “სასტუმრო ახლოს არის” — The hotel is close. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ა, ხ, ლ, ო, ს. One of 18 words in the set “asking the way” in the Georgian course.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ახლოს |
| Read in Latin letters | akhlos |
| Translation | close |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A1 |
- ახლოსakhlosclose
Why it looks that way
From akhlo, near. With an object it takes -tan: sakhltan akhlos, close to the house
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.
- სასტუმრო ახლოს არისsastumro akhlos arisThe hotel is close
Nearby words: asking the way
Right, left, straight on, how far. You ask the way rarely — and always at the moment when there is no time to work it out.
- სად არის?sad aris?where is it?Sad is where, aris is is: the linker is obligatory — sad alone will not ask about a place
- აქakhereThe partner of ik, there: one letter apart, a against i. Nothing else separates them
- იქikthereOne letter away from ak, here — a pair best memorized as a single unit
- მარჯვნივmarjvnivto the rightThe same marjv- root as in gamarjoba: the right side and victory are related — literally
- მარცხნივmartskhnivto the leftFrom martskhena, left. The partner of marjvniv; both end in -niv, 'toward'
- პირდაპირpirdapirstraight aheadPiri is a face: literally 'face to face', that is, right in front of you
- შორსshorsfarThe partner of akhlos. Hence shoreuli, distant — as in a distant relative
- როგორ მივიდეrogor mividehow do I get there?The verb stands in the subjunctive mivide — 'so that I reach': one asks not 'how does one pass' but 'how do I manage to get there'
- ჩასვლაchasvlato get toMightsva the course gave as 'to achieve'. The prefix cha- means 'in, down': into the city one goes down
- მეორე მხარესmeore mkhareson the other sideMkhares already stands with its case tail, so no 'on' is needed at all
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “asking the way”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “close” in Georgian?
From akhlo, near. With an object it takes -tan: sakhltan akhlos, close to the house
- How do you say “far” in Georgian?
The partner of akhlos. Hence shoreuli, distant — as in a distant relative
- How do you say “there” in Georgian?
One letter away from ak, here — a pair best memorized as a single unit
- How do you say “on the other side” in Georgian?
Mkhares already stands with its case tail, so no 'on' is needed at all
- How do you say “straight ahead” in Georgian?
Piri is a face: literally 'face to face', that is, right in front of you
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 “close” in Georgian?
«ახლოს», read “akhlos”. In a live sentence: “სასტუმრო ახლოს არის” — The hotel is close. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A1, from the set “asking the way”; written with the characters ა, ხ, ლ, ო, ს.
How is “ახლოს” written in Latin letters?
akhlos. 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?
From akhlo, near. With an object it takes -tan: sakhltan akhlos, close to the house. 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.