ანგარიშის გაყოფა
“ანგარიშის გაყოფა” (angarishis gaqopa) — split the bill in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. q in gaqopa is the deep guttural, from the very bottom of the throat: ga-qo-pa. In a live sentence: “ანგარიშის გაყოფა შეიძლება?” — Can we split the bill? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ა, ნ, გ, ა, რ, ი, შ, ი, ს, გ, ა, ყ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ანგარიშის გაყოფა |
| Read in Latin letters | angarishis gaqopa |
| Translation | split the bill |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ანგარიშის გაყოფაangarishis gaqopasplit the bill
How to pronounce it
q in gaqopa is the deep guttural, from the very bottom of the throat: ga-qo-pa
Why it looks that way
In Georgia this is rare at the table: one person usually pays, and arguing over it is considered impolite
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.
- ანგარიშის გაყოფა შეიძლება?angarishis gaqopa sheidzleba?Can we split the bill?
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 “split the bill” in Georgian?
«ანგარიშის გაყოფა», read “angarishis gaqopa”. q in gaqopa is the deep guttural, from the very bottom of the throat: ga-qo-pa. In a live sentence: “ანგარიშის გაყოფა შეიძლება?” — Can we split the bill? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ა, ნ, გ, ა, რ, ი, შ, ი, ს, გ, ა, ყ.
How is “ანგარიშის გაყოფა” written in Latin letters?
angarishis gaqopa. 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?
In Georgia this is rare at the table: one person usually pays, and arguing over it is considered impolite. 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.