არ იწყინო
“არ იწყინო” (ar itsqino) — no offense in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the ts sharp, the q a throaty k: i-tsqi-no. In a live sentence: “არ იწყინო, პირდაპირ გეტყვი” — No offense, but I'll say it straight. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ა, რ, ი, წ, ყ, ი, ნ, ო. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | არ იწყინო |
| Read in Latin letters | ar itsqino |
| Translation | no offense |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- არ იწყინოar itsqinono offense
How to pronounce it
the ts sharp, the q a throaty k: i-tsqi-no
Why it looks that way
Literally 'don't take offense': from cqena, offense — the same root as mecqina, I took offense, from the quarrel unit. The ban here is asked with ar, not nu, because the form is already subjunctive. Politely: ar icqinot
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.
- არ იწყინო, პირდაპირ გეტყვიar itsqino, pirdapir getqviNo offense, but I'll say it straight
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 “no offense” in Georgian?
«არ იწყინო», read “ar itsqino”. the ts sharp, the q a throaty k: i-tsqi-no. In a live sentence: “არ იწყინო, პირდაპირ გეტყვი” — No offense, but I'll say it straight. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ა, რ, ი, წ, ყ, ი, ნ, ო.
How is “არ იწყინო” written in Latin letters?
ar itsqino. 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?
Literally 'don't take offense': from cqena, offense — the same root as mecqina, I took offense, from the quarrel unit. The ban here is asked with ar, not nu, because the form is already subjunctive. Politely: ar icqinot. 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.