ავად გახდომა
“ავად გახდომა” (avad gakhdoma) — to fall ill in Georgian. Verb, level A2, topic — verbs. Literally 'to become bad': avad is unwell, and gaxdoma is to become. Live speech: avad gavxdi — I fell ill; avad aris — he is ill; avad gaxda — he fell ill. In a live sentence: “ბავშვის ავად გახდომა მეშინოდა” — I was afraid the child would fall ill. You can hear how it sounds right here. One of 78 words in the set “verbs” in the Georgian course.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ავად გახდომა |
| Read in Latin letters | avad gakhdoma |
| Translation | to fall ill |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | A2 |
- ავად გახდომაavad gakhdomato fall ill
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to become bad': avad is unwell, and gaxdoma is to become. Live speech: avad gavxdi — I fell ill; avad aris — he is ill; avad gaxda — he fell ill
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.
- ბავშვის ავად გახდომა მეშინოდაbavshvis avad gakhdoma meshinodaI was afraid the child would fall ill
Nearby words: verbs
I want, I can, I am going, I know. Twenty verbs cover more everyday sentences than two hundred nouns.
- მინდაmindaI wantLiterally 'it is wanted by me': the m- at the front is 'to me', the same m- as in mkvia, I am called
- მიყვარსmiqvarsI loveLiterally 'it is loved by me'. The m- again marks the one who feels it; all the emotion verbs are built this way
- მივდივარmivdivarto goOne word for both English verbs: on foot or by transport it is mivdivar. The form is personal, 'I go': the v inside the stem is 'I' — mi-v-divar. He goes is midis
- ვჭამvchamto eatA personal form: vcham, I eat. The v- at the very start is 'I', then the root cham. He eats is chams
- ვსვამvsvamto drinkA personal form: vsvam, I drink. He drinks is svams, we drink is vsvamt
- ვკითხულობvkitkhulobto readA personal form: vkitkhulob, I read. The same root as in kitkhva, question: asking and reading are kin in Georgian
- ვლაპარაკობvlaparakobto speakA personal form: vlaparakob, I speak. You have seen it in the plural: laparakobth? — do you speak?
- ვმუშაობvmushaobto workA personal form: vmushaob, I work. He works is mushaobs: the v- leaves, the -s arrives
- ვცხოვრობvtskhovrobto liveA personal form: vtskhovrob, I live. About where you live, not about being alive — that is tsotskhali var
- მაქვსmakvsI haveA personal form: makvs, I have. Only about things; about people and animals the word is mqavs. You have is gakvs
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “verbs”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “to fall ill” in Georgian?
Literally 'to become bad': avad is unwell, and gaxdoma is to become. Live speech: avad gavxdi — I fell ill; avad aris — he is ill; avad gaxda — he fell ill
- How do you say “to speak” in Georgian?
A personal form: vlaparakob, I speak. You have seen it in the plural: laparakobth? — do you speak?
- How do you say “to go” in Georgian?
One word for both English verbs: on foot or by transport it is mivdivar. The form is personal, 'I go': the v inside the stem is 'I' — mi-v-divar. He goes is midis
- How do you say “I have” in Georgian?
A personal form: makvs, I have. Only about things; about people and animals the word is mqavs. You have is gakvs
- How do you say “to read” in Georgian?
A personal form: vkitkhulob, I read. The same root as in kitkhva, question: asking and reading are kin in Georgian
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 fall ill” in Georgian?
«ავად გახდომა», read “avad gakhdoma”. In a live sentence: “ბავშვის ავად გახდომა მეშინოდა” — I was afraid the child would fall ill. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level A2, from the set “verbs”; written with the characters ა, ვ, ა, დ, გ, ა, ხ, დ, ო, მ, ა.
How is “ავად გახდომა” written in Latin letters?
avad gakhdoma. 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 'to become bad': avad is unwell, and gaxdoma is to become. Live speech: avad gavxdi — I fell ill; avad aris — he is ill; avad gaxda — he fell ill. 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.