ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება
“ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება” (biletis tankhis dabruneba) — to get a ticket refund in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. Two genitives in a row — 'of the ticket, of the sum, the return': Georgian strings them freely where English needs 'for'. tanxa is a sum, money as an amount, while puli is money in general. In a live sentence: “ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება ორ კვირას გრძელდება” — The ticket refund takes two weeks. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება |
| Read in Latin letters | biletis tankhis dabruneba |
| Translation | to get a ticket refund |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნებაbiletis tankhis dabrunebato get a ticket refund
Why it looks that way
Two genitives in a row — 'of the ticket, of the sum, the return': Georgian strings them freely where English needs 'for'. tanxa is a sum, money as an amount, while puli is money in general
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.
- ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება ორ კვირას გრძელდებაbiletis tankhis dabruneba or kviras grdzeldebaThe ticket refund takes two weeks
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 a ticket refund” in Georgian?
«ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება», read “biletis tankhis dabruneba”. In a live sentence: “ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება ორ კვირას გრძელდება” — The ticket refund takes two weeks. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ბ, ი, ლ, ე, თ, ი, ს, თ, ა, ნ, ხ, ი.
How is “ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება” written in Latin letters?
biletis tankhis dabruneba. 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?
Two genitives in a row — 'of the ticket, of the sum, the return': Georgian strings them freely where English needs 'for'. tanxa is a sum, money as an amount, while puli is money in general. 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.