ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის
“ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის” (bodishi dagvianebistvis) — sorry for being late in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. bodishi is the 'sorry' from unit one and -istvis means 'for'. The root dagvian- is the same as in a flight delay. In a live sentence: “ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის, საცობში ვიდექი” — Sorry for being late, I was stuck in traffic. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ბ, ო, დ, ი, შ, ი, დ, ა, გ, ვ, ი, ა.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის |
| Read in Latin letters | bodishi dagvianebistvis |
| Translation | sorry for being late |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვისbodishi dagvianebistvissorry for being late
Why it looks that way
bodishi is the 'sorry' from unit one and -istvis means 'for'. The root dagvian- is the same as in a flight delay
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.
- ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის, საცობში ვიდექიbodishi dagvianebistvis, satsobshi videkiSorry for being late, I was stuck in traffic
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 “sorry for being late” in Georgian?
«ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის», read “bodishi dagvianebistvis”. In a live sentence: “ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის, საცობში ვიდექი” — Sorry for being late, I was stuck in traffic. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ბ, ო, დ, ი, შ, ი, დ, ა, გ, ვ, ი, ა.
How is “ბოდიში დაგვიანებისთვის” written in Latin letters?
bodishi dagvianebistvis. 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?
bodishi is the 'sorry' from unit one and -istvis means 'for'. The root dagvian- is the same as in a flight delay. 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.