ერთი ღამით
“ერთი ღამით” (erti ghamit) — for one night in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. ghame is the night from the first unit; -ith answers 'for how long'. In the same way ert kharith means for a week. In a live sentence: “ერთი ღამით ვრჩები” — I am staying for one night. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ე, რ, თ, ი, ღ, ა, მ, ი, თ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ერთი ღამით |
| Read in Latin letters | erti ghamit |
| Translation | for one night |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- ერთი ღამითerti ghamitfor one night
Why it looks that way
ghame is the night from the first unit; -ith answers 'for how long'. In the same way ert kharith means for a week
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.
- ერთი ღამით ვრჩებიerti ghamit vrchebiI am staying for one night
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 “for one night” in Georgian?
«ერთი ღამით», read “erti ghamit”. In a live sentence: “ერთი ღამით ვრჩები” — I am staying for one night. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ე, რ, თ, ი, ღ, ა, მ, ი, თ.
How is “ერთი ღამით” written in Latin letters?
erti ghamit. 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?
ghame is the night from the first unit; -ith answers 'for how long'. In the same way ert kharith means for a week. 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.