ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ
“ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ” (erti tsutit moitsadet) — wait a minute in Georgian. Phrase, level A1, topic — phrases that save you. Tsuti is minute, -ith is the instrumental: 'wait with one minute'. In a live sentence: “ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ, ახლავე მოვალ” — Wait a minute, I am coming right away. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ე, რ, თ, ი, წ, უ, თ, ი, თ, მ, ო, ი.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ |
| Read in Latin letters | erti tsutit moitsadet |
| Translation | wait a minute |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთerti tsutit moitsadetwait a minute
Why it looks that way
Tsuti is minute, -ith is the instrumental: 'wait with one minute'
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 წუთით მოიცადეთ, ახლავე მოვალerti tsutit moitsadet, akhlave movalWait a minute, I am coming right away
Nearby words: phrases that save you
“I don't understand”, “say that again”, “slower, please”, “help”. They are learned first for a reason: they bring back a conversation that has already gone wrong.
- ვერ გავიგეver gavigeI don't understandBuilt on the past tense, literally 'I could not understand' — said exactly where English says 'I don't understand'. Ver is a special 'not': couldn't rather than wouldn't
- ნელაnelaslowlyFrom neli, slow. The word of your first weeks: nela, tu sheidzleba — slowly, please
- გაიმეორეთgaimeoretplease repeatOne Georgian word covers the whole request: the -t on the end already carries the politeness, no 'please' needed
- ინგლისურად ლაპარაკობთ?inglisurad laparakobt?do you speak English?Literally 'Englishly do-you-speak?'. The -ad ending marks the language: it turns the language name into an adverb
- დახმარებაdakhmarebahelpDamekhmaret means 'help me' — the appeal is already built into the verb
- დავიკარგეdavikargeI am lostOne word for the whole English phrase: the prefix da- plus v- (I) in the past tense about oneself
- კარს ვერ ვაღებkars ver vaghebI can't open itVer is 'could not', not 'did not want': the same ver as in ver gavige
- სასწრაფო დახმარებაsastsrapo dakhmarebaambulancesastsrapo is urgent, from stsrapli, fast; dakhmareba is already familiar. In speech they simply say sastsrapo
- ექიმი მჭირდებაekimi mchirdebaI need a doctorThe same mchirdeba as in ar mchirdeba, only without the negation
- ფრთხილადprtkhiladcareful!four consonants in a row: p-r-t-kh, no vowel between them, all said in one push: prtkhi-lad
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “phrases that save you”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “wait a minute” in Georgian?
Tsuti is minute, -ith is the instrumental: 'wait with one minute'
- How do you say “I can't open it” in Georgian?
Ver is 'could not', not 'did not want': the same ver as in ver gavige
- How do you say “please repeat” in Georgian?
One Georgian word covers the whole request: the -t on the end already carries the politeness, no 'please' needed
- How do you say “careful!” in Georgian?
prt khilad iqavi — be careful. Heard constantly on building sites and in minibuses
- How do you say “I am lost” in Georgian?
One word for the whole English phrase: the prefix da- plus v- (I) in the past tense about oneself
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 “wait a minute” in Georgian?
«ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ», read “erti tsutit moitsadet”. In a live sentence: “ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ, ახლავე მოვალ” — Wait a minute, I am coming right away. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1, from the set “phrases that save you”; written with the characters ე, რ, თ, ი, წ, უ, თ, ი, თ, მ, ო, ი.
How is “ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთ” written in Latin letters?
erti tsutit moitsadet. 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?
Tsuti is minute, -ith is the instrumental: 'wait with one minute'. 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.