გაკვეთილის ზარი
“გაკვეთილის ზარი” (gakvetilis zari) — school bell in Georgian. Noun, level A2. zari you know as a phone call — the school bell is the same word. gakvetili is a lesson, and together: 'the lesson's bell'. The end-of-lesson bell gets a longer name. In a live sentence: “გაკვეთილის ზარი უკვე დარეკა” — The school bell has already rung. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters გ, ა, კ, ვ, ე, თ, ი, ლ, ი, ს, ზ, ა.
In short
| Written in Georgian | გაკვეთილის ზარი |
| Read in Latin letters | gakvetilis zari |
| Translation | school bell |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- გაკვეთილის ზარიgakvetilis zarischool bell
Why it looks that way
zari you know as a phone call — the school bell is the same word. gakvetili is a lesson, and together: 'the lesson's bell'. The end-of-lesson bell gets a longer name
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.
- გაკვეთილის ზარი უკვე დარეკაgakvetilis zari ukve darekaThe school bell has already rung
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 “school bell” in Georgian?
«გაკვეთილის ზარი», read “gakvetilis zari”. In a live sentence: “გაკვეთილის ზარი უკვე დარეკა” — The school bell has already rung. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters გ, ა, კ, ვ, ე, თ, ი, ლ, ი, ს, ზ, ა.
How is “გაკვეთილის ზარი” written in Latin letters?
gakvetilis zari. 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?
zari you know as a phone call — the school bell is the same word. gakvetili is a lesson, and together: 'the lesson's bell'. The end-of-lesson bell gets a longer name. 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.