კანონის მიხედვით
“კანონის მიხედვით” (kanonis mikhedvit) — by law in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. Mikhedvit is the postposition 'according to', and it follows the noun instead of preceding it: kanonis mikhedvit is literally 'of the law according'. In a live sentence: “კანონის მიხედვით შვებულება ოცდაოთხი დღეა” — By law the vacation is twenty-four days. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters კ, ა, ნ, ო, ნ, ი, ს, მ, ი, ხ, ე, დ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | კანონის მიხედვით |
| Read in Latin letters | kanonis mikhedvit |
| Translation | by law |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- კანონის მიხედვითkanonis mikhedvitby law
Why it looks that way
Mikhedvit is the postposition 'according to', and it follows the noun instead of preceding it: kanonis mikhedvit is literally 'of the law according'
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.
- კანონის მიხედვით შვებულება ოცდაოთხი დღეაkanonis mikhedvit shvebuleba otsdaotkhi dgheaBy law the vacation is twenty-four days
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 “by law” in Georgian?
«კანონის მიხედვით», read “kanonis mikhedvit”. In a live sentence: “კანონის მიხედვით შვებულება ოცდაოთხი დღეა” — By law the vacation is twenty-four days. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters კ, ა, ნ, ო, ნ, ი, ს, მ, ი, ხ, ე, დ.
How is “კანონის მიხედვით” written in Latin letters?
kanonis mikhedvit. 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?
Mikhedvit is the postposition 'according to', and it follows the noun instead of preceding it: kanonis mikhedvit is literally 'of the law according'. 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.