ხმამაღალი ხმა
“ხმამაღალი ხმა” (khmamaghali khma) — loud sound in Georgian. Noun, level A1. Literally 'a loud sound with the voice': khma means both voice and sound. In a live sentence: “გვერდიდან ხმამაღალი ხმა მოდის” — A loud sound is coming from the side. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ხ, მ, ა, მ, ა, ღ, ა, ლ, ი, ხ, მ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ხმამაღალი ხმა |
| Read in Latin letters | khmamaghali khma |
| Translation | loud sound |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ხმამაღალი ხმაkhmamaghali khmaloud sound
Why it looks that way
Literally 'a loud sound with the voice': khma means both voice and sound
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.
- გვერდიდან ხმამაღალი ხმა მოდისgverdidan khmamaghali khma modisA loud sound is coming from the side
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 “loud sound” in Georgian?
«ხმამაღალი ხმა», read “khmamaghali khma”. In a live sentence: “გვერდიდან ხმამაღალი ხმა მოდის” — A loud sound is coming from the side. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ხ, მ, ა, მ, ა, ღ, ა, ლ, ი, ხ, მ, ა.
How is “ხმამაღალი ხმა” written in Latin letters?
khmamaghali khma. 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?
Literally 'a loud sound with the voice': khma means both voice and sound. 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.