კომპიუტერის თაგვი
“კომპიუტერის თაგვი” (kompiuteris tagvi) — computer mouse in Georgian. Noun, level A1. tagvi is the same little animal as in the hole: the name was translated literally, and the genitive made it a computer one. In a live sentence: “კომპიუტერის თაგვი გამიფუჭდა” — My computer mouse broke. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters კ, ო, მ, პ, ი, უ, ტ, ე, რ, ი, ს, თ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | კომპიუტერის თაგვი |
| Read in Latin letters | kompiuteris tagvi |
| Translation | computer mouse |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- კომპიუტერის თაგვიkompiuteris tagvicomputer mouse
Why it looks that way
tagvi is the same little animal as in the hole: the name was translated literally, and the genitive made it a computer one
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.
- კომპიუტერის თაგვი გამიფუჭდაkompiuteris tagvi gamipuchdaMy computer mouse broke
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 “computer mouse” in Georgian?
«კომპიუტერის თაგვი», read “kompiuteris tagvi”. In a live sentence: “კომპიუტერის თაგვი გამიფუჭდა” — My computer mouse broke. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters კ, ო, მ, პ, ი, უ, ტ, ე, რ, ი, ს, თ.
How is “კომპიუტერის თაგვი” written in Latin letters?
kompiuteris tagvi. 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?
tagvi is the same little animal as in the hole: the name was translated literally, and the genitive made it a computer one. 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.