მენიუ შეიძლება?
“მენიუ შეიძლება?” (meniu sheidzleba?) — can we see the menu? in Georgian. Phrase, level A1. Sheidzleba, 'is it possible', comes after the thing, not before it. Meniu manages without the -i tail. In a live sentence: “გამარჯობა, მენიუ შეიძლება?” — Hello, can we see the menu? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters მ, ე, ნ, ი, უ, შ, ე, ი, ძ, ლ, ე, ბ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | მენიუ შეიძლება? |
| Read in Latin letters | meniu sheidzleba? |
| Translation | can we see the menu? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
- მენიუ შეიძლება?meniu sheidzleba?can we see the menu?
Why it looks that way
Sheidzleba, 'is it possible', comes after the thing, not before it. Meniu manages without the -i tail
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.
- გამარჯობა, მენიუ შეიძლება?gamarjoba meniu sheidzlebaHello, can we see the menu?
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 “can we see the menu?” in Georgian?
«მენიუ შეიძლება?», read “meniu sheidzleba?”. In a live sentence: “გამარჯობა, მენიუ შეიძლება?” — Hello, can we see the menu? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters მ, ე, ნ, ი, უ, შ, ე, ი, ძ, ლ, ე, ბ.
How is “მენიუ შეიძლება?” written in Latin letters?
meniu sheidzleba?. 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?
Sheidzleba, 'is it possible', comes after the thing, not before it. Meniu manages without the -i tail. 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.