მრცხვენია თხოვნის
“მრცხვენია თხოვნის” (mrtskhvenia tkhovnis) — I feel awkward asking in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. five consonants in a row, no vowel inside: mrcxv-e-nia. In a live sentence: “მრცხვენია თხოვნის, მაგრამ სხვა გზა არ მაქვს” — I feel awkward asking, but I have no other way. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters მ, რ, ც, ხ, ვ, ე, ნ, ი, ა, თ, ხ, ო. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | მრცხვენია თხოვნის |
| Read in Latin letters | mrtskhvenia tkhovnis |
| Translation | I feel awkward asking |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- მრცხვენია თხოვნისmrtskhvenia tkhovnisI feel awkward asking
How to pronounce it
five consonants in a row, no vowel inside: mrcxv-e-nia
Why it looks that way
mrcxvenia, I'm ashamed, you know from the feelings unit; here it comes with txovnis, of the request, in the genitive and means no longer shame but awkwardness. To ask: txovna
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.
- მრცხვენია თხოვნის, მაგრამ სხვა გზა არ მაქვსmrtskhvenia tkhovnis, magram skhva gza ar makvsI feel awkward asking, but I have no other way
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 “I feel awkward asking” in Georgian?
«მრცხვენია თხოვნის», read “mrtskhvenia tkhovnis”. five consonants in a row, no vowel inside: mrcxv-e-nia. In a live sentence: “მრცხვენია თხოვნის, მაგრამ სხვა გზა არ მაქვს” — I feel awkward asking, but I have no other way. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters მ, რ, ც, ხ, ვ, ე, ნ, ი, ა, თ, ხ, ო.
How is “მრცხვენია თხოვნის” written in Latin letters?
mrtskhvenia tkhovnis. 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?
mrcxvenia, I'm ashamed, you know from the feelings unit; here it comes with txovnis, of the request, in the genitive and means no longer shame but awkwardness. To ask: txovna. 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.