ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო
“ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო” (neba mibodzet, davamato) — may I add in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the t sharp, no puff of air, the dz fused: mi-bo-dzet, da-va-ma-to. In a live sentence: “ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო ერთი რამ” — May I add one thing. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ნ, ე, ბ, ა, მ, ი, ბ, ო, ძ, ე, თ, დ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო |
| Read in Latin letters | neba mibodzet, davamato |
| Translation | may I add |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატოneba mibodzet, davamatomay I add
How to pronounce it
the t sharp, no puff of air, the dz fused: mi-bo-dzet, da-va-ma-to
Why it looks that way
neba is will, permission; mibodzet is a most polite 'give me', from bodzeba, to bestow. The phrase is bookish and fits a meeting; in talk sheidzleba davamato? is enough
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.
- ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო ერთი რამneba mibodzet, davamato erti ramMay I add one thing
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 “may I add” in Georgian?
«ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო», read “neba mibodzet, davamato”. the t sharp, no puff of air, the dz fused: mi-bo-dzet, da-va-ma-to. In a live sentence: “ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო ერთი რამ” — May I add one thing. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ნ, ე, ბ, ა, მ, ი, ბ, ო, ძ, ე, თ, დ.
How is “ნება მიბოძეთ, დავამატო” written in Latin letters?
neba mibodzet, davamato. 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?
neba is will, permission; mibodzet is a most polite 'give me', from bodzeba, to bestow. The phrase is bookish and fits a meeting; in talk sheidzleba davamato? is enough. 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.