ნივთის სესხება
“ნივთის სესხება” (nivtis seskheba) — to lend an item in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the sx is s and kh in a row: se-skhe-ba. In a live sentence: “ნივთის სესხება მეზობელს ვთხოვე” — I asked the neighbor to lend me the item. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ნ, ი, ვ, თ, ი, ს, ს, ე, ს, ხ, ე, ბ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ნივთის სესხება |
| Read in Latin letters | nivtis seskheba |
| Translation | to lend an item |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ნივთის სესხებაnivtis seskhebato lend an item
How to pronounce it
the sx is s and kh in a row: se-skhe-ba
Why it looks that way
One word for both sides: visesxe — I borrowed; asesxe — I lent. The version vowel again makes the difference. Borrowing money is pulis sesxeba from the bank unit
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.
- ნივთის სესხება მეზობელს ვთხოვეnivtis seskheba mezobels vtkhoveI asked the neighbor to lend me the item
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 “to lend an item” in Georgian?
«ნივთის სესხება», read “nivtis seskheba”. the sx is s and kh in a row: se-skhe-ba. In a live sentence: “ნივთის სესხება მეზობელს ვთხოვე” — I asked the neighbor to lend me the item. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ნ, ი, ვ, თ, ი, ს, ს, ე, ს, ხ, ე, ბ.
How is “ნივთის სესხება” written in Latin letters?
nivtis seskheba. 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?
One word for both sides: visesxe — I borrowed; asesxe — I lent. The version vowel again makes the difference. Borrowing money is pulis sesxeba from the bank unit. 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.