პასპორტი დავკარგე
“პასპორტი დავკარგე” (pasporti davkarge) — I lost my passport in Georgian. Phrase, level A2, topic — phrases that save you. davkarge is I lost a thing; davikarge from the third unit is I myself got lost. One letter changes everything. In a live sentence: “დამეხმარეთ, პასპორტი დავკარგე” — Help, I lost my passport. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters პ, ა, ს, პ, ო, რ, ტ, ი, დ, ა, ვ, კ.
In short
| Written in Georgian | პასპორტი დავკარგე |
| Read in Latin letters | pasporti davkarge |
| Translation | I lost my passport |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- პასპორტი დავკარგეpasporti davkargeI lost my passport
Why it looks that way
davkarge is I lost a thing; davikarge from the third unit is I myself got lost. One letter changes everything
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.
- დამეხმარეთ, პასპორტი დავკარგეdamekhmaret, pasporti davkargeHelp, I lost my passport
Nearby words: phrases that save you
“I don't understand”, “say that again”, “slower, please”, “help”. They are learned first for a reason: they bring back a conversation that has already gone wrong.
- ვერ გავიგეver gavigeI don't understandBuilt on the past tense, literally 'I could not understand' — said exactly where English says 'I don't understand'. Ver is a special 'not': couldn't rather than wouldn't
- ნელაnelaslowlyFrom neli, slow. The word of your first weeks: nela, tu sheidzleba — slowly, please
- გაიმეორეთgaimeoretplease repeatOne Georgian word covers the whole request: the -t on the end already carries the politeness, no 'please' needed
- ინგლისურად ლაპარაკობთ?inglisurad laparakobt?do you speak English?Literally 'Englishly do-you-speak?'. The -ad ending marks the language: it turns the language name into an adverb
- დახმარებაdakhmarebahelpDamekhmaret means 'help me' — the appeal is already built into the verb
- დავიკარგეdavikargeI am lostOne word for the whole English phrase: the prefix da- plus v- (I) in the past tense about oneself
- ერთი წუთით მოიცადეთerti tsutit moitsadetwait a minuteTsuti is minute, -ith is the instrumental: 'wait with one minute'
- კარს ვერ ვაღებkars ver vaghebI can't open itVer is 'could not', not 'did not want': the same ver as in ver gavige
- სასწრაფო დახმარებაsastsrapo dakhmarebaambulancesastsrapo is urgent, from stsrapli, fast; dakhmareba is already familiar. In speech they simply say sastsrapo
- ექიმი მჭირდებაekimi mchirdebaI need a doctorThe same mchirdeba as in ar mchirdeba, only without the negation
Test yourself
Five questions from the same set — “phrases that save you”. Recalling a spelling from meaning is harder than knowing a familiar word on sight, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “I lost my passport” in Georgian?
davkarge is I lost a thing; davikarge from the third unit is I myself got lost. One letter changes everything
- How do you say “wait a minute” in Georgian?
Tsuti is minute, -ith is the instrumental: 'wait with one minute'
- How do you say “please repeat” in Georgian?
One Georgian word covers the whole request: the -t on the end already carries the politeness, no 'please' needed
- How do you say “I need a doctor” in Georgian?
The same mchirdeba as in ar mchirdeba, only without the negation
- How do you say “I am lost” in Georgian?
One word for the whole English phrase: the prefix da- plus v- (I) in the past tense about oneself
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 lost my passport” in Georgian?
«პასპორტი დავკარგე», read “pasporti davkarge”. In a live sentence: “დამეხმარეთ, პასპორტი დავკარგე” — Help, I lost my passport. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2, from the set “phrases that save you”; written with the characters პ, ა, ს, პ, ო, რ, ტ, ი, დ, ა, ვ, კ.
How is “პასპორტი დავკარგე” written in Latin letters?
pasporti davkarge. 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?
davkarge is I lost a thing; davikarge from the third unit is I myself got lost. One letter changes everything. 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.