პოლიციის განყოფილება
“პოლიციის განყოფილება” (politsiis ganqopileba) — police station in Georgian. Noun, level A2. the throaty q sits in the middle of the long word: gan-qo-pi-le-ba. In a live sentence: “პოლიციის განყოფილება ბანკის უკანაა” — The police station is behind the bank. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters პ, ო, ლ, ი, ც, ი, ი, ს, გ, ა, ნ, ყ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | პოლიციის განყოფილება |
| Read in Latin letters | politsiis ganqopileba |
| Translation | police station |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- პოლიციის განყოფილებაpolitsiis ganqopilebapolice station
How to pronounce it
the throaty q sits in the middle of the long word: gan-qo-pi-le-ba
Why it looks that way
ganqopileba is a department in general — in the police, the hospital and the store alike. To call the police they say it shorter: politsia gamoidxat
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.
- პოლიციის განყოფილება ბანკის უკანააpolitsiis ganqopileba bankis ukanaaThe police station is behind the bank
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 “police station” in Georgian?
«პოლიციის განყოფილება», read “politsiis ganqopileba”. the throaty q sits in the middle of the long word: gan-qo-pi-le-ba. In a live sentence: “პოლიციის განყოფილება ბანკის უკანაა” — The police station is behind the bank. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters პ, ო, ლ, ი, ც, ი, ი, ს, გ, ა, ნ, ყ.
How is “პოლიციის განყოფილება” written in Latin letters?
politsiis ganqopileba. 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?
ganqopileba is a department in general — in the police, the hospital and the store alike. To call the police they say it shorter: politsia gamoidxat. 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.