ფოტოს ჩარჩო
“ფოტოს ჩარჩო” (potos charcho) — picture frame in Georgian. Noun, level A1. Charcho is a frame in general, and the genitive potos says what for. The English 'for' here is carried not by a word but by a case. In a live sentence: “ფოტოს ჩარჩო თაროზე დგას” — The picture frame stands on the shelf. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ფ, ო, ტ, ო, ს, ჩ, ა, რ, ჩ, ო.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ფოტოს ჩარჩო |
| Read in Latin letters | potos charcho |
| Translation | picture frame |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A1 |
- ფოტოს ჩარჩოpotos charchopicture frame
Why it looks that way
Charcho is a frame in general, and the genitive potos says what for. The English 'for' here is carried not by a word but by a case
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.
- ფოტოს ჩარჩო თაროზე დგასpotos charcho taroze dgasThe picture frame stands on the shelf
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 “picture frame” in Georgian?
«ფოტოს ჩარჩო», read “potos charcho”. In a live sentence: “ფოტოს ჩარჩო თაროზე დგას” — The picture frame stands on the shelf. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A1; written with the characters ფ, ო, ტ, ო, ს, ჩ, ა, რ, ჩ, ო.
How is “ფოტოს ჩარჩო” written in Latin letters?
potos charcho. 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?
Charcho is a frame in general, and the genitive potos says what for. The English 'for' here is carried not by a word but by a case. 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.