ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად
“ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად” (qovel jerze uketesad) — better every time in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the q a throaty k, the k sharp: qo-vel, u-ke-te-sad. In a live sentence: “ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად გამომდის” — It comes out better for me every time. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ყ, ო, ვ, ე, ლ, ჯ, ე, რ, ზ, ე, უ, კ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად |
| Read in Latin letters | qovel jerze uketesad |
| Translation | better every time |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესადqovel jerze uketesadbetter every time
How to pronounce it
the q a throaty k, the k sharp: qo-vel, u-ke-te-sad
Why it looks that way
qoveli is each; jerze is a turn, in the locative; uketesad is better. The comparative in Georgian is built with the prefix u- and the ending -es: kargi into uketesi
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.
- ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად გამომდისqovel jerze uketesad gamomdisIt comes out better for me every time
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 “better every time” in Georgian?
«ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად», read “qovel jerze uketesad”. the q a throaty k, the k sharp: qo-vel, u-ke-te-sad. In a live sentence: “ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად გამომდის” — It comes out better for me every time. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ყ, ო, ვ, ე, ლ, ჯ, ე, რ, ზ, ე, უ, კ.
How is “ყოველ ჯერზე უკეთესად” written in Latin letters?
qovel jerze uketesad. 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?
qoveli is each; jerze is a turn, in the locative; uketesad is better. The comparative in Georgian is built with the prefix u- and the ending -es: kargi into uketesi. 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.