ყურადღების გაფანტვა
“ყურადღების გაფანტვა” (quradghebis gapantva) — get distracted in Georgian. Verb, level B1. the q at the start is the guttural catch, and further on a rolled throaty gh. In a live sentence: “ტელეფონზე ყურადღება მეფანტება” — On the phone I get distracted. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ყ, უ, რ, ა, დ, ღ, ე, ბ, ი, ს, გ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ყურადღების გაფანტვა |
| Read in Latin letters | quradghebis gapantva |
| Translation | get distracted |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
- ყურადღების გაფანტვაquradghebis gapantvaget distracted
How to pronounce it
the q at the start is the guttural catch, and further on a rolled throaty gh
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the scattering of attention'. The familiar quradgheba plus phantavs, it scatters
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.
- ტელეფონზე ყურადღება მეფანტებაteleponze quradgheba mepantebaOn the phone I get distracted
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 “get distracted” in Georgian?
«ყურადღების გაფანტვა», read “quradghebis gapantva”. the q at the start is the guttural catch, and further on a rolled throaty gh. In a live sentence: “ტელეფონზე ყურადღება მეფანტება” — On the phone I get distracted. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ყ, უ, რ, ა, დ, ღ, ე, ბ, ი, ს, გ, ა.
How is “ყურადღების გაფანტვა” written in Latin letters?
quradghebis gapantva. 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?
Literally 'the scattering of attention'. The familiar quradgheba plus phantavs, it scatters. 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.