ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ
“ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ” (qvelaperi daitsqo imit, rom) — it all began with in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. Literally 'everything began with that, that'. The English 'with' here is carried by the instrumental -it, not by a preposition. In a live sentence: “ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ გასაღები დავკარგე” — It all began with me losing the key. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ყ, ვ, ე, ლ, ა, ფ, ე, რ, ი, დ, ა, ი.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ |
| Read in Latin letters | qvelaperi daitsqo imit, rom |
| Translation | it all began with |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომqvelaperi daitsqo imit, romit all began with
Why it looks that way
Literally 'everything began with that, that'. The English 'with' here is carried by the instrumental -it, not by a preposition
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.
- ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ გასაღები დავკარგეqvelaperi daitsqo imit, rom gasaghebi davkargeIt all began with me losing the key
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 “it all began with” in Georgian?
«ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ», read “qvelaperi daitsqo imit, rom”. In a live sentence: “ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ გასაღები დავკარგე” — It all began with me losing the key. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ყ, ვ, ე, ლ, ა, ფ, ე, რ, ი, დ, ა, ი.
How is “ყველაფერი დაიწყო იმით, რომ” written in Latin letters?
qvelaperi daitsqo imit, rom. 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 'everything began with that, that'. The English 'with' here is carried by the instrumental -it, not by a preposition. 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.