რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?
“რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?” (ramdeni khani daschirdeba?) — how long will it take? in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. the sch is s and a sharp ch in a row, no vowel between: das-chir-de-ba. In a live sentence: “რემონტს რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?” — How long will the repair take? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters რ, ა, მ, დ, ე, ნ, ი, ხ, ა, ნ, ი, დ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება? |
| Read in Latin letters | ramdeni khani daschirdeba? |
| Translation | how long will it take? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?ramdeni khani daschirdeba?how long will it take?
How to pronounce it
the sch is s and a sharp ch in a row, no vowel between: das-chir-de-ba
Why it looks that way
khani is time as a term, while dro is time in general. You know the verb from the same nest as mcirdeba — I need
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.
- რემონტს რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?remonts ramdeni khani daschirdeba?How long will the repair take?
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 “how long will it take?” in Georgian?
«რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?», read “ramdeni khani daschirdeba?”. the sch is s and a sharp ch in a row, no vowel between: das-chir-de-ba. In a live sentence: “რემონტს რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?” — How long will the repair take? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters რ, ა, მ, დ, ე, ნ, ი, ხ, ა, ნ, ი, დ.
How is “რამდენი ხანი დასჭირდება?” written in Latin letters?
ramdeni khani daschirdeba?. 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?
khani is time as a term, while dro is time in general. You know the verb from the same nest as mcirdeba — I need. 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.