როგორ იწერება?
“როგორ იწერება?” (rogor itsereba?) — how is it spelled? in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. the ts is sharp, no puff of air: i-tse-re-ba. In a live sentence: “თქვენი გვარი როგორ იწერება?” — How is your surname spelled? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters რ, ო, გ, ო, რ, ი, წ, ე, რ, ე, ბ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | როგორ იწერება? |
| Read in Latin letters | rogor itsereba? |
| Translation | how is it spelled? |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- როგორ იწერება?rogor itsereba?how is it spelled?
How to pronounce it
the ts is sharp, no puff of air: i-tse-re-ba
Why it looks that way
icereba — it writes itself — a passive of cera, to write. Built the same way as qetdeba, it is done, from the study unit. How it is pronounced: rogor gamoitqmis?
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.
- თქვენი გვარი როგორ იწერება?tkveni gvari rogor itsereba?How is your surname spelled?
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 is it spelled?” in Georgian?
«როგორ იწერება?», read “rogor itsereba?”. the ts is sharp, no puff of air: i-tse-re-ba. In a live sentence: “თქვენი გვარი როგორ იწერება?” — How is your surname spelled? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters რ, ო, გ, ო, რ, ი, წ, ე, რ, ე, ბ, ა.
How is “როგორ იწერება?” written in Latin letters?
rogor itsereba?. 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?
icereba — it writes itself — a passive of cera, to write. Built the same way as qetdeba, it is done, from the study unit. How it is pronounced: rogor gamoitqmis? 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.