საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა
“საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა” (sakonsulostvis mimartva) — to contact the consulate in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. mimartva is to turn to someone, and the addressee takes the postposition -tvis, 'for'. In the hospital unit the same word went with -tan: ekimtan mimartva. Both are alive; -tvis is the more official one. In a live sentence: “პასპორტის დაკარგვისას საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა გჭირდება” — If you lose your passport you need to contact the consulate. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Georgian | საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა |
| Read in Latin letters | sakonsulostvis mimartva |
| Translation | to contact the consulate |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვაsakonsulostvis mimartvato contact the consulate
Why it looks that way
mimartva is to turn to someone, and the addressee takes the postposition -tvis, 'for'. In the hospital unit the same word went with -tan: ekimtan mimartva. Both are alive; -tvis is the more official one
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.
- პასპორტის დაკარგვისას საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა გჭირდებაpasportis dakargvisas sakonsulostvis mimartva gchirdebaIf you lose your passport you need to contact the consulate
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 “to contact the consulate” in Georgian?
«საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა», read “sakonsulostvis mimartva”. In a live sentence: “პასპორტის დაკარგვისას საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა გჭირდება” — If you lose your passport you need to contact the consulate. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ს, ა, კ, ო, ნ, ს, უ, ლ, ო, ს, თ, ვ.
How is “საკონსულოსთვის მიმართვა” written in Latin letters?
sakonsulostvis mimartva. 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?
mimartva is to turn to someone, and the addressee takes the postposition -tvis, 'for'. In the hospital unit the same word went with -tan: ekimtan mimartva. Both are alive; -tvis is the more official one. 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.