საპატიო სტუმარი
“საპატიო სტუმარი” (sapatio stumari) — guest of honor in Georgian. Noun, level B1. the p is ejective and the t too: sa-pa-tio stu-ma-ri. In a live sentence: “საპატიო სტუმარი თამადის გვერდით დასვეს” — The guest of honor was seated next to the tamada. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, ა, პ, ა, ტ, ი, ო, ს, ტ, უ, მ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | საპატიო სტუმარი |
| Read in Latin letters | sapatio stumari |
| Translation | guest of honor |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- საპატიო სტუმარიsapatio stumariguest of honor
How to pronounce it
the p is ejective and the t too: sa-pa-tio stu-ma-ri
Why it looks that way
Again the sa-…-o frame, now around pativi, honor. At the table he is seated next to the tamada
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.
- საპატიო სტუმარი თამადის გვერდით დასვესsapatio stumari tamadis gverdit dasvesThe guest of honor was seated next to the tamada
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 “guest of honor” in Georgian?
«საპატიო სტუმარი», read “sapatio stumari”. the p is ejective and the t too: sa-pa-tio stu-ma-ri. In a live sentence: “საპატიო სტუმარი თამადის გვერდით დასვეს” — The guest of honor was seated next to the tamada. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ს, ა, პ, ა, ტ, ი, ო, ს, ტ, უ, მ, ა.
How is “საპატიო სტუმარი” written in Latin letters?
sapatio stumari. 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?
Again the sa-…-o frame, now around pativi, honor. At the table he is seated next to the tamada. 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.