სატვირთო მანქანა
“სატვირთო მანქანა” (satvirto mankana) — truck in Georgian. Noun, level A2. From tvirti, a load, with the sa-…-o scheme: 'a load car'. In speech it is shortened to satvirto. A van is furgoni — a different vehicle. A trailer is misabmeli, the bed dzara. In a live sentence: “სატვირთო მანქანა ეზოში დგას” — The truck is in the courtyard. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, ა, ტ, ვ, ი, რ, თ, ო, მ, ა, ნ, ქ.
In short
| Written in Georgian | სატვირთო მანქანა |
| Read in Latin letters | satvirto mankana |
| Translation | truck |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
- სატვირთო მანქანაsatvirto mankanatruck
Why it looks that way
From tvirti, a load, with the sa-…-o scheme: 'a load car'. In speech it is shortened to satvirto. A van is furgoni — a different vehicle. A trailer is misabmeli, the bed dzara
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.
- სატვირთო მანქანა ეზოში დგასsatvirto mankana ezoshi dgasThe truck is in the courtyard
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 “truck” in Georgian?
«სატვირთო მანქანა», read “satvirto mankana”. In a live sentence: “სატვირთო მანქანა ეზოში დგას” — The truck is in the courtyard. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters ს, ა, ტ, ვ, ი, რ, თ, ო, მ, ა, ნ, ქ.
How is “სატვირთო მანქანა” written in Latin letters?
satvirto mankana. 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?
From tvirti, a load, with the sa-…-o scheme: 'a load car'. In speech it is shortened to satvirto. A van is furgoni — a different vehicle. A trailer is misabmeli, the bed dzara. 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.