საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა
“საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა” (sazghvargaret gadasvla) — to move abroad in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the zghv is three consonants in a row, the gh gargled: saz-ghvar-ga-ret. In a live sentence: “საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა ოჯახმა ერთად გადაწყვიტა” — The family decided to move abroad together. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, ა, ზ, ღ, ვ, ა, რ, გ, ა, რ, ე, თ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა |
| Read in Latin letters | sazghvargaret gadasvla |
| Translation | to move abroad |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლაsazghvargaret gadasvlato move abroad
How to pronounce it
the zghv is three consonants in a row, the gh gargled: saz-ghvar-ga-ret
Why it looks that way
sazghvargaret is abroad, both being and going, literally 'beyond the border's limit' — sazghvari is a border. gadascvla is to move over; moving to another apartment is gadascvla too
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.
- საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა ოჯახმა ერთად გადაწყვიტაsazghvargaret gadasvla ojakhma ertad gadatsqvitaThe family decided to move abroad together
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 move abroad” in Georgian?
«საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა», read “sazghvargaret gadasvla”. the zghv is three consonants in a row, the gh gargled: saz-ghvar-ga-ret. In a live sentence: “საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა ოჯახმა ერთად გადაწყვიტა” — The family decided to move abroad together. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ს, ა, ზ, ღ, ვ, ა, რ, გ, ა, რ, ე, თ.
How is “საზღვარგარეთ გადასვლა” written in Latin letters?
sazghvargaret gadasvla. 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?
sazghvargaret is abroad, both being and going, literally 'beyond the border's limit' — sazghvari is a border. gadascvla is to move over; moving to another apartment is gadascvla too. 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.