სუფრის გაშლა
“სუფრის გაშლა” (supris gashla) — set the table in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. the p is aspirated, not an f sound: sup-ris gash-la. In a live sentence: “სტუმრებამდე სუფრის გაშლა მოვასწარით” — We managed to set the table before the guests. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ს, უ, ფ, რ, ი, ს, გ, ა, შ, ლ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | სუფრის გაშლა |
| Read in Latin letters | supris gashla |
| Translation | set the table |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
- სუფრის გაშლაsupris gashlaset the table
How to pronounce it
the p is aspirated, not an f sound: sup-ris gash-la
Why it looks that way
Supra is not the furniture but the feast entire: the cloth, the food and the people around it. Literally 'to spread the supra'
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.
- სტუმრებამდე სუფრის გაშლა მოვასწარითstumrebamde supris gashla movastsaritWe managed to set the table before the guests
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 “set the table” in Georgian?
«სუფრის გაშლა», read “supris gashla”. the p is aspirated, not an f sound: sup-ris gash-la. In a live sentence: “სტუმრებამდე სუფრის გაშლა მოვასწარით” — We managed to set the table before the guests. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ს, უ, ფ, რ, ი, ს, გ, ა, შ, ლ, ა.
How is “სუფრის გაშლა” written in Latin letters?
supris gashla. 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?
Supra is not the furniture but the feast entire: the cloth, the food and the people around it. Literally 'to spread the supra'. 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.