თავიდან დაწყება
“თავიდან დაწყება” (tavidan datsqeba) — start over in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the datsq run: an ejective ts and the guttural q in a row. In a live sentence: “ორმოცში ცხოვრება თავიდან დაიწყო” — At forty he started life over. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters თ, ა, ვ, ი, დ, ა, ნ, დ, ა, წ, ყ, ე. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | თავიდან დაწყება |
| Read in Latin letters | tavidan datsqeba |
| Translation | start over |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- თავიდან დაწყებაtavidan datsqebastart over
How to pronounce it
the datsq run: an ejective ts and the guttural q in a row
Why it looks that way
Literally 'to begin from the head', that is from the very beginning. khelakhla is just once more, while tavidan is from a clean slate
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.
- ორმოცში ცხოვრება თავიდან დაიწყოormotsshi tskhovreba tavidan daitsqoAt forty he started life over
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 “start over” in Georgian?
«თავიდან დაწყება», read “tavidan datsqeba”. the datsq run: an ejective ts and the guttural q in a row. In a live sentence: “ორმოცში ცხოვრება თავიდან დაიწყო” — At forty he started life over. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters თ, ა, ვ, ი, დ, ა, ნ, დ, ა, წ, ყ, ე.
How is “თავიდან დაწყება” written in Latin letters?
tavidan datsqeba. 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?
Literally 'to begin from the head', that is from the very beginning. khelakhla is just once more, while tavidan is from a clean slate. 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.