ტელეფონის მეხსიერება
“ტელეფონის მეხსიერება” (teleponis mekhsiereba) — phone memory in Georgian. Noun, level B1. the t sharp, the p aspirated: te-le-po-nis. In a live sentence: “ტელეფონის მეხსიერება ფოტოებმა შეავსო” — The photos filled up the phone memory. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ტ, ე, ლ, ე, ფ, ო, ნ, ი, ს, მ, ე, ხ. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ტელეფონის მეხსიერება |
| Read in Latin letters | teleponis mekhsiereba |
| Translation | phone memory |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- ტელეფონის მეხსიერებაteleponis mekhsierebaphone memory
How to pronounce it
the t sharp, the p aspirated: te-le-po-nis
Why it looks that way
meqsiereba is both human memory and a device's memory: kargi meqsiereba mavqs — I have a good memory. Memory full: meqsiereba gaivso
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.
- ტელეფონის მეხსიერება ფოტოებმა შეავსოteleponis mekhsiereba potoebma sheavsoThe photos filled up the phone memory
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 “phone memory” in Georgian?
«ტელეფონის მეხსიერება», read “teleponis mekhsiereba”. the t sharp, the p aspirated: te-le-po-nis. In a live sentence: “ტელეფონის მეხსიერება ფოტოებმა შეავსო” — The photos filled up the phone memory. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ტ, ე, ლ, ე, ფ, ო, ნ, ი, ს, მ, ე, ხ.
How is “ტელეფონის მეხსიერება” written in Latin letters?
teleponis mekhsiereba. 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?
meqsiereba is both human memory and a device's memory: kargi meqsiereba mavqs — I have a good memory. Memory full: meqsiereba gaivso. 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.