უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება
“უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება” (universitetshi chabareba) — to get into university in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. chabareba means both 'to pass an exam' and 'to be admitted': admission here is passing the entrance exams. The same word returns in gamocdis chabareba, the fourth lesson of this unit. In a live sentence: “უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება მინდა” — I want to get into university. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters უ, ნ, ი, ვ, ე, რ, ს, ი, ტ, ე, ტ, შ.
In short
| Written in Georgian | უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება |
| Read in Latin letters | universitetshi chabareba |
| Translation | to get into university |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარებაuniversitetshi chabarebato get into university
Why it looks that way
chabareba means both 'to pass an exam' and 'to be admitted': admission here is passing the entrance exams. The same word returns in gamocdis chabareba, the fourth lesson of this unit
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.
- უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება მინდაuniversitetshi chabareba mindaI want to get into university
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 get into university” in Georgian?
«უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება», read “universitetshi chabareba”. In a live sentence: “უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება მინდა” — I want to get into university. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters უ, ნ, ი, ვ, ე, რ, ს, ი, ტ, ე, ტ, შ.
How is “უნივერსიტეტში ჩაბარება” written in Latin letters?
universitetshi chabareba. 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?
chabareba means both 'to pass an exam' and 'to be admitted': admission here is passing the entrance exams. The same word returns in gamocdis chabareba, the fourth lesson of this unit. 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.