უფრო ძვირი
“უფრო ძვირი” (upro dzviri) — more expensive in Georgian. Adverb, level A2. The comparative is assembled with upro before the adjective — the endings do not change. Whom you compare with takes -ze: amaze upro zviria — it is more expensive than this one. In a live sentence: “ეს მოდელი უფრო ძვირი გამოდის” — This model comes out more expensive. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters უ, ფ, რ, ო, ძ, ვ, ი, რ, ი.
In short
| Written in Georgian | უფრო ძვირი |
| Read in Latin letters | upro dzviri |
| Translation | more expensive |
| Part of speech | adverb |
| Level | A2 |
- უფრო ძვირიupro dzvirimore expensive
Why it looks that way
The comparative is assembled with upro before the adjective — the endings do not change. Whom you compare with takes -ze: amaze upro zviria — it is more expensive than this one
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.
- ეს მოდელი უფრო ძვირი გამოდისes modeli upro dzviri gamodisThis model comes out more expensive
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 “more expensive” in Georgian?
«უფრო ძვირი», read “upro dzviri”. In a live sentence: “ეს მოდელი უფრო ძვირი გამოდის” — This model comes out more expensive. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Adverb, level A2; written with the characters უ, ფ, რ, ო, ძ, ვ, ი, რ, ი.
How is “უფრო ძვირი” written in Latin letters?
upro dzviri. 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?
The comparative is assembled with upro before the adjective — the endings do not change. Whom you compare with takes -ze: amaze upro zviria — it is more expensive than this one. 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.