ვშიშობ, რომ არა
“ვშიშობ, რომ არა” (vshishob, rom ara) — I'm afraid not in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. the opening vsh has no vowel between: vshi-shob. In a live sentence: “ვშიშობ, რომ არა, ეს დღე დაკავებული მაქვს” — I'm afraid not — I'm busy that day. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ვ, შ, ი, შ, ო, ბ, რ, ო, მ, ა, რ, ა. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ვშიშობ, რომ არა |
| Read in Latin letters | vshishob, rom ara |
| Translation | I'm afraid not |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
- ვშიშობ, რომ არაvshishob, rom araI'm afraid not
How to pronounce it
the opening vsh has no vowel between: vshi-shob
Why it looks that way
vshishob — I fear — from shishi, fear: this is the bookish 'I'm afraid' of a polite refusal, while real fear is meshinia. A soft refusal almost always begins so
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.
- ვშიშობ, რომ არა, ეს დღე დაკავებული მაქვსvshishob, rom ara, es dghe dakavebuli makvsI'm afraid not — I'm busy that day
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 “I'm afraid not” in Georgian?
«ვშიშობ, რომ არა», read “vshishob, rom ara”. the opening vsh has no vowel between: vshi-shob. In a live sentence: “ვშიშობ, რომ არა, ეს დღე დაკავებული მაქვს” — I'm afraid not — I'm busy that day. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ვ, შ, ი, შ, ო, ბ, რ, ო, მ, ა, რ, ა.
How is “ვშიშობ, რომ არა” written in Latin letters?
vshishob, rom ara. 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?
vshishob — I fear — from shishi, fear: this is the bookish 'I'm afraid' of a polite refusal, while real fear is meshinia. A soft refusal almost always begins so. 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.