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- ანჯამების შეზეთვაanjamebis shezetvato oil the hinges
“ანჯამების შეზეთვა” (anjamebis shezetva) — to oil the hinges in Georgian. Phrase, level A1. Anjama is a door hinge; the rope loop is another word, marquzhi. shezetva is built around zeti, oil, and the hinges stand to the left in the plural 'whose' form -ebis. In a live sentence: “კარს ანჯამების შეზეთვა სჭირდება” (kars anjamebis shezetva schirdeba) — The door needs its hinges oiled. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ა, ნ, ჯ, ა, მ, ე, ბ, ი, ს, შ, ე, ზ…
In short
| Written in Georgian | ანჯამების შეზეთვა (anjamebis shezetva) |
| Read in Latin letters | anjamebis shezetva |
| Translation | to oil the hinges |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A1 |
Why it looks that way
Anjama is a door hinge; the rope loop is another word, marquzhi. shezetva is built around zeti, oil, and the hinges stand to the left in the plural 'whose' form -ebis
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.
- კარს ანჯამების შეზეთვა სჭირდებაkars anjamebis shezetva schirdebaThe door needs its hinges oiled
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 oil the hinges” in Georgian?
«ანჯამების შეზეთვა» (anjamebis shezetva), read “anjamebis shezetva”. In a live sentence: “კარს ანჯამების შეზეთვა სჭირდება” (kars anjamebis shezetva schirdeba) — The door needs its hinges oiled. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A1; written with the characters ა, ნ, ჯ, ა, მ, ე, ბ, ი, ს, შ, ე, ზ…
How is “ანჯამების შეზეთვა” (anjamebis shezetva) written in Latin letters?
anjamebis shezetva. 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?
Anjama is a door hinge; the rope loop is another word, marquzhi. shezetva is built around zeti, oil, and the hinges stand to the left in the plural 'whose' form -ebis. 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 this 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.