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- ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნებაbiletis tankhis dabrunebato get a ticket refund
“ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება” (biletis tankhis dabruneba) — to get a ticket refund in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. Two 'whose' forms in a row — 'of the ticket, of the sum, the return': Georgian strings them freely where English needs 'for'. tanxa is a sum, money as an amount, while puli is money in general. In a live sentence: “ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება ორ კვირას გრძელდება” (biletis tankhis dabruneba or kviras grdzeldeba) — The ticket refund takes two weeks. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება (biletis tankhis dabruneba) |
| Read in Latin letters | biletis tankhis dabruneba |
| Translation | to get a ticket refund |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Two 'whose' forms in a row — 'of the ticket, of the sum, the return': Georgian strings them freely where English needs 'for'. tanxa is a sum, money as an amount, while puli is money in general
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.
- ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება ორ კვირას გრძელდებაbiletis tankhis dabruneba or kviras grdzeldebaThe ticket refund takes two weeks
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 a ticket refund” in Georgian?
«ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება» (biletis tankhis dabruneba), read “biletis tankhis dabruneba”. In a live sentence: “ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება ორ კვირას გრძელდება” (biletis tankhis dabruneba or kviras grdzeldeba) — The ticket refund takes two weeks. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ბ, ი, ლ, ე, თ, ი, ს, თ, ა, ნ, ხ, ი…
How is “ბილეთის თანხის დაბრუნება” (biletis tankhis dabruneba) written in Latin letters?
biletis tankhis dabruneba. 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?
Two 'whose' forms in a row — 'of the ticket, of the sum, the return': Georgian strings them freely where English needs 'for'. tanxa is a sum, money as an amount, while puli is money in general. 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.