ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით
- ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნითerti tsuti, agikhsnitone minute, I'll explain
“ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით” (erti tsuti, agikhsnit) — one minute, I'll explain in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. The ts is sharp, no puff of air: tsu-ti. In a live sentence: “ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით ყველაფერს” (erti tsuti, agikhsnit qvelapers) — One minute and I'll explain everything. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ე, რ, თ, ი, წ, უ, თ, ი, ა, გ, ი, ხ… A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით (erti tsuti, agikhsnit) |
| Read in Latin letters | erti tsuti, agikhsnit |
| Translation | one minute, I'll explain |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the ts is sharp, no puff of air: tsu-ti
Why it looks that way
agixsnit — I will explain to you — from axsna, an explanation; the -g- inside means 'to you'. To one person: agixsni. The request to wait: erti cutit macalet
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.
- ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით ყველაფერსerti tsuti, agikhsnit qvelapersOne minute and I'll explain everything
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 “one minute, I'll explain” in Georgian?
«ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით» (erti tsuti, agikhsnit), read “erti tsuti, agikhsnit”. The ts is sharp, no puff of air: tsu-ti. In a live sentence: “ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით ყველაფერს” (erti tsuti, agikhsnit qvelapers) — One minute and I'll explain everything. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters ე, რ, თ, ი, წ, უ, თ, ი, ა, გ, ი, ხ…
How is “ერთი წუთი, აგიხსნით” (erti tsuti, agikhsnit) written in Latin letters?
erti tsuti, agikhsnit. 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?
Agixsnit — I will explain to you — from axsna, an explanation; the -g- inside means 'to you'. To one person: agixsni. The request to wait: erti cutit macalet. 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.