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- მესმის შენიmesmis sheniI understand you
“მესმის შენი” (mesmis sheni) — I understand you in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. Literally 'yours is heard by me': mesmis means both 'I hear' and 'I understand'. Polite: mesmis tkveni. Understanding a language is the same word: kartuli mesmis means 'I understand Georgian'. In a live sentence: “მესმის შენი, მეც ასე ვიყავი” (mesmis sheni, mets ase viqavi) — I understand you, I've felt that way too. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters მ, ე, ს, მ, ი, ს, შ, ე, ნ, ი.
In short
| Written in Georgian | მესმის შენი (mesmis sheni) |
| Read in Latin letters | mesmis sheni |
| Translation | I understand you |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'yours is heard by me': mesmis means both 'I hear' and 'I understand'. Polite: mesmis tkveni. Understanding a language is the same word: kartuli mesmis means 'I understand Georgian'
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.
- მესმის შენი, მეც ასე ვიყავიmesmis sheni, mets ase viqaviI understand you, I've felt that way too
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 understand you” in Georgian?
«მესმის შენი» (mesmis sheni), read “mesmis sheni”. In a live sentence: “მესმის შენი, მეც ასე ვიყავი” (mesmis sheni, mets ase viqavi) — I understand you, I've felt that way too. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters მ, ე, ს, მ, ი, ს, შ, ე, ნ, ი.
How is “მესმის შენი” (mesmis sheni) written in Latin letters?
mesmis sheni. 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?
Literally 'yours is heard by me': mesmis means both 'I hear' and 'I understand'. Polite: mesmis tkveni. Understanding a language is the same word: kartuli mesmis means 'I understand Georgian'. 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.