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- მზისგან დამცავი კრემიmzisgan damtsavi kremisunscreen
“მზისგან დამცავი კრემი” (mzisgan damtsavi kremi) — sunscreen in Georgian. Noun, level A2. -gan means from; damtsavi is protecting: 'sun-protecting cream'. At the pharmacy they will ask shorter: mzis kremi. In a live sentence: “მზისგან დამცავი კრემი გაქვთ?” (mzisgan damtsavi kremi gakvt) — Do you have sunscreen? You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters მ, ზ, ი, ს, გ, ა, ნ, დ, ა, მ, ც, ა… A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | მზისგან დამცავი კრემი (mzisgan damtsavi kremi) |
| Read in Latin letters | mzisgan damtsavi kremi |
| Translation | sunscreen |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
-gan means from; damtsavi is protecting: 'sun-protecting cream'. At the pharmacy they will ask shorter: mzis kremi
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.
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 “sunscreen” in Georgian?
«მზისგან დამცავი კრემი» (mzisgan damtsavi kremi), read “mzisgan damtsavi kremi”. In a live sentence: “მზისგან დამცავი კრემი გაქვთ?” (mzisgan damtsavi kremi gakvt) — Do you have sunscreen? You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level A2; written with the characters მ, ზ, ი, ს, გ, ა, ნ, დ, ა, მ, ც, ა…
How is “მზისგან დამცავი კრემი” (mzisgan damtsavi kremi) written in Latin letters?
mzisgan damtsavi kremi. 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?
-gan means from; damtsavi is protecting: 'sun-protecting cream'. At the pharmacy they will ask shorter: mzis kremi. 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.