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- ნაგავს ნუ ყრიnagavs nu qrido not litter
“ნაგავს ნუ ყრი” (nagavs nu qri) — do not litter in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. The q is the guttural catch: nu qri. In a live sentence: “პარკში ნაგავს ნუ ყრი” (parkshi nagavs nu qri) — Do not litter in the park. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ნ, ა, გ, ა, ვ, ს, ნ, უ, ყ, რ, ი. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level A2.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ნაგავს ნუ ყრი (nagavs nu qri) |
| Read in Latin letters | nagavs nu qri |
| Translation | do not litter |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
How to pronounce it
the q is the guttural catch: nu qri
Why it looks that way
A prohibition in Georgian is built with the particle nu, not ar: nu qri means 'do not drop it'. Politely: nu qrit
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.
- პარკში ნაგავს ნუ ყრიparkshi nagavs nu qriDo not litter in the park
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 “do not litter” in Georgian?
«ნაგავს ნუ ყრი» (nagavs nu qri), read “nagavs nu qri”. The q is the guttural catch: nu qri. In a live sentence: “პარკში ნაგავს ნუ ყრი” (parkshi nagavs nu qri) — Do not litter in the park. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters ნ, ა, გ, ა, ვ, ს, ნ, უ, ყ, რ, ი.
How is “ნაგავს ნუ ყრი” (nagavs nu qri) written in Latin letters?
nagavs nu qri. 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?
A prohibition in Georgian is built with the particle nu, not ar: nu qri means 'do not drop it'. Politely: nu qrit. 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.