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- პირველი სამსახურის პოვნაpirveli samsakhuris povnato find a first job
“პირველი სამსახურის პოვნა” (pirveli samsakhuris povna) — to find a first job in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. The p twice — both sharp, no puff of air: pir-ve-li, pov-na. In a live sentence: “პირველი სამსახურის პოვნა ნახევარი წელი გაგრძელდა” (pirveli samsakhuris povna nakhevari tseli gagrdzelda) — Finding a first job took half a year. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters პ, ი, რ, ვ, ე, ლ, ი, ს, ა, მ, ს, ა… A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | პირველი სამსახურის პოვნა (pirveli samsakhuris povna) |
| Read in Latin letters | pirveli samsakhuris povna |
| Translation | to find a first job |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
How to pronounce it
the p twice — both sharp, no puff of air: pir-ve-li, pov-na
Why it looks that way
povna is to find in general; looking for a job is samsaxuris dzebna — the difference is exactly that between 'to look for' and 'to find'. Getting hired: samsaxurshi mocqeba
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 “to find a first job” in Georgian?
«პირველი სამსახურის პოვნა» (pirveli samsakhuris povna), read “pirveli samsakhuris povna”. The p twice — both sharp, no puff of air: pir-ve-li, pov-na. In a live sentence: “პირველი სამსახურის პოვნა ნახევარი წელი გაგრძელდა” (pirveli samsakhuris povna nakhevari tseli gagrdzelda) — Finding a first job took half a year. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters პ, ი, რ, ვ, ე, ლ, ი, ს, ა, მ, ს, ა…
How is “პირველი სამსახურის პოვნა” (pirveli samsakhuris povna) written in Latin letters?
pirveli samsakhuris povna. 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?
Povna is to find in general; looking for a job is samsaxuris dzebna — the difference is exactly that between 'to look for' and 'to find'. Getting hired: samsaxurshi mocqeba. 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.