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- რეისი გააუქმესreisi gaaukmesthe flight was canceled
“რეისი გააუქმეს” (reisi gaaukmes) — the flight was canceled in Georgian. Phrase, level A2. The form is impersonal: gaauxmes — 'they canceled' — naming no one. Georgian speaks this way of everything an institution does: gza gadaketes — the road was closed. The passive would be reisi gaucmda — the flight got canceled. In a live sentence: “ამინდის გამო რეისი გააუქმეს” (amindis gamo reisi gaaukmes) — The flight was canceled because of the weather. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Georgian | რეისი გააუქმეს (reisi gaaukmes) |
| Read in Latin letters | reisi gaaukmes |
| Translation | the flight was canceled |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | A2 |
Why it looks that way
The form is impersonal: gaauxmes — 'they canceled' — naming no one. Georgian speaks this way of everything an institution does: gza gadaketes — the road was closed. The passive would be reisi gaucmda — the flight got canceled
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.
- ამინდის გამო რეისი გააუქმესamindis gamo reisi gaaukmesThe flight was canceled because of the weather
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 “the flight was canceled” in Georgian?
«რეისი გააუქმეს» (reisi gaaukmes), read “reisi gaaukmes”. In a live sentence: “ამინდის გამო რეისი გააუქმეს” (amindis gamo reisi gaaukmes) — The flight was canceled because of the weather. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level A2; written with the characters რ, ე, ი, ს, ი, გ, ა, ა, უ, ქ, მ, ე…
How is “რეისი გააუქმეს” (reisi gaaukmes) written in Latin letters?
reisi gaaukmes. 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?
The form is impersonal: gaauxmes — 'they canceled' — naming no one. Georgian speaks this way of everything an institution does: gza gadaketes — the road was closed. The passive would be reisi gaucmda — the flight got canceled. 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.