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- შეხვედრის გაუქმებაshekhvedris gaukmebato cancel the meeting
“შეხვედრის გაუქმება” (shekhvedris gaukmeba) — to cancel the meeting in Georgian. Phrase, level B1. Gaucmeba is to cancel altogether: a meeting, a flight, a law. The difference with gadatana, rescheduling, is the same as in English, and confusing them in a business letter is dangerous. In a live sentence: “შეხვედრის გაუქმება ბოლო წუთს მომიწია” (shekhvedris gaukmeba bolo tsuts momitsia) — I had to cancel the meeting at the last minute. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | შეხვედრის გაუქმება (shekhvedris gaukmeba) |
| Read in Latin letters | shekhvedris gaukmeba |
| Translation | to cancel the meeting |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
gaucmeba is to cancel altogether: a meeting, a flight, a law. The difference with gadatana, rescheduling, is the same as in English, and confusing them in a business letter is dangerous
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.
- შეხვედრის გაუქმება ბოლო წუთს მომიწიაshekhvedris gaukmeba bolo tsuts momitsiaI had to cancel the meeting at the last minute
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 cancel the meeting” in Georgian?
«შეხვედრის გაუქმება» (shekhvedris gaukmeba), read “shekhvedris gaukmeba”. In a live sentence: “შეხვედრის გაუქმება ბოლო წუთს მომიწია” (shekhvedris gaukmeba bolo tsuts momitsia) — I had to cancel the meeting at the last minute. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters შ, ე, ხ, ვ, ე, დ, რ, ი, ს, გ, ა, უ…
How is “შეხვედრის გაუქმება” (shekhvedris gaukmeba) written in Latin letters?
shekhvedris gaukmeba. 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?
Gaucmeba is to cancel altogether: a meeting, a flight, a law. The difference with gadatana, rescheduling, is the same as in English, and confusing them in a business letter is dangerous. 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.