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- ვადის გადაცილებაvadis gadatsilebaoverdue payment
“ვადის გადაცილება” (vadis gadatsileba) — overdue payment in Georgian. Noun, level B1. Literally 'stepping past the term': gadacileba is to cross a line. The bank writes vadagadacilebuli sesxi — an overdue loan — one long compound. The penalty for it is a separate word, sauravi. In a live sentence: “ვადის გადაცილებაზე ჯარიმა ერიცხება” (vadis gadatsilebaze jarima eritskheba) — A fine is charged for an overdue payment. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Georgian course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Georgian | ვადის გადაცილება (vadis gadatsileba) |
| Read in Latin letters | vadis gadatsileba |
| Translation | overdue payment |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally 'stepping past the term': gadacileba is to cross a line. The bank writes vadagadacilebuli sesxi — an overdue loan — one long compound. The penalty for it is a separate word, sauravi
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.
- ვადის გადაცილებაზე ჯარიმა ერიცხებაvadis gadatsilebaze jarima eritskhebaA fine is charged for an overdue payment
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 “overdue payment” in Georgian?
«ვადის გადაცილება» (vadis gadatsileba), read “vadis gadatsileba”. In a live sentence: “ვადის გადაცილებაზე ჯარიმა ერიცხება” (vadis gadatsilebaze jarima eritskheba) — A fine is charged for an overdue payment. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ვ, ა, დ, ი, ს, გ, ა, დ, ა, ც, ი, ლ…
How is “ვადის გადაცილება” (vadis gadatsileba) written in Latin letters?
vadis gadatsileba. 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?
Literally 'stepping past the term': gadacileba is to cross a line. The bank writes vadagadacilebuli sesxi — an overdue loan — one long compound. The penalty for it is a separate word, sauravi. 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.