LingoflyTransport in Georgian
14 words in Georgian on the topic “transport”: მეტრო (metro) — metro, ავტობუსი (avtobusi) — bus, ტაქსი (taksi) — taxi, სადგური (sadguri) — station. 14 words can be played from recordings.
14 words on the topic
- მეტროmetrometroTwo lines in Tbilisi; the announcements in the cars run in Georgian and in English
- ავტობუსიavtobusibusA borrowing with the -i. 'By bus' is avtobusith: the ending -it means 'by means of'
- ტაქსიtaksitaxiThe t is ejective, with no puff of air. Ordered by app nowadays, but 'call a taxi' is understood everywhere
- სადგურიsadguristationAlso 'station' in general: the metro station and the railway station are the same word
- გაჩერების პუნქტიgacherebis punktitransit stopThe signs say simply gachereba, which is tied to the verb 'to stop'. The p is ejective
- მგზავრიmgzavripassengerFour consonants around one vowel — an ordinary affair. Hence also mgzavroba, a trip
- დასაჯდომიdasajdomiseatThe da-sa-...-omi ring from jdoma, to sit: 'that which one sits on'. The j is one letter for the fused j sound
- მოაჯირიmoajirihandrailThe same word means a stairway railing. moajirse echide — hold on to the handrail, with no preposition 'on'
- კონტროლიორიkontrolioriticket inspectorA borrowing, but with the tail -i and ejective k and t
- მგზავრობის საფასურიmgzavrobis sapasurifaresapasuri comes from pasi, price: 'that which is paid for'. There is no preposition 'for', there is a 'whose' form on the left
- გადატვირთულიgadatvirtuliovercrowdedFrom tvirthi, a load: literally 'overloaded'. A bus and a road are spoken of alike
- თავისუფალი ადგილიtavisupali adgilifree seattavisupali comes from tavi, head: a head unto oneself. Tavisupali nomeri is a vacant room
- ბილეთის აპარატიbiletis aparatiticket machineaparathi is any device, not only this one. The p is ejective
- შეფერხებაsheperkhebahold-updagvianeba is being late. sheperkheba is a hitch in the movement; the p is aspirated
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How it sounds in a sentence
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What is worth knowing about these words
მეტრო (metro) — metro. Two lines in Tbilisi; the announcements in the cars run in Georgian and in English.
ავტობუსი (avtobusi) — bus. A borrowing with the -i. 'By bus' is avtobusith: the ending -it means 'by means of'.
ტაქსი (taksi) — taxi. The t is ejective, with no puff of air. Ordered by app nowadays, but 'call a taxi' is understood everywhere.
სადგური (sadguri) — station. Also 'station' in general: the metro station and the railway station are the same word.
Test yourself
First by ear — the way you will meet the word in conversation. Click the speaker and pick the translation.
- What is this word?
It is მეტრო (metro) — metro.
- What is this word?
It is მგზავრი (mgzavri) — passenger.
- What is this word?
It is გადატვირთული (gadatvirtuli) — overcrowded.
- What is this word?
It is ავტობუსი (avtobusi) — bus.
- What is this word?
It is დასაჯდომი (dasajdomi) — seat.
Now the other way around: recall the spelling from the meaning. That is harder, and therefore more useful.
- How do you say “metro” in Georgian?
Two lines in Tbilisi; the announcements in the cars run in Georgian and in English
- How do you say “passenger” in Georgian?
Four consonants around one vowel — an ordinary affair. Hence also mgzavroba, a trip
- How do you say “overcrowded” in Georgian?
From tvirthi, a load: literally 'overloaded'. A bus and a road are spoken of alike
- How do you say “bus” in Georgian?
A borrowing with the -i. 'By bus' is avtobusith: the ending -it means 'by means of'
- How do you say “seat” in Georgian?
The da-sa-...-omi ring from jdoma, to sit: 'that which one sits on'. The j is one letter for the fused j sound
How to learn the set instead of just reading it
Bus, metro, taxi, stop, station. These are words you need to recognize in writing — off a departure board and off a sign.
A list is read in a minute and forgotten in a day. What works: hide the translation, try to recall, get it wrong — and come back to the same words tomorrow.
- 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.
- Study spread over days wins not only in experiments but in ordinary classrooms, with real students.checked many timesMawson & Kang, 2025, Behavioral Sciences 15(6):771 · 22 studies, d = 0.54 (confidence interval 0.31–0.77). The authors warn that individual studies disagree widely.
Frequently asked
How do you say “metro” in Georgian?
«მეტრო» (metro), read “metro”. Two lines in Tbilisi; the announcements in the cars run in Georgian and in English. It is one of 14 words in the set “transport” — the rest are in the table above.
How many transport words do you need to start?
The whole set on this page is 14 words, but there is no need to start with all of it: the words you will need in the next few days are enough. Take them a few at a time — five to seven new ones per session.
Is there audio?
Yes, 14 words on this page can be played — click the speaker next to the word. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.