ვერ გათვალა შვილის მომენტი

English translation: Could not anticipate that the baby would cry

00:44 Aug 30, 2018
Georgian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / Memoir
Georgian term or phrase: ვერ გათვალა შვილის მომენტი
The narrator is wondering about the relationship between a mother and her baby. When he visited the mother, the baby was crying incessantly. As he recalls the visit, he says

ალბათ ვერ გათვალა შვილის მომენტი-მეთქი.

I've really no idea what this means. Thanks in advance for the help.
Philip Price
Local time: 16:47
English translation:Could not anticipate that the baby would cry
Explanation:
After having a child you see things in a completely different way; very difficult to guess in advance how you feel and what you feel. Probability that your plans turn over totally is very frequent and normal and this is what the author implies when he says following words - ალბათ ვერ გათვალა შვილის მომენტი-მეთქი.
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Sopio Kvantaliani
Georgia
Local time: 11:47
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4Could not anticipate that the baby would cry
Lela Nanuashvili
4Could not anticipate that the baby would cry
Sopio Kvantaliani


  

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Could not anticipate that the baby would cry


Explanation:
"მომენტი" can be understood as "circumstances", hence the meaning can be: she could not anticipate that the baby would cry/interrupt

Lela Nanuashvili
Georgia
Native speaker of: Native in GeorgianGeorgian
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Could not anticipate that the baby would cry


Explanation:
After having a child you see things in a completely different way; very difficult to guess in advance how you feel and what you feel. Probability that your plans turn over totally is very frequent and normal and this is what the author implies when he says following words - ალბათ ვერ გათვალა შვილის მომენტი-მეთქი.

Sopio Kvantaliani
Georgia
Local time: 11:47
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Native speaker of: Native in GeorgianGeorgian
PRO pts in category: 12
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