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Learn Georgian online: a free step-by-step course in 200 lessons

From your very first გამარჯობაgamarjoba to level B2. Short lessons, one step at a time: a scene, a dialogue, a few new words, one point of grammar and exercises that correct themselves.

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LIMBA audio course · Georgian

The written course teaches it. The audio course makes you speak it.

  • 37 audio lessons
  • about 13 minutes each
  • explained in simple English

This written course gives you the grammar, the words and the script. The LIMBA audio course trains your ear and your mouth: you listen, you repeat, you answer — the perfect complement to these lessons.

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1. Read the sceneSam, a traveller from Canada, lives with a family in Tbilisi. Each lesson starts with a moment of Sam’s life in Georgia and a small drawing.
2. Learn the words8 to 15 new words per lesson, in Georgian script with their pronunciation in English letters, which you can hide with one click.
3. Understand the grammarOne point at a time, explained in plain English with many examples, from the alphabet to the full verb system.
4. PractiseMultiple-choice exercises with instant correction, then answers to say aloud and write. Score 70% and the lesson is ticked below.

The order of the grammar follows the official functional grammar of Georgian as a foreign language published by Georgia’s Ministry of Education and Science (geofl.ge): lessons 1–50 cover A1, 51–100 A2, 101–150 B1 and 151–200 B2. Every Georgian word form in the course was checked against a frequency dictionary of 363,000 forms of modern Georgian, and the A1–A2 vocabulary against the Ministry’s learner’s dictionary «Aghmarti». Reading the 200 lessons covers the programme up to B2; reaching the level also takes listening and speaking practice.

A1

Beginner

Lessons 1 to 50

A2

Elementary

Lessons 51 to 100

B1

Intermediate

Lessons 101 to 150

Unit 11: Me, you, him: persons inside the verb

Lessons 101–110

  1. 101He sees me, I see you (coming soon)
  2. 102Write to me! Indirect objects (coming soon)
  3. 103For me, for you: იi- and უu- (coming soon)
  4. 104Give and take (coming soon)
  5. 105Say and tell (coming soon)
  6. 106Call, ask, answer (coming soon)
  7. 107Help, wait, meet (coming soon)
  8. 108Show, bring, send (coming soon)
  9. 109Congratulations and good wishes (coming soon)
  10. 110Review: the birthday party (coming soon)

Unit 12: Linking ideas

Lessons 111–120

  1. 111That: რომrom (coming soon)
  2. 112Who, which: რომელიცromelits, ვინცvints, რაცrats (coming soon)
  3. 113When, before, after (coming soon)
  4. 114If: თუtu (coming soon)
  5. 115Because, so, but (coming soon)
  6. 116Someone, something: ვიღაცvighats, რამეrame (coming soon)
  7. 117Nobody, nothing, never (coming soon)
  8. 118He says that...: -ოo, მეთქიmetki, თქოtko (coming soon)
  9. 119Already, still, only (coming soon)
  10. 120Review: a connected story (coming soon)

Unit 13: The perfect: experience and hearsay

Lessons 121–130

  1. 121Have you ever been...? ვყოფილვარvq'opilvar (coming soon)
  2. 122I have read, I have seen: the perfect (coming soon)
  3. 123Never, not yet: არar + the perfect (coming soon)
  4. 124It seems he has gone (coming soon)
  5. 125Apparently: თურმეturme (coming soon)
  6. 126Was writing, wrote, has written (coming soon)
  7. 127A Georgian folk tale (coming soon)
  8. 128Travel stories: Svaneti (coming soon)
  9. 129Polyphonic songs and dances (coming soon)
  10. 130Review: a travel blog (coming soon)

Unit 14: Passive, states and positions

Lessons 131–140

  1. 131For sale: passive verbs (coming soon)
  2. 132It's getting warm: change verbs in -დებაdeba (coming soon)
  3. 133It stands, it lies, it hangs (coming soon)
  4. 134Sit down! Stand up! (coming soon)
  5. 135Make someone do it: causatives (coming soon)
  6. 136Done and to be done: participles (coming soon)
  7. 137The writer, the reader (coming soon)
  8. 138Swimming, reading, learning: verbal nouns (coming soon)
  9. 139Building words (coming soon)
  10. 140Review: renting a flat (coming soon)

Unit 15: If, would, wish

Lessons 141–150

  1. 141I would: the conditional (coming soon)
  2. 142If I had...: რომrom + subjunctive (coming soon)
  3. 143I wish: ნეტავnet'av (coming soon)
  4. 144Could you...? Polite requests (coming soon)
  5. 145Advice: ჯობიაjobia, გირჩევgirchev (coming soon)
  6. 146Opinions: I think, I agree (coming soon)
  7. 147Work and jobs (coming soon)
  8. 148Studies and exams (coming soon)
  9. 149Sport and health (coming soon)
  10. 150B1 review: a week in Batumi (coming soon)
B2

Upper intermediate

Lessons 151 to 200

Unit 16: The verb system in full

Lessons 151–160

  1. 151The three series of tenses (coming soon)
  2. 152Who takes -მაma? Verb classes and cases (coming soon)
  3. 153Dance, play, cry: medial verbs (coming soon)
  4. 154Love, want, have: inversion verbs in all tenses (coming soon)
  5. 155Go and come: the complete verb (coming soon)
  6. 156To be: the complete verb (coming soon)
  7. 157Say and tell: the complete verbs (coming soon)
  8. 158Eat, drink, see: verbs that change root (coming soon)
  9. 159Plural subjects that change the verb (coming soon)
  10. 160Review: the verb system (coming soon)

Unit 17: Had, should have, as if

Lessons 161–170

  1. 161The pluperfect: I had done (coming soon)
  2. 162I should have: უნდაunda + pluperfect (coming soon)
  3. 163If I had known... (coming soon)
  4. 164As if, almost, nearly (coming soon)
  5. 165Never ever: ვერავინ ვერveravin ver, ნურაფერს ნუnurapers nu (coming soon)
  6. 166Despite, instead of, except (coming soon)
  7. 167So that: რათაrata, იმისათვისimisatvis, რომrom (coming soon)
  8. 168His own: თავისიtavisi, and the word თავიtavi (coming soon)
  9. 169Each other: ერთმანეთიertmaneti (coming soon)
  10. 170Review: a missed chance (coming soon)

Unit 18: Georgia: culture and history

Lessons 171–180

  1. 171The story of the Georgian alphabet (coming soon)
  2. 172Rustaveli's great poem (coming soon)
  3. 173King Tamar and the golden age (coming soon)
  4. 174Wine and the qvevri (coming soon)
  5. 175The supra: toasts and the tamada (coming soon)
  6. 176Songs and dances: a living heritage (coming soon)
  7. 177Mtskheta and Saint Nino (coming soon)
  8. 178Regions and dialects (coming soon)
  9. 179Proverbs and sayings (coming soon)
  10. 180Review: a guided tour (coming soon)

Unit 19: Society and media

Lessons 181–190

  1. 181Reading the news (coming soon)
  2. 182Formal letters and emails (coming soon)
  3. 183Big numbers and statistics (coming soon)
  4. 184Society and politics (coming soon)
  5. 185Money and the economy (coming soon)
  6. 186Nature and the environment (coming soon)
  7. 187Phones, apps and the internet (coming soon)
  8. 188Emergencies and health care (coming soon)
  9. 189Building an argument (coming soon)
  10. 190Review: a radio interview (coming soon)

Unit 20: Real-life Georgian

Lessons 191–200

  1. 191A job interview (coming soon)
  2. 192Offices and paperwork (coming soon)
  3. 193Honorific speech (coming soon)
  4. 194Affectionate and colloquial Georgian (coming soon)
  5. 195A classic writer: Ilia Chavchavadze (coming soon)
  6. 196Telling a long story (coming soon)
  7. 197Persuading and bargaining (coming soon)
  8. 198Planning a journey across Georgia (coming soon)
  9. 199Goodbye and see you soon (coming soon)
  10. 200B2 final review: you made it! (coming soon)

Questions about the course

Is the written course really free?

Yes. The 200 lessons are free and need no account. Your ticks (lessons with 70% or more in the exercises) are saved only in your own browser.

Do I have to learn the Georgian alphabet first?

No. The 33 letters of the Mkhedruli alphabet are taught little by little in lessons 2 to 8, and every Georgian word in the course comes with its pronunciation in English letters, following Georgia’s official romanization. When you feel ready, hide it with the Pronunciation button at the top of every page.

Which Georgian does the course teach?

Standard modern Georgian, as it is spoken in Tbilisi and understood everywhere in the country. You learn both the polite თქვენtkven and the familiar შენshen.

How long does a lesson take?

Most lessons take about twenty minutes: read the scene and the dialogue, learn the words, read the grammar, do the exercises. The review lessons (10, 20, 30…) take a little longer.

How do I learn to speak and understand Georgian?

A written course cannot train your ear. That is the job of the LIMBA audio course: 37 audio lessons of about 13 minutes, explained in simple English, where you listen, repeat and answer. You can listen to lesson 1 for free on this page.

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  • 37 audio lessons
  • about 13 minutes each
  • explained in simple English

This written course gives you the grammar, the words and the script. The LIMBA audio course trains your ear and your mouth: you listen, you repeat, you answer — the perfect complement to these lessons.

Download the Georgian audio courseOrder form · your download link arrives by email
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