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The road north from Tbilisi climbs for three hours into the Greater Caucasus. At the end: the village of Stepantsminda, and high above it, alone on a green hill under the snows of Mount Kazbek, the Gergeti church.
This is the end of level A2. Read the story, review the tables, and take the test: 70% means you are ready for B1.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ეკლესია | ek'lesia | church |
| სამება | sameba | Trinity |
| რით? | rit? | by what? how? (with what means?) |
The pronunciation is written in English letters, following Georgia’s official romanization. Say every letter: a as in father, e as in pet, i as in machine, o as in port, u as in rule; r is rolled; g is always hard; kh as in Scottish loch; gh a soft gargled g, like a French r; sh as in shop; zh like the s in pleasure; ch as in church; ts as in cats; dz as in adze; j as in jam. An apostrophe marks a “popped” consonant, said with a little click in the throat and no puff of air: k’, p’, t’, ts’, ch’, q’ (q’ is made deep in the throat). Without an apostrophe, k, p, t, ts, ch have a small puff of air. Use the Pronunciation button at the top to hide or show it.
| skill | example |
|---|---|
| talk about possession and origin | ნინოს წიგნი, ხის კარიninos ts'igni, khis k'ari |
| for, from, about | დედისთვის, მეგობრისგან, საქართველოს შესახებdedistvis, megobrisgan, sakartvelos shesakheb |
| time: before, after, ago | გაკვეთილის შემდეგ, ორი წლის წინgak'vetilis shemdeg, ori ts'lis ts'in |
| roles and manners | ექიმად ვმუშაობ, კარგადekimad vmushaob, k'argad |
| compare | თბილისი ბათუმზე დიდიაtbilisi batumze didia |
| talk about the future | წავალ, ვიყიდი, დავწერts'aval, viq'idi, davts'er |
| talk about the past | წავედი, ვიყავი, მქონდა, ვცხოვრობდიts'avedi, viq'avi, mkonda, vtskhovrobdi |
| who did it | ნინომ დაწერა, მან თქვაninom dats'era, man tkva |
| commands | აიღე!, მომეცი!, ნუ ღელავ!, არ წახვიდე!aighe!, mometsi!, nu ghelav!, ar ts'akhvide! |
| suggest, must, want, may | წავიდეთ!, უნდა ვისწავლო, მინდა წავიდე, შეიძლება?ts'avidet!, unda vists'avlo, minda ts'avide, sheidzleba? |
| purpose and cause | რომ ვისწავლო; იმიტომ, რომ...rom vists'avlo; imit'om, rom... |
| health and feelings | თავი მტკივა, მშია, მჭირდება, მენატრებაtavi mt'k'iva, mshia, mch'irdeba, menat'reba |
| tense | doer | object | example |
|---|---|---|---|
| present, future, imperfect | basic | -ს-s | ნინო წერილს წერს / დაწერსnino ts'erils ts'ers / dats'ers |
| past (aorist), optative | -მა / -მ-ma / -m | basic | ნინომ წერილი დაწერა / უნდა დაწეროსninom ts'erili dats'era / unda dats'eros |
| "to me" verbs (all tenses) | -ს (to me)-s (to me) | basic | ნინოს წერილი უნდა / მოსწონსninos ts'erili unda / mosts'ons |
And verbs of motion and change (go, come, get up, be born) keep a basic subject in every tense: ნინო წავიდაnino ts'avida, ნინო უნდა წავიდესnino unda ts'avides.
რითrit? ("with what?") is რაra + -ითit: რით წავალთrit ts'avalt? "How (by what) will we go?". The answer uses -ითit: მარშრუტკითmarshrut'k'it, მანქანითmankanit, ფეხითpekhit.
The Gergeti Trinity Church, გერგეტის სამებაgerget'is sameba, was built in the 14th century on a hill above the village of Stepantsminda, at the foot of Mount Kazbek, which rises to more than 5,000 metres. The road from Tbilisi, the old Georgian Military Road, crosses the Jvari Pass and is one of the most beautiful roads in the Caucasus.
Congratulations on finishing A2! At B1 you will learn to put "me" and "you" inside the verb, to link long sentences, and to talk about experience with the perfect.
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