Month 22. A change of plan
We had planned a picnic in the park, and of course it's raining. The family holds an emergency meeting to change the plan.
Today: despite, instead of, except, according to.
Goal: you will use complex postpositions.
Course progress: lesson 166 / 200
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We had planned a picnic in the park, and of course it's raining. The family holds an emergency meeting to change the plan.
Today: despite, instead of, except, according to.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| -ის მიუხედავად | -is miukhedavad | despite, in spite of |
| პიკნიკი | p'ik'nik'i | picnic |
| -ის ნაცვლად | -is natsvlad | instead of |
| მშრალი | mshrali | dry |
| მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ… | miukhedavad imisa, rom… | even though… |
| -ის მიხედვით | -is mikhedvit | according to |
| -ის წყალობით | -is ts'q'alobit | thanks to |
| -ის მაგივრად | -is magivrad | instead of (colloquial) |
| -ის მიმართ | -is mimart | towards (feelings, attitude) |
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.
| postposition | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| -ის მიუხედავად-is miukhedavad | despite | წვიმის მიუხედავადts'vimis miukhedavad (despite the rain) |
| -ის ნაცვლად-is natsvlad | instead of | პარკის ნაცვლადp'ark'is natsvlad (instead of the park) |
| -ის მაგივრად-is magivrad | instead of (colloquial) | ჩაის მაგივრადchais magivrad (instead of tea) |
| -ის გარდა-is garda | except, besides | ბებოს გარდაbebos garda (except Bebo) |
| -ის მიხედვით-is mikhedvit | according to | პროგნოზის მიხედვითp'rognozis mikhedvit (according to the forecast) |
| -ის წყალობით-is ts'q'alobit | thanks to | შენი წყალობითsheni ts'q'alobit (thanks to you) |
| -ის შესახებ-is shesakheb | about | საქართველოს შესახებsakartvelos shesakheb (about Georgia) |
| -ის მიმართ-is mimart | towards | ახალი თანამშრომლის მიმართakhali tanamshromlis mimart (towards the new colleague) |
The official B2 grammar uses -ის მიმართis mimart: ახალი თანამშრომლის მიმართ კარგად ვარ განწყობილიakhali tanamshromlis mimart k'argad var gants'q'obili (I have a good attitude towards the new colleague) and ჩემ მიმართ მისი დამოკიდებულება არ მომწონსchem mimart misi damok'idebuleba ar momts'ons (I don't like his attitude towards me).
The official B2 example: > მიუხედავად იმისაmiukhedavad imisa, რომ ავად იყოrom avad iq'o, გამოცდაზე მაინც წავიდაgamotsdaze maints ts'avida. | Even though he was ill, he still went to the exam.
მაინცmaints ("still, anyway") often answers მიუხედავადmiukhedavad in the main clause.
შენი წყალობითsheni ts'q'alobit ("thanks to you") is warm and personal. In formal writing, Georgians also use -ის მეშვეობითis meshveobit ("by means of"): ინტერნეტის მეშვეობითint'ernet'is meshveobit (via the internet).
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