Goal: you will talk about elections, laws and society neutrally.
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LIMBA audio course · Georgian
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 emailMonth 27. The parliament building
Walking along Rustaveli Avenue, Levan and I pass the parliament building. I ask him how elections work in Georgia, and he answers like a good teacher: clearly, and without telling me who he votes for.
Today: society, laws and elections.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| პარლამენტი | p'arlament'i | parliament |
| დეპუტატი | dep'ut'at'i | member of parliament |
| არჩევნები | archevnebi | elections |
| ტარდება | t'ardeba | is held, takes place |
| ხმის მიცემა | khmis mitsema | voting |
| უფლება | upleba | right |
| მოვალეობა | movaleoba | duty |
| პარტია | p'art'ia | (political) party |
| ფარული | paruli | secret (ballot) |
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.
| word | meaning |
|---|---|
| მოქალაქეmokalake | citizen |
| საზოგადოებაsazogadoeba | society |
| კანონიk'anoni | law |
| კონსტიტუციაk'onst'it'utsia | constitution |
| მთავრობაmtavroba | government |
| დემოკრატიაdemok'rat'ia | democracy |
| აზრის თავისუფლებაazris tavisupleba | freedom of opinion |
"To vote" is literally "to give one's voice": > რომელ პარტიას აძლევ ხმასromel p'art'ias adzlev khmas? | to-which party you-give voice? | Which party do you vote for? > ხმა მივეციkhma mivetsi. | I voted.
A useful neutral phrase when politics comes up at a Georgian table: ყველას თავისი აზრი აქვსq'velas tavisi azri akvs ("everyone has their own opinion"). And remember the official B1 example: არა მარტოara mart'o… არამედaramed… to give two sides.
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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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