Goal: you will introduce yourself from hello to goodbye.
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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 emailDay 10. A party in the courtyard
Saturday evening, a party in the courtyard of our building. All the neighbours are here, and every one of them wants to meet the Canadian who is learning Georgian.
This review lesson puts together everything from lessons 11 to 19 in one real conversation.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| მეზობელი | mezobeli | neighbour |
| ეზო | ezo | courtyard, yard |
| წვეულება | ts'veuleba | party |
| ყველა | q'vela | everybody, all |
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.
| what you say | Georgian |
|---|---|
| hello | გამარჯობა!gamarjoba! |
| my name | სემი მქვია. / მე სემი ვარ.semi mkvia. / me semi var. |
| where you are from | კანადიდან ვარ.k'anadidan var. |
| your nationality | კანადელი ვარ.k'anadeli var. |
| what you do | სტუდენტი ვარ.st'udent'i var. |
| your Georgian | ცოტა ვიცი ქართული.tsot'a vitsi kartuli. |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | მე ვარme var | ჩვენ ვართchven vart |
| 2nd | შენ ხარshen khar | თქვენ ხართtkven khart |
| 3rd | ის არის (-ა)is aris (-a) | ისინი არიანisini arian |
Remember: თქვენ ხართtkven khart is also the polite "you are" for one person.
არar before the verb: არ ვიციar vitsi (I don't know), აქ არ არისak ar aris (he / she isn't here). The answer word "no" is არაara.
At a Georgian party, people will often greet you with a kiss on the cheek, ask you lots of questions and offer you food at once. Accepting the food is part of the conversation: a simple გმადლობთgmadlobt, ძალიან გემრიელიაdzalian gemrielia! ("thank you, it's very tasty!") goes a long way.
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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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