Goal: you will name the days and say where you were and will be.
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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.
Download the Georgian audio courseOrder form · your download link arrives by emailDay 21. The calendar on the fridge
On the fridge, Manana keeps a big calendar where everybody writes their plans: Giorgi's rugby, Nino's lessons, Bebo's doctor. Today she adds a new column: Sam.
Today: the days of the week, and "to be" in the past and the future.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ორშაბათი | orshabati | Monday |
| სამშაბათი | samshabati | Tuesday |
| ოთხშაბათი | otkhshabati | Wednesday |
| ხუთშაბათი | khutshabati | Thursday |
| პარასკევი | p'arask'evi | Friday |
| შაბათი | shabati | Saturday |
| კვირა | k'vira | Sunday; week |
| დღეს | dghes | today |
| გუშინ | gushin | yesterday |
| ზეგ | zeg | the day after tomorrow |
| ვიყავი | viq'avi | I was |
| ვიქნები | viknebi | I will be |
| ერთად | ertad | together |
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.
The days from Monday to Thursday contain a number and the word შაბათიshabati (Saturday): ორ-შაბათიor-shabati (Monday: "two"), სამ-შაბათიsam-shabati (Tuesday: "three"), ოთხ-შაბათიotkh-shabati (Wednesday: "four"), ხუთ-შაბათიkhut-shabati (Thursday: "five"). პარასკევიp'arask'evi (Friday) and კვირაk'vira (Sunday) come from Greek. კვირაk'vira also means "week".
To say "on Monday", add -სs (the dative ending you know from objects): ორშაბათსorshabats, შაბათსshabats, კვირასk'viras. The same ending works for parts of the day: საღამოსsaghamos (in the evening).
| person | present | past | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| მეme | ვარvar | ვიყავიviq'avi | ვიქნებიviknebi |
| შენshen | ხარkhar | იყავიiq'avi | იქნებიiknebi |
| ისis | არისaris | იყოiq'o | იქნებაikneba |
| ჩვენchven | ვართvart | ვიყავითviq'avit | ვიქნებითviknebit |
| თქვენtkven | ხართkhart | იყავითiq'avit | იქნებითiknebit |
| ისინიisini | არიანarian | იყვნენiq'vnen | იქნებიანiknebian |
ერთადertad means "together". After a person with -თანtan, it means "with": ნინოსთან ერთადninostan ertad, "with Nino", დედასთან ერთადdedastan ertad, "with Mother".
დღეს რა დღეაdghes ra dghea? is a nice little play on words: დღესdghes is "today" and დღეdghe is "day", so the question means "today what day is it?".
Mtskheta, the old capital of Georgia, is about twenty kilometres from Tbilisi. Its churches are a UNESCO World Heritage site, and it is the most popular day trip from the capital. You will go there with Sam in lesson 70.
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