Goal: you will check all your A1 skills with a story and a test.
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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 25. Looking back on my first month
One month in Georgia. I sit on Nino's balcony and read my diary from the first day: one word, then ten words, then whole sentences. Today I can greet, introduce myself, order, shop, ask the way and talk about my day.
This is the end of level A1. Take the test: if you score 70% or more, you are ready for A2.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| უკვე | uk've | already |
| ნამდვილი | namdvili | real, genuine |
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 |
|---|---|
| greet and say goodbye | გამარჯობა! / ნახვამდის!gamarjoba! / nakhvamdis! |
| introduce yourself | სემი მქვია, კანადიდან ვარ.semi mkvia, k'anadidan var. |
| be polite | გმადლობთ, თუ შეიძლება, ბოდიშიgmadlobt, tu sheidzleba, bodishi |
| talk about family | დედაჩემი ექიმია. ერთი ძმა მყავს.dedachemi ekimia. erti dzma mq'avs. |
| count and give ages | ოცდახუთი წლის ვარ.otsdakhuti ts'lis var. |
| describe | ძველი, ლამაზი სახლიdzveli, lamazi sakhli |
| say where things are | მაგიდაზე, ჩანთაში, კართანmagidaze, chantashi, k'artan |
| talk about your day | ვმუშაობ, ვსწავლობ, ვჭამ, ვსვამvmushaob, vsts'avlob, vch'am, vsvam |
| say what you want and like | ყავა მინდა. ხინკალი მიყვარს.q'ava minda. khink'ali miq'vars. |
| go and come | სკოლაში მივდივარ. სახლიდან მოვდივარ.sk'olashi mivdivar. sakhlidan movdivar. |
| tell the time and dates | ხუთი საათია. სამ სექტემბერს.khuti saatia. sam sekt'embers. |
| shop and order | რა ღირს? ანგარიში, თუ შეიძლება.ra ghirs? angarishi, tu sheidzleba. |
| find your way and travel | მარჯვნივ, პირდაპირ. ავტობუსით.marjvniv, p'irdap'ir. avt'obusit. |
| ending | meaning | example |
|---|---|---|
| -ი-i | basic form | სახლიsakhli |
| -ს-s | object; to someone; on a day | წიგნს ვკითხულობ; შაბათსts'igns vk'itkhulob; shabats |
| -ში / -ზე / -თან-shi / -ze / -tan | in / on / at | სახლში, მაგიდაზე, კართანsakhlshi, magidaze, k'artan |
| -დან / -მდე-dan / -mde | from / up to | თბილისიდან ბათუმამდეtbilisidan batumamde |
| -ით-it | with, by | ავტობუსით, რძითavt'obusit, rdzit |
A1 is a real milestone: you can now survive a day in Georgian. The next level, A2, adds the past and the future, so you can tell stories and make plans. It also adds the cases that make Georgian sentences so precise.
This is also the best moment to train your ear: the 37 lessons of the LIMBA audio course let you hear and repeat everything you have read so far.
Choose an answer for each question, then press Check my answers. Score 70% or more and the lesson is ticked on your course map.
Well done! Lesson 50 is ticked on your course map.
Say your answer out loud, write it down, then open the model answer.
Lesson finished? Now train your ear
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 email