Goal: you will describe your flat, your street and your habits.
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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.
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My parents keep asking for news, so tonight I write them a long email. In English? No: in Georgian, with translations. My mother says she will learn the alphabet just to read it.
This review lesson brings together unit 6: the cases and connections of A2.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ძვირფასო! | dzvirpaso! | dear ...! (at the start of a letter) |
| ნათელი | nateli | bright, light |
| ბოლოს | bolos | at the end; finally |
| ვყიდულობ | vq'idulob | I buy |
| გკოცნით | gk'otsnit | kisses to you (end of a letter to family) |
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 | ending or word | example |
|---|---|---|
| of, 's | -ის-is | ნინოს წიგნი, დედის სახლიninos ts'igni, dedis sakhli |
| for | -ის + -თვის-is + -tvis | დედისთვის, ჩემთვისdedistvis, chemtvis |
| from a person, made of | -ის + -გან-is + -gan | მეგობრისგან, ხისგანmegobrisgan, khisgan |
| about | -ის + შესახებ-is + shesakheb | საქართველოს შესახებsakartvelos shesakheb |
| after, before, during | -ის + შემდეგ / წინ / დროს-is + shemdeg / ts'in / dros | გაკვეთილის შემდეგgak'vetilis shemdeg |
| ago | -ის + წინ-is + ts'in | ორი წლის წინori ts'lis ts'in |
| as, -ly | -ად-ad | ექიმად, კარგადekimad, k'argad |
| calling | -ო-o | მეგობარო!, ბატონო!megobaro!, bat'ono! |
| ordinal | მე- ... -ეme- ... -e | მეოთხე სართულიmeotkhe sartuli |
| than | -ზე or ვიდრე-ze or vidre | ჩემზე უმცროსიchemze umtsrosi |
| the most | ყველაზეq'velaze | ყველაზე ნათელიq'velaze nateli |
| habit | ხოლმე, -ობითkholme, -obit | დილაობით, ვყიდულობ ხოლმეdilaobit, vq'idulob kholme |
Before -სs, -შიshi, -ზეze, -თანtan: დიდიdidi → დიდdid, ესes → ამam, ისis → იმim, ჩემიchemi → ჩემსchems. In the genitive and the instrumental, no change.
ძვირფასოdzvirpaso is the calling form of ძვირფასიdzvirpasi (dear, precious): ძვირფასო მეგობაროdzvirpaso megobaro! "Dear friend!". To family and close friends, a letter often ends with გკოცნიgk'otsni ("I kiss you") or, to several people, გკოცნითgk'otsnit.
ვყიდულობvq'idulob (I buy) is a new verb of the -ობob family: ვყიდულობvq'idulob, ყიდულობq'idulob, ყიდულობსq'idulobs... It takes its object in -სs: ხაჭაპურს ვყიდულობkhach'ap'urs vq'idulob. Its future, ვიყიდიviq'idi, comes in lesson 63.
ძვირფასიdzvirpasi comes from ძვირიdzviri (expensive) and ფასიpasi (price): someone dear is literally "of high price".
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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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