Goal: you will practise common verbs in the present, future and past.
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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 emailWeek 18. My verb notebook
My verb notebook is getting messy, so I start a clean page: twelve verbs, three columns, present, future, past. Nino checks every form, and we read them aloud together until they sound natural.
Today: no new grammar, a lot of practice. These twelve verbs will carry you through hundreds of conversations.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| ზმნა | zmna | verb |
| აწმყო | ats'mq'o | present (tense) |
| წარსული | ts'arsuli | past |
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.
| meaning | present | future | past |
|---|---|---|---|
| write | ვწერvts'er | დავწერdavts'er | დავწერეdavts'ere |
| do, make | ვაკეთებvak'eteb | გავაკეთებgavak'eteb | გავაკეთეgavak'ete |
| read | ვკითხულობvk'itkhulob | წავიკითხავts'avik'itkhav | წავიკითხეts'avik'itkhe |
| cook, prepare | ვამზადებvamzadeb | მოვამზადებmovamzadeb | მოვამზადეmovamzade |
| eat | ვჭამvch'am | შევჭამshevch'am | შევჭამეshevch'ame |
| drink | ვსვამvsvam | დავლევdavlev | დავლიეdavlie |
| say | ვამბობvambob | ვიტყვიvit'q'vi | ვთქვიvtkvi |
| buy | ვყიდულობvq'idulob | ვიყიდიviq'idi | ვიყიდეviq'ide |
| see, visit | ვნახულობvnakhulob | ვნახავvnakhav | ვნახეvnakhe |
| give | ვაძლევvadzlev | მივცემmivtsem | მივეციmivetsi |
| take | ვიღებvigheb | ავიღებavigheb | ავიღეavighe |
| open | ვაღებvagheb | გავაღებgavagheb | გავაღეgavaghe |
| meaning | present | future | past |
|---|---|---|---|
| write | წერსts'ers | დაწერსdats'ers | დაწერაdats'era |
| eat | ჭამსch'ams | შეჭამსshech'ams | შეჭამაshech'ama |
| say | ამბობსambobs | იტყვისit'q'vis | თქვაtkva |
| give | აძლევსadzlevs | მისცემსmistsems | მისცაmistsa |
| take | იღებსighebs | აიღებსaighebs | აიღოaigho |
| open | აღებსaghebs | გააღებსgaaghebs | გააღოgaagho |
| tense | doer | object |
|---|---|---|
| present, future | basic (ნინოnino) | -ს (წიგნს)-s (ts'igns) |
| past | -მა / -მ (ნინომ)-ma / -m (ninom) | basic (წიგნიts'igni) |
Learn new verbs as a group of three, like an English learner learns "go, went, gone". When you meet a new verb, ask a Georgian friend: მომავალში როგორ არისmomavalshi rogor aris? წარსულშიts'arsulshi? "How is it in the future? In the past?".
მასწავლებელოmasts'avlebelo! is the calling form of მასწავლებელიmasts'avlebeli (lesson 55): Sam is teasing Nino, who is a teacher in real life.
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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 email