Goal: you will express needs and emotions with dative verbs.
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LIMBA audio course · Georgian
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Download the Georgian audio courseOrder form · your download link arrives by emailWeek 22. Packing for the mountains
Packing for the mountains with Nino's checklist. Every item starts a little discussion: what do I really need? Then my mother calls from Canada, and I realise how much I miss her.
Today: needing, missing, being glad and being surprised.
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| მჭირდება | mch'irdeba | I need |
| გჭირდება | gch'irdeba | you need |
| სჭირდება | sch'irdeba | he, she needs |
| მიხარია | mikharia | I'm glad |
| მაინტერესებს | maint'eresebs | I'm interested in |
| მენატრება | menat'reba | I miss (someone, something) |
| მიკვირს | mik'virs | I'm surprised |
| ხელთათმანი | kheltatmani | glove |
| რუკა | ruk'a | map |
| ოღონდ | oghond | only, but, except that |
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.
| me | you | him, her | meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| მჭირდებაmch'irdeba | გჭირდებაgch'irdeba | სჭირდებაsch'irdeba | need |
| მიხარიაmikharia | გიხარიაgikharia | უხარიაukharia | be glad |
| მაინტერესებსmaint'eresebs | გაინტერესებსgaint'eresebs | აინტერესებსaint'eresebs | be interested in |
| მენატრებაmenat'reba | გენატრებაgenat'reba | ენატრებაenat'reba | miss |
| მიკვირსmik'virs | გიკვირსgik'virs | უკვირსuk'virs | be surprised |
The thing you need, miss or are interested in is the subject, in its basic form:
When the "to me" person is a noun, it takes -სs: ნინოს რუკა სჭირდებაninos ruk'a sch'irdeba, "Nino needs a map".
მიხარიაmikharia and მიკვირსmik'virs are often followed by რომrom + a normal tense:
To say "I miss YOU", the verb changes for "you": მენატრებიmenat'rebi ("you are missed by me"). You will understand this kind of form in lesson 101: მიყვარხარmiq'varkhar (I love you) works the same way.
მჭირდებაmch'irdeba (I need) is listed by the official grammar for learners at level A2, together with მიხარიაmikharia and მაინტერესებსmaint'eresebs: three verbs you will use every single day.
ოღონდoghond ("only, except that") adds a small reservation: წამოვალts'amoval, ოღონდ გვიანoghond gvian, "I'll come, only late".
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