Next to becoming familiar with the basic conjugation of the Georgian verbs in the present tense, it is useful to understand how to use and declense the objects of the verb's action, as in our (now extended) example from Lesson 1: ის ჩაწერს სიტყვას წიგნში - she is…
Did you ever try to learn Georgian words like განხორციელდება, ვფცქვნი or მწვრთნელი and you had no idea exactly how to memorize them? Well, here is how: Let's be honest - learning and memorizing vocabulary in Georgian can be quite tough for the Western student. With Georgian not…
Why should a Georgian verb meaning to sit or to sit down be of special interest to a student of the Georgian language? After all, everybody needs to sit many times a day and why should this be any different in Georgia? Well, there is something peculiar about sitting in…
Having picked up a number of basic phrases on the first trip to Georgia or from a Georgian friend outside of Georgia and after starting to become familiar with the Georgian alphabet, one might be interested to proceed with learning Georgian in a systematic way. At this stage it would…
It is quite rare in a Western country to find a Georgian translation of the hazards and safety information (შეტყობინება უსაფრთხოების შესახებ) on the paper slip accompanying children's toys. But recently I found this in a toy packaging in Germany: საკითხავი მასალა #4: სათამაშო უსაფრთხოა? შეტყობინება[1] უსაფრთხოების[…
გამარჯობათ, dear Georgian-language lovers! With the growing number of subscribers/members here at kartuliena.eu, I feel even more commited to work on and extend the existing content. One impression from your feedback via mail and personal conversation is that you like and use mostly the content and material on…
The song Apareka (აპარეკა) became famous, when the band "Trio Mandili" (ტრიო მანდილი) published their version of this Georgian Folk song on YouTube in 2014. The lyrics can be related to the Georgian litarary period of the Mountain Literature of the late 19. century. Besides the catching rhythms…
Today's reading material includes some advanced words and phrases loosely based on the thesauri ცხოვრება, მოძრაობა and რაოდენობა. The collection is somewhat arbitrary and based on some words I kept forgetting, so I started to dig deeper. By the way, the mentioned locations in Khevsureti really exist and…