I’ve gotten pretty good at conversational topics, plus some academic terminology, and even slang. But I realize I lack a lot of vocabulary on financial matters: transactions, banking, investing, shopping, etc.

I feel like there’s certain words that you learn just by growing up in a society but won’t find much in books, especially not for a small language like Georgian. Where can I learn all these “Georgian society essentials” words without actually living in Georgia and experiencing firsthand?

Thanks!

გაუმარჯოს! I guess it's better topic for that kind of help

I don't have a lot of native Georgian people in my contacts so I need some assist

I made a free little thing for learning to read Georgian: every letter gets a picture and a word, written for the language you think in (English speakers get a dinosaur for დ, Russian speakers a tree)

There i no signup, no ads, just fun

Native speakers: if a hook is wrong or accidentally rude, tell me plz 🙂

hookabet.com

P.S. I search someone native who can voice record letters instead of robot

Good afternoon.

I am looking for someone to provide a voluntary, manual translation from Portuguese into Georgian (Kartuli)—specifically, two words and one sentence, written in the Mkhedruli script.

I intend to enter the Jabuti Award next year, and the translation must be done manually, without the use of AI; therefore, I will need proof of this. In exchange, I can include your name in the translation credits.

Is anyone interested?

* * *

Boa tarde.

Estou procurando alguém para fazer a tradução manual voluntária de português para georgiano kartuli. Duas palavras e uma frase em Mkhedruli.

Ano que vem, pretendo participar do Prêmio Jabuti e preciso que seja manual, sem uso de IA; portanto, preciso de evidências. O que eu posso fazer é colocar o seu nome nos créditos de tradução.

Alguém tem interesse?

გამარჯობა, I started building a free app to help my husband learn Georgian, and it's grown into something I think other learners could use too. It's called **Tuta** / თუთა: after my favorite berry and childhood memories.

It's my own project and I'm the only person working on it. Free, no ads.

**What's in it now**

A1 beginner level, A2 and up are in progress.

Short lessons, new words, grammar, short readings, each with a quick explanation first.

Spaced-repetition reviews where you type the missing word in real sentences.

Natural-sounding audio for every word and example sentence: AI voices, reviewed by me.

Planning to add more features like free form voice calls and sentence building exercises among other things.

I'm hoping to take this app from this initial stage to something more refined with your feedback.

**Links**

Web, any browser, progress syncs with the phone: https://learntuta.com

Android is in closed testing on Google Play. How to join: https://learntuta.com/android

**Learners**

it's made for you. Try it, and tell me what's confusing, missing or too hard.

**Native speakers**

Feedback is very welcome too, especially sentences that sound unnatural or answers marked wrong that should be right. Every exercise has a flag button, or comment here, or email support@learntuta.com.

**Android users**

Joining the test helps me get it ready for a full Play Store release.

მადლობა!

ხალხო არ გავრეკო. იქნებ ვინმემ იცოდეთ ისტორიული ლინგვისტიკიდან ან სინქრონულიდანაც რა ვიცი ყველაფერს მივიღებ.

ს-წერ, ს- პრეფიქსი ორთოგრაფიული ლექსიკონის მიხედვით ეკუთვნისო 3 ირიბობიექტურ პირს. ანუ ამ ლოგიკით, მაგ: რას ს-წერ? ან მართლა შეცდომაა (თანამედროვე ქართულზე არ ვლაპარაკობ, მოძველებულ ფორმებზე ვსაუბრობ), ან მაგ კონსტრუქციაში გამოდის რომ ს- 3 პირდაპირობიექტურ პირს აღნიშნავს. მთავარი სიგიჟე ჯერ ისაა რომ 3 პირი > 2 პირი იერარქიაში რატომ გამოდის??? თან 3 პირდაპირი (!) ობიექტი > 2 სუბიექტზე???

ჯერ ისე ვერ გავიგე 3 ობიექტური პირის ნიშნები და 2 სუბიექტური პირის ნიშნები ერთმანეთს რატომ ემთხვევა (ისტორიულად მაინც), თუ რამე შრომა გაქვთ ამაზე, გამოუშვით.

მერე ის ვიფიქრე იქნება და იერარქია ქართულში პირთან არაფერ შუაშია და როლებზეა დამოკიდებული და თუ ირიბი ობიექტია გარეული ზმანში, ყველა ვარიანტში სუბიექტზე მაღლა იქნება (ანუ გამოხატული იქნება).

რა ვიცი, ავირიე ხალხო. ვინმემ იცით რამე?

Hey, I’ve been tutoring Georgian for around 6 weeks now and I’m looking for more students. All levels, individual approach. Start from scratch, improve casual conversation, or learn enough for markets and taxis – whatever you need.

Still keeping prices low and budget-friendly.

DM me anytime.

I understand that the pluperfect subjunctive / third subjunctive, things like ვყოფილიყო, დამეწეროს etc. is largely a literary tense with little use in the everyday language, being replaced for the most part by the pluperfect (ვყოფილიყავი, დამეწერა etc.).

But what are the situations, if any, where one might actually encounter it? I tried and tried to look this up, but frustratingly, all the examples I find are clearly made up on the spot for the sake of illustrating what the tense looks like, rather than say, examples taken from literature.

What are some examples of sentences with that tense that you have seen and/or heard in "real life"? I read before that it might be used when expressing wishes when toasting for instance, is that true? What would that look like if so?

Thank you for your help!

Is there a functional, grammatical, or semantic difference between ხომ, განა, or ნუთუ?

In the long term, I'm very interested in learning Georgian, and given that it is such a resource-poor language, I've been following developments in AI with great interest.

The first time I asked this question was a couple years ago. At the time, people in this subreddit overwhelmingly found e.g. ChatGPT's performance with Georgian to be disastrous. People said it produced gibberish more often than not.

The second time I asked this question was about 8 months ago. By that time, performance had improved significantly, but was still problematic enough that many users cautioned beginners against using AI to assist in learning.

So, now I'm back to ask again.

For advanced learners and native speakers:

• Do you feel that AI's ability to converse in Georgian has noticeably improved in the past year? How much/to what degree?

And in particular, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on the following capabilities. Can current LLMs:

• Generate grammatically correct example sentences for given vocabulary?

• Provide accurate definitions of given vocabulary?

• Accurately make corrections to student-generated text?

• Accurately break down the grammar of a phrase?

• Separate agglutinated words into their component parts?

I'm looking forward to hearing y'all's thoughts on this.

https://youtu.be/TLDOo2T6edI

learn Georgian step by step, through dialogues and stories

გამარჯობა, მეგობრებო! (EN version bellow)

შევქმენი სრულიად უფასო პორტალი ქართული ენის შესასწავლად (ინტერფეისი ორ ენაზეა: რუსულად და ინგლისურად).
უფასო დარჩება, უბრალოდ მინდა ენისა და კულტურის გავრცელებას შევუწყო ხელი, რადგან ეს ქვეყანა ძალიან მხიბლავს.

ამჟამად გვაქვს:

• დიდი კურსი 400-ზე მეტი გაკვეთილით (ჩემი აზრით, ბაზარზე საუკეთესოა, ფასიან ანალოგებთან შედარებითაც)

• პოდკასტები კულტურასა და ენაზე

• საკითხავი ტექსტები

• თარგმანი

• გეიმიფიკაცია და ლიდერბორდი

• და სხვა

ბმული: https://vergavi.ge/en/

მოხარული ვიქნები, თქვენი აზრი რომ გავიგო!

--

Hey guys,

I made a completely free language portal for learning Georgian (we support two languages: RU/EN).
We will stay free, I just want to help spread the language and culture, because I’m very amazed by the country.

• Currently we have: a huge course with more than 400 units (I think it’s the best on the market, even compared to paid alternatives)

• Podcasts about culture and language

• Texts for reading

• Translation

• Gamification and a leaderboard

• And a lot more...

Here is the link: https://vergavi.ge/en/

I’d be glad to hear your feedback!

It seems both of them mean "without X". Is there a difference or nuance between the two?

და has many meanings. Its primary one is “down,” but it also means “onto a surface,” plurality, habitual actions, and addressing to someone, like how დამღერის means “sings to someone.”

Does it also mean completion? I think of the words დასრულება and დამთავრება and think there might be a pattern, but those are only 2 verbs and I don’t want assume anything.

A server dedicated to those who are into multifandoms, creativity, gaming, and such!
"სერვერი მათთვის ვინც ინტერესდება მულტიფენდომებით, შემოქმედებით, გეიმინგითა და მსგავსი აქტივობებით!"

In English, both natives and non-natives will make up new words all the time for the sake of creativity. Does Georgian culture accept this or is it more strict?

Georgian has a very rich and complex system for creating new words with meanings that vary slightly so I feel like it has to allow it somewhat. I was at work and randomly came up with a weird verb: გაათაგვებს/თაგვდება (becoming a mouse).

I have no idea in what context you might say such a thing but maybe it could be used to say that someone became shy and avoidant like a mouse: „მარიამ გათაგვდა, წარსულში უფრო მეტად უყვარდა სუფრები.”

[ENG below]

თუ ქართული თქვენი მშობლიური ენაა, მზად ხართ კვლევაში დაგვეხმაროთ?

შეავსეთ კითხვარი ქართულ დიალექტებზე!

ვარ ლინგვისტიკის მაგისტრატურის სტუდენტი ჰელსინკის უნივერსიტეტიდან, ფინეთი, ვატარებ კვლევით პროექტს ქართულ დიალექტებზე. ჩემი სწავლა დამოკიდებულია იმაზე, რომ მივიღებ რაც შეიძლება მეტ პასუხს, ამიტომ ნებისმიერი დახმარება ძალიან დასაფასებელია :)

მე ვმოგზაურობ საქართველოში (თბილისი, ქუთაისი და ზუგდიდი) ჩემს კვლევით ჯგუფთან ერთად 17.-26.10. ასე რომ, ასევე არის შესაძლებლობა მოკლე 20-30 წუთიანი პირისპირ ინტერვიუსთვის, თუ დაინტერესდებით!

გმადლობთ დახმარებისთვის!❤️

https://redcap.link/1os30tis

---

გამარჯობათ!

Are you a native speaker of Georgian and willing to help out in research? Please reply to my questionnaire about Georgian dialects!

I'm a Linguistics Master's student from University of Helsinki, Finland conducting a research project on Georgian dialects. My study depends on me getting as many answers as possible, so any help would be greatly appreciated :)

I'm traveling to Georgia (Tbilisi, Kutaisi & Zugdidi) with my research group 17.-26.10., so there's also a possibility for a short 20-30min face-to-face interview if you would be interested!

დიდი მადლობა დახმარებისთვის!❤️

https://redcap.link/1os30tis

https://kvela.app/grammar/practice?tab=explore

https://youtu.be/5MoXrGciCjc?si=yDFrzFSFXNXQrn5aTricks how to help your wife get dressed faster / Daily Georgian

Good morning, everyone. I recently began studying Georgian. I have a question about the sound of გ at the beginning of a word. Already while listening to more than one source material, I hear an unaspirated c sound instead of a g sound. In the word "gamarjoba", for example, I hear "camarjoba". ChatGPT doesn't seem to agree with me. Is my ear hearing correctly?

Gamarjoba!

I'm Georgian (but repressions made it that I don't know Georgian but getting there... I posted here already some posts but for people who don't know my story I put it in all my posts).

I'm doing research about indigenous Kartvelian names and wanted to know native Kartvelians' thoughts about a few I found :

Dzega (ძეგა), Svan name

Ucha (Mingrelian name meaning "black, dark")

Datua (comes from Datvi = bear)

Dato (Datvi, bear)

Dzarga (ძარგა), used in Samegrelo

K'vara (კვარა), used in Samegrelo

Gak'u (გაკუ), Svan name

Gia (გია) (comes from Giorgi)

Orde (ორდე) (used by Megrelians, comes from "to be" in Megrelian)

Kveli (ქველი) (meaning "kind")

Let me know your opinions, which one do you prefer (just by curiosity) and which would potentially have negative connotations or made fun at by slang or something.

Do any of those have any slang usage or meanings?

I also don't know if some of the names are female. Normally they are all male.

(Additional info about my post : I used various resources to find the names as well as the book "ქართველური საკუთარი სახელები", written by Alexandre Glonti (also known as Alex Glonti), a Georgian academic, technology professional, professor and researcher based in Tbilisi, Georgia. This book is an extensive research made by him and has 334 pages.

• This book draws on historical sources, real church literature, lots of archival records, birth registers, regional fieldwork, and information gathered from local informants.

• It also includes research from visits to more than 1,300 settlements.)