GE Georgian Language Lessons, gruziński, Podręczniki i słowniki
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Georgian Language
Beginner Program
Peace Corps/Georgia
The script accompanies the following 13 audio tracks.
GE_Georgian_Lesson_1 (Time 3:57)
(File Size: 2.72 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_2 (Time 1:38)
(File Size: 1.12 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_3 (Time 5:01)
(File Size: 3.45 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_4 (Time 5:10)
(File Size: 3.55 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_5 (Time 2:59)
(File Size: 2.05 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_6 (Time 5:46)
(File Size: 3.96 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_7 (Time 2:22)
(File Size: 1.62 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_8 (Time 7:47)
(File Size: 5.35 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_9 (Time 5:02)
(File Size: 3.45 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_10 (Time 4:20)
(File Size: 2.98 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_11 (Time 3:15)
(File Size: 2.23 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_12 (Time 3:52)
(File Size: 2.66 MB)
GE_Georgian_Lesson_13 (Time 5:58)
(File Size: 4.09 MB)
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Table of Contents
Lesson 1
Letters and Sounds of Georgian Language
4
Lesson 2
Pronouns/The Verb "To Be"
6
Lesson 3
Greetings and Getting Acquainted
8
Lesson 4
hrases for eeting Soebody
13
Lesson 5
eeting Soebody
14
Lesson 6
ors of ddress
16
Lesson 7
ebers of the aily
18
Lesson 8
Some Basic Questions and Answers
19
Lesson 9
In a estaurant
21
Lesson 10
ouse rientation
22
Lesson 11
uying ersonal Ites
23
Lesson 12
eorgian dancing
25
Lesson 13
eorgian Supra
26
Foreword Note
(without an audio track)
The following pre-departure language CD and an accompanying script will briefly
introduce you to the basics of the Georgian Language, as well as give you some
insights on two of the core cultural values of Georgia – folk dances and supra (feast).
Close familiarity with this introductory language course and especially the prior-to-
arrival knowledge of the alphabet will enable you to quicker grasp the Georgian
Language upon your arrival in Georgia.
For those of you who are interested in the history of the Georgian Language, here is
the brief overview of its development and current use:
Georgian language is one of the oldest languages in the world. It is a state language of
Georgia and is spoken as a native language only by Georgian people. Historians and
linguists still hold an open debate on when exactly the Georgian alphabet was developed. It
is generally believed that the Georgian alphabet and script was created in the IV century
B.C. Georgian Language belongs to the family of Caucasian Languages to the group of
Kartvelian (Georgian) Languages. A number of Soviet specialists had claimed that there is a
genetic relationship between the Caucasian Language groups, however most linguists
nowadays consider that Georgian is a unique Caucasian language that is not related to Indo-
European or Semantic languages.
Besides state Georgian Language, Mingrelian and Svan languages are also spoken in the
regions of Mingrelia and Svaneti in Georgia. The dialects of Georgian can be divided in
eastern and western groups; a total of 17 dialects can be identified.
Wish you all be a success in individual preparation through this language CD!
Lesson 1
Letters and Sounds of Georgian language.
To begin our Georgian study, let’s start with the Alphabet
L
ETTERS AND
S
OUNDS OF
G
EORGIAN
There are 33 letters in the modern Georgian alphabet and each represents one sound.
There are 5 simple vowels:
a, i, e, o, u
(a, e, eh, o, u). The consonants
b ,d, v, z, T,
l, m, n, s, q, j, r
(b, d, v, z, t, l, m, n, r, s, q, j, r) are the same in Georgian as in
English. Some consonants in Georgian language form trinity system. They are
b, f, p,
b, p, P both lips take part in the articulation of these sounds.
d, T, t,-
d, t, T, the tip of
the tongue is pressed against the upper teeth .
g, q, k,-
g,q,k in the articulation of these
sounds the back of the tongue is pressed against the soft palate. The first sound of
each triple b, d, g, -
b, d, g,
is voiced, the others voiceless.
p, t, k,
p, T, k, pronounced
without breathing out-unaspirated=voiced.
f, T, q,
p ,t, k, -aspirated=voiceless.
z
and
s
form a pair:
z
is voiced,
s
is voiceless.
J -
zh and
S-
sh also form a pair
J-
zh –
is voiced, and
S -
sh is voiceless.
There are no capital letters in Georgian
.
G
EORGIAN
S
OUND
E
NGLISH
P
HONETIC
V
ALUE
a
ah
a
wand
b
buh
b
box
g
guh
g
get
d
duh
d
dog
e
eh
e
hen
v
vuh
v
van; well
z
zuh
z
zebra
T
tuh (aspirated)
t
ten
i
ee
i
unique, meet
k
kuh (unaspirated)
k
scan
l
luh
l
let
m
muh
m
mat
n
nuh
n
net
o
oh
o
morning
p
puh (unaspirated)
p
span
J
zhuh
zh
pleasure
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