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Read the exact lines of a short café exchange.
About this unit
A short exchange in a café. Read each line first, then play it to check.
- ? ends a question.
- თუ means “or” in a question.
- გთხოვთ, please, starts with four consonants: g-t-kh-v.
- Server
ყავა თუ ჩაი?
Coffee or tea?
- You
ყავა, გთხოვთ.
Coffee, please.
- Server
აი, ყავა.
Here is the coffee.
- You
მადლობა!
Thank you!
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ყავა თუ ჩაი?
Coffee or tea?Q’ava tu chai?მადლობა!
Thank you!Madloba!Reading tips
The request გთხოვთ has several consonants together. Listen to the complete phrase, then read the same line without inserting vowels. Practise the exchange’s own lines rather than unrelated dictation.
Reading practice
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Read and decide
What does the customer request?
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
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Read the exact lines of a short café exchange.
ყავა თუ ჩაი?
Coffee or tea?ყავა, გთხოვთ.
Coffee, please.აი, ყავა.
Here is the coffee.მადლობა!
Thank you!Use a Georgian keyboard
The guided course has on-screen letters in logical order. A Georgian keyboard, often with a phonetic Latin-key mapping, is optional. Names and sentences use ordinary Mkhedruli, not a capital first letter. Mtavruli is an all-capital style for whole headings.