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Unit 26 · Read a café menu · Meet

Read a café menu

Find coffee, tea, water and bread with lari prices.

About this unit

A menu shows each item with its price in lari (₾).

  • Find the item first, then read its price on the same line.
  • Long words such as ხაჭაპური are easier in small groups: kha-ch’a-p’u-ri.

Read the examples

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

Words to read

coffee

ყავა

coffeeq’ava
tea

ჩაი

teachai
water

წყალი

waterts’q’ali
bread

პური

breadp’uri

ხაჭაპური

khachapuri / cheese breadkhach’ap’uri
Reading tips

Read the whole item, then its price. The menu uses Georgian lari, ₾. These sample prices are teaching examples.

მენიუფასი
ყავა6 ₾
ჩაი4 ₾
წყალი2 ₾
პური3 ₾
ხაჭაპური12 ₾

Reading practice

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

ყავა

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

წყალი

Read and decide

How much is tea?

ყავა 6 ₾ · ჩაი 4 ₾ · წყალი 2 ₾

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

coffee

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

tea

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

water

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Finish practice to save this unit.

You can read and write this

Find coffee, tea, water and bread with lari prices.

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coffee

ყავა

coffee
tea

ჩაი

tea
water

წყალი

water
bread

პური

bread

ხაჭაპური

khachapuri / cheese bread
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.

All letters

ა
i

a

ე
i

e

ი
i

i

მIn მა
i

ma

ლIn ლა
i

la

ო
i

o

უ
i

u

ნIn ნა
i

na

რIn რა
i

ra

სIn სა
i

sa

ვIn ვა
i

va

ბvoiced b: throat buzzesIn ბა
i

ba. Voiced b.

ფaspirated p: a puff of airIn ფა
i

pa (aspirated). Aspirated p: a puff, not f.

პejective p: tight, poppedIn პა
i

p’a. Ejective p; the apostrophe in the hint marks its release.

დvoiced d: throat buzzesIn და
i

da

თaspirated t: a puff of airIn თა
i

ta (aspirated). Aspirated t, not English th.

ტejective t: tight, poppedIn ტა
i

t’a. Ejective t.

გvoiced g: throat buzzesIn გა
i

ga

ქaspirated k: a puff of airIn ქა
i

ka (aspirated)

კejective k: tight, poppedIn კა
i

k’a

ძvoiced dz, as in “beds”In ძა
i

dza

ცaspirated ts: a puff of airIn ცა
i

tsa (aspirated)

წejective ts: tight, poppedIn წა
i

ts’a

ჯvoiced j, as in “jam”In ჯა
i

ja

ჩaspirated ch: a puff of airIn ჩა
i

cha (aspirated)

ჭejective ch: tight, poppedIn ჭა
i

ch’a

ყejective q: deep, poppedIn ყა
i

q’a. Uvular ejective, made farther back than კ.

ხkh, as in German “Bach”In ხა
i

kha. Voiceless back friction, like ch in German Bach.

ღgh: like kh with a buzzIn ღა
i

gha. Voiced back friction, not a stop g.

ზIn ზა
i

za

ჟIn ჟა
i

zha

შIn შა
i

sha

ჰIn ჰა
i

ha