Read every consonant, add no vowel
Count and join consonants before the first vowel.
About this unit
Georgian words can start with several consonants. Read every letter you see and add no vowel between them.
თბილისი
Tbilisiმწვრთნელი
coachთბილისი is tbilisi, never tebilisi. One letter is one sound, even ძ or წ.
Read the examples
Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.
Words to read
ძმა
brotherdzmaთმა
hairtma
წყალი
waterts’q’ali
სკამი
chairsk’amiReading tips
ძმა and თმა have two consonant letters before ა. წყალი begins წ + ყ before ა. One Georgian letter such as ძ or წ can represent an affricate sound; count the letters for the reading task, not the letters of an English hint.
Reading practice
Listen before looking
Are the two syllables or words the same or different?
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.
Sound to spelling
Listen. Choose the spelling.
Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Read and decide
How many consonant letters stand before the first vowel?
Read and decide
How many vowels are written in ძმა?
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.
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.
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You can read and write this
Count and join consonants before the first vowel.
ძმა
brotherთმა
hairწყალი
waterსკამი
chairUse 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.
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