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Unit 3 · Hear the three consonant series · Read
Hear the three consonant series
Listen to voiced, aspirated and ejective syllables.
გაvoiced: your throat buzzesქაaspirated: a puff of airკაejective: a tight, popped sound
Voiced, aspirated and ejective
Listen to გა, ქა and კა on the same ა vowel. The first has voice; the second has a puff of air; the third is ejective, released with pressure created in the mouth and throat.
These are listening syllables, not vocabulary.
გა
labelled voiced practice syllable
ქა
labelled aspirated practice syllable
კა
labelled ejective practice syllable
ქარიკარი
kari, wind · k’ari, door
Ejectives change the word
A reading hint such as k’ marks an ejective. It is not simply a softer English k. ქარი, wind, and კარი, door, differ only in their first consonant. The whole-word and contrast recordings are the model.
ქარი
wind
კარი
door
ყejective q: deep, poppedხkh, as in German “Bach”ღgh: like kh with a buzz
Coming later: the back of the mouth
Later you will compare back-of-mouth ყ, ხ and ღ. Listen to coffee, hand and night for a first impression.
LernLaterne