VERSANT
A travel magazine design project by Hannah Mintek with photography by Corinne Thrash
A travel magazine design project
by Hannah Mintek with photography by Corinne Thrash
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Language<br />
Talk the Talk: Georgian Language<br />
Georgian (Kartuli) is the official language<br />
of Georgia and the country’s most widely<br />
spoken language, used on street signs and in<br />
all aspects of everyday life. There are about<br />
4.1 million people who speak Georgian on a<br />
daily basis: approximately 3.9 million living<br />
in Georgia and the rest living abroad, notably<br />
in Russia. Georgian (Kartuli) is related<br />
to three other languages, all spoken within<br />
Georgia and Northeastern Turkey: Megreli,<br />
Svan, and Laz. There are 15 common dialects<br />
of Georgian reaching as far as Turkey,<br />
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran.<br />
Important notes:<br />
There are no capital letters in Georgian.<br />
It is phonetically regular.<br />
It is an unstressed language — each syllable<br />
receives equal weight.<br />
Georgian distinguishes between aspirated<br />
and non-aspirated (ejective) consonants for<br />
t, p, k, ch, and ts.<br />
Diphthongs do not exist in Georgian.<br />
Alphabet: Georgian uses one of the world’s<br />
12 unique alphabets, Mkhedruli — “that of<br />
the warrior.”<br />
ა a<br />
ბ b<br />
გ g<br />
დ d<br />
ე e<br />
ვ v<br />
ზ z<br />
თ t<br />
ი i<br />
კ k’<br />
ლ l<br />
მ m<br />
ნ n<br />
ო o<br />
პ p’<br />
ჟ zj<br />
რ r<br />
ს s<br />
ტ t’<br />
უ u<br />
ფ p<br />
ქ k<br />
ღ gh<br />
ყ q’<br />
შ sh<br />
ჩ ch<br />
ც ts<br />
ძ dz<br />
წ ts’<br />
ჭ ch’<br />
ხ kh<br />
ჯ j<br />
ჰ h<br />
1 ერთი ehr-tee<br />
2 ორი oh-ree<br />
3 სამი sah-mee<br />
4 ოთხი oht-khee<br />
5 ხუთი khoo-tee<br />
6 ექვსი ehk-vsee<br />
7 შვიდი shvee-dee<br />
8 რვა rvah<br />
9 ცხრა tskhrah<br />
10 ათი ah-tee<br />
Yes (formal) დიახ dee-akh<br />
Ok კარგი k’ahr-gee<br />
No არა ah-rah<br />
Maybe ალბათ ahl-baht<br />
Where? სად? sahd?<br />
Hello გამარჯობა gah-mahr-joh-bah<br />
How are you? როგორა ხართ? roh-goh-rah khahrt?<br />
Fine, thank you. კარგად, გმადლობთ. k’ahr-gahd, gmahd-lohbt.<br />
Nice to meet you. სასიამოვნოა. sah-see-ah-mohv-noh-ah.<br />
Please თუ შეიძლება too sheh-eedz-leh-bah<br />
Thank you. გმადლობთ. gmahd-lohbt.<br />
Excuse me. უკაცრავად. oo-k’ahts-rah-vahd.<br />
I’m sorry. ბოდიში. boh-dee-shee<br />
Goodbye. ნახვამდის. nakh-vahm-dees.<br />
Help! დამეხმარეთ! dah-meh-khmah-reht!<br />
Good morning. დილა მშვიდობისა. dee-lah mshvee-doh-bee-sah.<br />
Good night. ღამე მშვიდობისა. ghah-meh mshvee-doh-bee-sah.<br />
Now ახლა ahkh-lah<br />
Later მერე meh-reh<br />
I don’t understand. ვერ გავიგე. vehr gah-vee-geh.<br />
Where is the toilet? სად არის ტუალეტი? sahd ah-rees t’oo-ah-leh-t’ee?<br />
I want… მე მინდა… meh meen-dah…<br />
What is your name? რა გქვიათ? rah gkvee-aht?<br />
My name is… მე მქვია… meh mkvee-ah…<br />
Do you speak English? ინგლისური იცით? eeng-lee-soo-ree ee-tseet?<br />
How much/many…? რამდენი…? rahm-deh-nee…?<br />
Stop to let me off. გამიჩერეთ. gah-mee-cheh-reht.<br />
It is delicious. გემრიელია. gehm-ree-eh-lee-ah.<br />
I don’t want anymore. მეთი არ მინდა. meti ar meen-dah.<br />
Cheers. გაუმარჯოს. gau-mar-jos.<br />
Here’s to you. გაგიმარჯოს. ga-gi-mar-jos.<br />
wine ღვინო ghvee-no<br />
water წყალი ts’q’ah-lee<br />
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