Learn Georgian

Learn Georgian with guided lessons in sounds, reading, vocabulary and grammar, plus interactive A1–A2 practice.

Learn the alphabet

All 33 modern letters, introduced in small, manageable groups.

Five vowels, five starting points — Meet an, en, in, on, un and practise telling them apart.
Your first consonants — Meet ban, gan, don, vin and practise telling them apart.
A buzz, a puff, a crisp stop — Meet zen, tan, kan, las and practise telling them apart.
M, n, and two new neighbours — Meet man, nar, par, zhan and practise telling them apart.
Tongue tips and puffs of air — Meet rae, san, tar, phar and practise telling them apart.
Sounds from the back of the mouth — Meet khar, ghan, qar, shin and practise telling them apart.
Ch, ts, dz: close cousins — Meet chin, tsan, dzil, tsil and practise telling them apart.
Your last four letters — Meet char, khan, jan, hae and practise telling them apart.

Compare close neighbours in shape and sound. Slow down, then mix them up.

Similar curves, different letters — Compare ვ კ პ, then დ ლ ღ. Trace where each curve opens and how the upper and lower parts connect.
Look closely at the lower half — Compare შ ჩ ც, then ძ წ ჭ. Look at the complete outline and the crossings; a familiar curve alone is not enough.
B and two kinds of p — Compare voiced ბ, airy ფ, and ejective პ. Aspirated means a puff of air; ejective means a brief throat closure. These are three different letters.
D and two kinds of t — Compare voiced დ, airy თ, and ejective ტ. Keep the puff of air and the ejective release distinct.
G and two kinds of k — Compare voiced გ, airy ქ, and ejective კ. These sounds all start at the back of the mouth but have different releases.

Read little words and test the whole alphabet in a shuffled final review.

Your first little words — Read from left to right, recognise the letters, and put their sounds together.
Final review · the whole alphabet — One recognition question for every letter, in a fresh random order.

Pronouns, being, and the first three verbs.

People and being — Use six pronouns and the present of to be; recognize that Georgian has no articles.
Write: all six people — Practice writing with explicit present-tense forms.
Read: all six people — Read a book and match singular and plural subjects.
Work: all six people — Describe work with a stable present-tense paradigm.

Finish five core verbs, negate, and ask for information.

Live: all six people — Say where people live with explicit present forms.
Study: all six people — Talk about learning Georgian and studying today.
Say no and not — Distinguish a negative answer from negating an action or expressing inability.
Ask who, what, where, and when — Build short written questions without English-style inversion.

Objects, possession, descriptions, and café language.

Subjects and present objects — Use selected nominative and dative forms with writing and reading.
My book and a friend’s house — Use possessive words and selected genitive forms.
Describe and count things — Combine adjectives, selected plurals, and a number.
At a café — Read a short menu and express a basic food or drink request.

Travel expressions, past and future forms, and written review.

Find places and go somewhere — Use taught place expressions and a small set of motion forms.
From a place and by bus — Distinguish origin, location, transport, and an instrument.
What was happening — Describe past routines or actions in progress with explicit imperfect forms.
A completed letter or book — Use selected aorist forms and notice the changed case pattern.
Tomorrow’s plans — Learn selected future forms instead of predicting them from the present.
Read and rebuild a daily-life message — Combine routine, location, food, and a short sequence of past and future events.

A complete reference to keep beside your lessons.