Your first little words

Read from left to right, recognise the letters, and put their sounds together.

Build a word one sound at a time

Read each letter in order. These simple readings use a as in father and e as in bed. A consonant cluster, such as გზ in გზა, does not need an extra vowel between its letters.

father

Read მამა as mama. It means father.

მამა

mama · father

mother

Read დედა as deda. It means mother.

დედა

deda · mother

language / tongue

Read ენა as ena. It means language / tongue.

ენა

ena · language / tongue

road

Read გზა as gza. It means road.

გზა

gza · road