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| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 25 of 426 05 January 2012 at 5:52am | IP Logged | ||
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So! Today I did chapter ხუთი of Beginner's Georgian, and reviewed all the previous
dialogues. It's amazing how much of the grammar I've forgotten since last time I read it...Anyway, I don't have much to say about this, except one thing I want to ask TixhiiDon. Have you ever noticed that Lali says the tomatoes are 2 lari for a kilo, but when she tells the man it must weigh a bit more than a kilo, he says "that's ok, take it for four." That doesn't seem like a good deal! ;) Other than that, all I can say is that my insightful Georgian comment of the day (to myself, of course) was ეს კარგი ვაშლია! I didn't have any apples...That's just what my brain felt like saying. Also, when I was driving home there were some birds in the road, so I said "ბოდიში, ჩიტები!" Deep... Well, I guess that's it for the day. Saghamo mshvidobisa. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5462 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 26 of 426 05 January 2012 at 12:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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გამარჯობა Zecchino1991, როგორა ხარ?
Your comment of course sent me rushing back to Beginner's Georgian, and indeed it looks like Lali got well and truly ripped off for her tomatoes. I think the guy at the marketplace lulled her into a false sense of security with his შვილო and არა უშავს. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 27 of 426 06 January 2012 at 11:16pm | IP Logged | ||
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ძალიან კარგად. შენ?
Well, yesterday I had a headache and didn't feel much like reading so I just watched me some "რა? სად? როდის?"! I've been practicing my Russian/Georgian by watching both versions. I don't understand either of them very much at this point, but I think I understand the Georgian one a little more. I wonder if any other countries have some version of this show... Anyway, that's all for today. I will do some extra Beginner's Georgian on Sunday or maybe even tomorrow. Also Aronson... :) Update: So today I listened to the tongue twisters in the Beginner's Georgian book, and I actually mangaged to say "baqaqi cqalshi qiqinebs" without sounding like a complete moron! Yay me! Although, I still don't think I say it completely normally. Oh well, I'll get it eventually. I usually don't have that much of a problem with that ყ sound, it's just when it occurs more than once in one word that I have trouble... The other tongue twisters are not so hard. If you're wondering, they are "kapiki gakapikebula" and "ch'rich'ina ch'rich'inebs." :) Update number ორი: I changed my Facebook to Georgian! Not that I really use Facebook that much... Too bad I can't change my iPhone to Georgian. :( Update number სამი: I just found a video of Katie Melua saying bayayi wyalshi yiyinebs! It's amazing. Go to like 4:30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBuqHt4PDNU My goal is to say it that well. I'm gonna practice every day. By the way, I like how she describes the letter ყ as "Donald Duck on high-pitched acid or something." That's perfect! I always described it as a frog drowning, but I like her description, it's much more accurate. Edited by zecchino1991 on 08 January 2012 at 9:32am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5462 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian | Message 28 of 426 08 January 2012 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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The interview with Katie Melua was really cool. I haven't heard her talking about
Georgia and being Georgian all that much. I got the impression from Georgians I've spoken to that the whole country is crazily proud of her. Music's a bit boring though, to be honest :) Edited by TixhiiDon on 08 January 2012 at 11:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5128 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 29 of 426 09 January 2012 at 2:18am | IP Logged | ||
I wanted to change my Android tablet to a Georgian interface too, but couldn't. I did, however, find a software Georgian keyboard that I can switch to on the fly. Maybe something like that is available for the iPhone too? R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 30 of 426 09 January 2012 at 8:23am | IP Logged | ||
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TixhiiDon: I've never really heard her music, but she is Georgian so I like her now. ;P
hrhenry: I tried to find a keyboard for iPhone but I couldn't. I just use an online keyboard, which is pretty annoying, so I'd love to find a real one! So today I watched some "Nichieri." It's the Georgian version of *insert country*'s Got Talent. It's kind of odd how accustomed my ears are to the cadence of the language already. It makes me feel like I understand it when I really don't! It's like if you listen to someone speaking Dutch or something, and it sounds like they're speaking in Sims language, because it sounds just like English except you can't understand more than a couple words. That's kind of how Georgian feels, even though it sounds nothing like English. Sort of a strange feeling, but I suppose it's a good sign! Other than that, I did გაკვეთილი ექვსი of Beginner's Georgian. Interestingly enough, both this chapter and the chapter I did in my Russian book today covered the genitive case. I like how the Georgian genitive ending is very similar to the English one. That's a helpful little coincidence. :) Lastly, my random Georgian thought of the day was: "Samshabatistvis me bazarshi mivdivar." Hmm, strangely normal for me! Although, I think the "me" in this case is a little redundant, right? I feel like I should leave that out. Actually, I'm pretty sure that sentence doesn't make sense at all. I think it means "By Tuesday I am going to the market" but of course I wanted to say "By Tuesday I will go to the market." But I don't know how to say "I will go." Well, that's all for now. Naxvamdis. :) Update: I just noticed that Georgian Facebook calls you "tqven," so I told it "Facebook modi shenobit vilaparakot." I thought that was hilarious. I need to go to sleep... Also I keep "liking" random things because I love the word "momwons"! Edited by zecchino1991 on 09 January 2012 at 9:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian | Message 31 of 426 10 January 2012 at 6:36am | IP Logged | ||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfF1FbMC4Fc
I was watching this just now. It's mostly in Italian with one verse in Georgian. This was 13 years ago so this girl is about 20 now and she is a famous singer in Georgia. Well... I don't know how famous she really is since I've never been to Georgia, but it seems like she is. Pretty cool! I know the whole part in Georgian, but since I couldn't find reliable lyrics (just some Romanized ones written by an Italian person who doesn't know Georgian) I had to guess on some of them. I think it goes like this: შემოდგომის წვიმის მოდის კაპ, კაპ. კაპ... ცა ღრუბლებით დაიფარა ღრუბელ-ღრუბელ, კიპე–კიპე კაპ, კაპ, კაპ... წვიმის წვეთი მორბის ბარად შარიშურობს და ხმაურით ეფინება მთებს და ველებს ნაირფერი ქოლგების ქვეშ წვიმა ვეღარ დაგვას ველებს If some of it is wrong, please tell me. Also if you could tell me what it means, that would be great. All I understand is that it's about clouds/rain. Edited by zecchino1991 on 12 January 2012 at 7:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Murdoc Triglot Senior Member Georgia Joined 5252 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: Georgian*, English, Russian | Message 32 of 426 11 January 2012 at 5:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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zecchino1991,
That video is so random :D Anyways your lyrics are quite close შემოდგომის წვიმა მოდის კაპ, კაპ, კაპ... ცა ღრუბლებით დაიფარა ღრუბელ–ღრუბელ, კიბე–კიბე, კაპ, კაპ, კაპ... წვიმის წვეთი მორბის ბარად შარიშურობს და ხმაურით ეფინება მთებს და ველებს ნაირფერი ქოლგების ქვეშ წვიმა ვეღარ დაგვასველებს As for translation, it goes like this: Autumn rain is falling, Kap, kap, kap (rain sounds :D) Cloud-by-cloud, stair-by-stair, Kap, kap, kap Rain drop is running down plains It's rustling and with noise Lays on mountains and valleys Under motley umbrellas We won't be soaked by rain anymore p.s.
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