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 Message 9 of 19
11 May 2008 at 3:39pm | IP Logged 
This might not be very useful to a beginner but the online version of
The Messenger (an English-language daily from Georgia) has a Word of the Day feature. It has recently started using the Georgian script (it was only in romanised Georgian before) so this might be a fun resource for those who have a basic knowledge of the language.
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 Message 10 of 19
12 May 2008 at 8:25am | IP Logged 
Okay people ,so I chose to use Aronson's 1st book (the corrected edition) ,plus the MP3's available at Indiana's web site. Before ,I'd thought to use George Hewitt's 1st book ,but after reading the reviews at Amazon.com ,I'd decided to stick with Aronson's.

Now, what other resources can you recommend using ? I'm a student who cannot afford to spend to much on books & programs (for example ,Aronson's secong book - A Continuing Course - costs 100 bucks+) ,so ,I would appreciate if you recommend on free PDF's and/or MP3's / free softwares ...etc


Thanx a lot for the help.


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 Message 11 of 19
12 May 2008 at 8:46am | IP Logged 
Other than those Russian texts on nukri.org and Aronson's course (and some bilingual Georgian/Russian texts on franklang.ru ) there really isn't anything that's free beyond beginner level. This is a language that doesn't come cheaply I'm afraid :-)
I do have a copy of the continuing course (which I paid something like $25 for at the time) - if you look in used bookstores or sites like abebooks, you might be able to get it cheap(er). A new edition is due out in September, so it might be worth waiting until then.
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 Message 12 of 19
12 May 2008 at 8:47am | IP Logged 
BTW ,is anyone famillier with this book : "Georgian Reader: With Texts, Translation and Vocabulary - George Hewitt" ?

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This is not the Learner book of Hewitt's ,this is the Reader !
Rings a bell ,anyone ?
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 Message 13 of 19
12 May 2008 at 8:57am | IP Logged 
zhiguli wrote:
Other than those Russian texts on nukri.org and Aronson's course (and some bilingual Georgian/Russian texts on franklang.ru ) there really isn't anything that's free beyond beginner level. This is a language that doesn't come cheaply I'm afraid :-)
I do have a copy of the continuing course (which I paid something like $25 for at the time) - if you look in used bookstores or sites like abebooks, you might be able to get it cheap(er). A new edition is due out in September, so it might be worth waiting until then.


Hmmm ,my friend ,I'm afraid that Abebooks sail this particular book for 90 bucks. I'll check somewhere else ,10x .
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 Message 14 of 19
12 May 2008 at 9:01am | IP Logged 
Not familiar, but readers are generally a safe bet, as long as they are not heavily abridged and edited.
But from what I've seen from the google preview the continuing course still looks like a better choice, the grammar appendix and copious footnotes alone make it much more useful to the learner.
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 Message 15 of 19
12 May 2008 at 9:06am | IP Logged 
Cordel wrote:
Hmmm ,my friend ,I'm afraid that Abebooks sail this particular book for 90 bucks. I'll check somewhere else ,10x .


And pretty much all the other books mentioned (as well as this one, which looks rather good if not for the forbidding price) are about the same price or more, so same difference.
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 Message 16 of 19
12 May 2008 at 9:27am | IP Logged 
zhiguli wrote:
Cordel wrote:
Hmmm ,my friend ,I'm afraid that Abebooks sail this particular book for 90 bucks. I'll check somewhere else ,10x .


And pretty much all the other books mentioned (as well as this one, which looks rather good if not for the forbidding price) are about the same price or more, so same difference.


Wow, a nice price indeed. I think I'll stick with Howard :)


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