Course: Georgian for Beginners: Michaelmas Term
Tutor: Lia Chokoshvili
Language level: Beginner
Course content:
This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the
Georgian language. The aim of the course is to give a student sufficient
background to enable them to achieve active fluency in Georgian.
Grammar











Alphabet
Nouns – singular and plural
Demonstrative and personal pronouns
Personal pronouns in plural
Conjugation of irregular verb “to be” (present tense)
Interrogative pronouns
Subject markers
Conjugation of some irregular verbs in present tense
Cases
Imperfect
Some irregular verbs
Topics







Days of the week, months
Greetings
Introducing themselves
Professions
Formal and informal basic conversation
Using irregular verb “to be”
Possessions, using possessive pronouns
Course: Georgian for beginners: Hilary Term
Tutor: Lia Chokoshvili
Language level: Beginner
Course content:
This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the
Georgian language. The aim of the course is to give a student sufficient
background to enable them to achieve active fluency in Georgian.
Grammar











Inversial verbs (“to have” in present and future tenses)
Objective markers
Reflexive verbs
Postpositions with the dative case (“in”, “or” “at”)
Irregular verb “to go” (in present and future tenses)
Preverbs (function of preverbs)
Future tense
“To be” (in future tense)
Numerals (cardinal/ordinal)
Number agreement with verb
Some irregular verbs
Topics







Conversation based on expressing desire (“I want”)
Weather
Time, date
In the market
Food
My family
Talk about future plans
Course: Georgian for beginners: Trinity Term
Tutor: Lia Chokoshvili
Language level: Beginner
Course content:
This course is designed for students who have no prior knowledge of the
Georgian language. The aim of the course is to give a student sufficient
background to enable them to achieve active fluency in Georgian.
Grammar











Objective conjugation
Passive voice verbs
Version (version markers in bracket)
Aorist
Aspect
Genitive, instrumental and adverbial case postpositions
Word building
Comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
Optative
Imperative
Some irregular verbs
Topics






Talk about study and work
My house
Food and drink
Give orders and advise
Daily routine
Countries, nationalities and languages
Learning outcomes:
By the end of Trinity term, students should be able to manage basic everyday
conversation and read and write simple texts.
Course book:
Georgian For Beginners by Dodona Kiziria.
The course book with CD is available on line .
Basic Georgian (Second Edition 2007) by Nana Danelia
The course book will be provided by the tutor. The course book was recorded at
the Language Centre. The CD is available in the Language Centre library.
Biliki /Georgian Dialogues (reading materials) level 1 with CD by Nana
Shavtvaladze
Biliki /Workbook /level 1 by Nana Shavtvaladze
Both books will be provided by the tutor.