American here, attempting to learn and hopefully memorize the Georgian alphabet, but being 33 letters is a stretch π
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American here, attempting to learn and hopefully memorize the Georgian alphabet, but being 33 letters is a stretch π
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Posted by iammonos
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Just do it. Youβre welcome.
Writing, writing and more writing.
When I was learning kanji I would write 2-3 of each kanji until I had it memorised
Get one of those notebooks for 1st grades yo learn letters and fill it up
I’m making a progress too. I’ve learned a half of the alphabet just by reading street signs, advertisements and so on while in a taxi. Shop names are often transliterated into both languages so it became pretty obvious what each letter is. For example “Aversi” and “αααα α‘α”
Read and write the words from newspapers or articles
α©αααα ααα αα αααααα αα€αα α αα’αα αα₯αα‘?!
Funny thing is, asking us Georgians won’t really help, because we never “learned” it like that. We were just exposed and exposed and exposed to it which is what really did it, so we can’t give much academic advice besides just “immerse yourself in it”. For more clever advice, it’s expats/foreigners that you need.
Many first time language learners tend to overestimate the challenge that new writing systems present. With the exception of Chinese, Japanese and perhaps a few others with very opaque orthography, new writing systems are typically the smallest obstacle to learning.
Not to mention, Georgian is essentially completely phonetic, so you don’t have to memorize any complex pronunciation rules.
It really is just a matter of practicing reading and writing until it becomes comfortable.
You can start trying to write out the whole alphabet from memory, then writing out basic vocabulary and phrases. I would recommend pulling vocab from a textbook or a frequency list (start with 100 to 500 most common).
That should get you ready to start “sight-reading” new words and sentences with more ease.
Also, find a handwriting sample or manual, so that you get the letter heights right.
I want to learn Georgian
α₯ is pronounced as Q, not K
i am georgian and maybe thatβs why i think that but isnβt it easy? you read it exactly how you write no need to learn pronouncing different words
Thank you for the comments, though Iβll add that Iβm not brand new to learning languages, Georgian is my 4th (though longest list of letters to learn) and thought to ask if anyone had advice, didi madloba ππ»
Georgian alphabet is the easiest part of Georgian language, I don’t think anyone has any tips, you just memorize it like any other alphabetsΒ
Pretty sure α isn’t a trill, it’s a tap. But, idk I’m not a linguistπ€·
A long time ago I was browsing youtube and stubled onto a video about an easy way to learn the Japanese hiragana.
A quote from google: “The best, quickest, most fun method is toΒ **associate each character with a picture that it (clearly or vaguely) looks like, ideally also using the sound of the letter**. Hiragana and katakana are pretty simple, so associating each character with a picture is super easy.”
So when I was faced with the need to learn the Georgian alphabet I just did the same thing. Took me like a week or two to memorize the alphabet.
To work on your reading speed a good way is to take a text in your native language and replace one letter at a time for a Georgian one every couple paragraphs or so. It makes you seamlessly read them at a faster pace than you would with 100% Georgian text.
Good luck!