If you know the letters already, it’s time for the first sentences. Before you start with the verb “to be”, learn the personal pronouns and how you use the formal form in Georgian.
Let's start with introduction to personal pronouns
There are 3 persons in singular and plural forms. The main difference in comparison, with many other languages, is there are no genders of the words. So we do not say he, she or it, we just use one word for it (ის – is) and understand the rest from the context. Similarly in the plural there is not distinction between plural masculine and feminine, but you use one word for both – ისინი (isini).
The next new thing maybe for you, is when and how do we use the formal and polite forms, so Sir, Madam etc. In some of the European languages you use the 3rd person, but in Georgian we do it simmilar as in Russian. Therefore, we use the plural form of you to indicate that we are addressing someone in a polite form, e.g. Would you like it Sir?. In Georgian, we use the plural as well, but each verb we conjugate, so each person has own verb from (similar to each other). Whether you talk to one person in a polite way or to a group of people, you use “you” in the plural form. The rest you will understand from the context.
What are the Georgian pronouns?
Let’s now see how it looks. Below, you’ll find the whole list of 6 personal pronouns in Georgian.
მე (I; me)
შენ (you; shen)
ის (he, she, it; is)
ჩვენ (we; chven)
თქვენ (you; tkven)
ისინი (they; isini)
How to learn personal pronouns in Georgian?
If you want to remember them well, read them several times aloud. I do encourage you to read new words aloud as you will memorize them much faster, especially if you learn on your own, without any teacher’s help. Then also your ear will get acquainted with the new word and new sound and your mouth will start learning how to pronounce this new sound.
If you have problem with pronouncing the letter თ, try to think of if as of the sound “th” in English, e.g. the or theater. However do not try to be hypercorrect as Georgians also do not pronounce all the sounds perfectly clear (the same as all natives in their mother tongues). If you better learn by looking at something, you may write those words down in your notebook for example.
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