Ana

🇬🇪 native, 🇬🇧 fluent. 🇩🇪 B1. 🇷🇺 B1? 🇰🇷 & 🇨🇳 A1 want to learn Swahili, Italian, Norwegian, Finnish, Arabic, Urdu, sign language (Georgian), Serbian, Braille script, Thai Turkish, Greek. main acc: @pansapfic. climate crisis acc: @climateactivism IG: @softxsapphic

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Sorry for being inactive lately

I was really busy last few days: had tests week at school, had to rearrange my schedule few times, had MUN (Model United Nations) and it didn't leave me time for school either and what not and also my depressive episode came back so I just couldn't post anything lately but I promise I will start posting and teaching again on Monday :)

Hope y'all were and are doing well lately <33

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places to visit in Georgia

Georgian culture is ready amazing but Georgia's nature is truly astounding! It's worth spending money and time on visiting Georgia because even locals get amazed by how amazing our nature is.

Now let's get to my list of top 5 places to visit in Georgia

Tbilisi - თბილისი (capital city)

If you're visiting a country, I think you should definitely see the capital.

Tbilisi (also called Tiflis in some countries) is the biggest and most populated city of Georgia with estimated 1.5Mil people. The city was founded 1000 years ago. It's full of museums and monuments which are worth seeing. If you take the tour bus trust me you won't miss any amazing places and my biggest tip is to go see old Tbilisi. Old Tbilisi attracts even locals with it's beauty and majesty.

You should also definitely see the Mother of Tbilisi and Mtatsminda Park if you want a fulfilled tour

Mtskheta - მცხეთა

Mtskheta is the religious capital, the spiritual heart and therefore the most important city of Georgia. It used to be the capital city before King Gorgasali changed his base to Tbilisi.

It’s also one of the oldest cities in Georgia, where 4000-year-old traces of human settlements were found. Mtskheta is home to three of Georgia’s most important churches: Svetitskhoveli, Jvari and Samtavro Monastery.

Saint Nino lived in this city. She’s known as the Enlightener of Georgia, is one of the most important saints in this country (many girls are named after her). She’s the woman who preached Christianity in Georgia and the reason why this religion was adopted as the state religion in the year 330.

Vardzia - ვარძია

Vardzia is a spectacular cave monastery near Aspindza in southern Georgia. It looks like one of the movie sets of Lord of the Rings, although it wasn’t the home of dwarves but of many monks.

This underground monastery was built in the 12th Century, under the reign of King Tamar, the first woman that was ever crowned as a king (not a queen!) in Georgian history. It used to be completely hidden until a severe earthquake exposed and destroyed the cave monastery. 

According to one legend, young Tamar Mepe (kind Tamar) was wondering around this place and got lost and when her raising man (male nanny) lost her and started looking for her and shouting her name, Tamar answered with "aka var dzia" (meaning "I'm here, uncle") and that's where the name comes from

Batumi - ბათუმი

Batumi is a modern city on the coast of the Black Sea. It’s the second biggest city in Georgia and honestly, you feel like you're in a European country because of how different it is from, let's say, Tbilisi.

One moment you can hear the church bells ringing, the next you hear the muezzin’s call to prayer coming from the mosques (Batumi is right near the border with Turkey). And in the Batumi Boulevard you can hear lots of classical music which is quite fascinating tbh.

The architecture is a combination of European and Asian styles, often mixed with fairy-tale like towers, statues and buildings created by some hallucinating architects. This is definitely visible at night when the majority of the building is lit up and bathing in the colors of the rainbow.

Batumi is a ‘glamorous’ city, designed to attract tourists and gamblers to play in one of its many casinos.

You should definitely go to see the Anbani K'oshk'i (alphabet tower) and the Boulevard when visiting Batumi.

Svaneti - სვანეთი

Located in northwestern Georgia and locked in the heart of the Caucasus mountains lies the historic province Svaneti. The only way to get there is by driving from Zugdidi to Mestia along steep windy roads looking over beautiful gorges, wild rivers, and majestic mountains.

Svaneti consists of several small villages, built on the slopes of the snow-covered mountains and surrounded by the breathtaking scenery of alpine meadows. Walking around in these picturesque villages that are dominated by tower-houses, gives you the feeling that you’re thrown back into the European Middle Ages.

The road to get there is very rough and bumpy but so beautiful! The inhabitants live a remote and unique life. They ride on horses through the cobblestone streets while pigs, dogs, cows and goats walk next to them on the little paths.

The Svanuri K'oshk'ebi (Svan Castles) are really mesmerising and the nature adds up to it

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my follower count: 130+

my followers when I post something

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For everyone who came to my blog to learn Georgian

Sorry for not posting lessons for a while but I'm gonna start teaching again on Monday (I hope lmao) but tomorrow I'll post about places to visit in Georgia (and maybe some tips about learning a language in general) so don't get bored.

Also if you already know some Georgian or like have a questions about Georgian or sth feel free to slide into my DMs xD

Also if you don't like my teaching method just tell me what you'd like and I'll try to teach as well as I can :)

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hi! i've been learning georgian for a bit now but i've found it a challenge to meet native speakers - i was wondering if it'd be ok to message you for help on the language? დიდი მადლობა!

Yes of course! Ask me anything! I'd be glad to help you <3 მადლობა შენ 

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Ar vicodi am saitze kidev ert qartvels tu vipovidi. Gamarjoba! :D

გაგიმარჯოოს! <3 რამდენი ხანია ამ საიტზე ვარ და პირველი ქართველი ხარ ვინც შემხვდა !!?! ლამისაა ადგილზე ხტუნვა დავიწყო xD （⌒▽⌒）

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Mec igive gancda dameupla es blogi rom vipove sruliad shemtxvevit. Da dzalianac Mixaria ^_^ X)

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მეც ძალიან მიხარია (∩_∩) საუბარი თუ გინდა ნებისმიერ დროს შეგიძლია მომწერო

P. S. იმედია ჩემი ბლოგი მოგწონს 😅

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I'm at a restaurant there are two Turks on both of my sides and they're talking with each other (from one wall to another lmao) and now I want to learn Turkish

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Ar vicodi am saitze kidev ert qartvels tu vipovidi. Gamarjoba! :D

გაგიმარჯოოს! <3 რამდენი ხანია ამ საიტზე ვარ და პირველი ქართველი ხარ ვინც შემხვდა !!?! ლამისაა ადგილზე ხტუნვა დავიწყო xD （⌒▽⌒）

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omgg ive been wanting to learn georgian since 2017/2018!!!! im so excited that i found your blog and can now begin the alphabet! im so interested in georgia :D

hey anon! :) I'm really happy that youre interested in Georgia and Georgian! I hope I will be a good teacher and am glad you found me. I will continue teaching in a few days but before that the alphabet introduction post is in the hashtag #anaskartuli and if you have any questions you can ask anytime

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A great illustration of the importance of the Oxford comma.

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"you can't learn five languages at a time"

yOu нЕ мОжЕшЬ éTuDiEr pIęĆ jĘzYkÓw пО сЪщОтО vRiJeMe

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I just heard my dad speak Belorussian and I'm in love

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okay I'm giving up on Russian and learning Belorussian after I (re)learn Russian noun cases cause I'll feel bad otherwise

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I just heard my dad speak Belorussian and I'm in love

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nobody:

literally no one:

language learners after hearing a word in a foreign language once: I'm learning it

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other kids: ugh! why is Chinese going to be taught at schools? who needs it? it's just some gibberish

me: (/^▽^)/

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professors: you should avoid making grammar and intonation mistakes when speaking your target language. otherwise you'll just confuse native speakers and they'll think you mean something entirely different than what you're trying to say.

native speakers: [incomprehensible slang and caveman noises]

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things I find weird/stupid in languages

- we have no F sound in Georgian

- why is English, out of all the languages, an international language

- prepositions

- <4 noun cases. like it makes the language harder imo

- articles

- gendered words and pronouns

- pronunciation being very different than how it's written. like ?????

- languages adopting European words because they sound more formal and professional apparently??

- having loan words when there already are equivalent words for it in the language

- languages that are in the same language families as those that are continent away

- verb conjugations not corresponding with the subject

- having same pronoun for different persons(?). e.g. you is both plural and singular; sie means she, you (polite) and they; etc.

feel free to add more

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Have you ever heard about Polish?

Or Mandarin? Lmao

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Yeah I'm learning Mandarin and can understand some polish