Lingoflyფ — pari (aspirated)
«pari (aspirated)» is a consonant of the Georgian script, read as “p”. P with a puff of air, like the p in 'pot' with a strong breath. The Georgian alphabet has 33 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “არაფრის” (arapris) — you're welcome.
In short
| Character | ფ |
| Name | pari (aspirated) |
| Sound | p |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 17th of 33: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are პ and ც, appears in 326 words of this site.
How to type ფ
- On a phone: add the Georgian keyboard in the keyboard settings (Gboard on Android; Keyboards in the iPhone settings).
- In Word on Windows: type U+10E4 and press Alt+X right after it — the code turns into the character.
- On a Mac: switch to the Unicode Hex Input source, hold Option and type 10E4.
- Unicode code point: U+10E4. With it, the character can be found in the character map of any system.
How it sounds
p with a puff of air, like the p in 'pot' with a strong breath
Other written forms
The same character is written differently on a shop sign and in a book. Here are all the forms you may meet.
| Form | Character | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Mtavruli | Ფ | the display style: signs, headings, all-caps lettering |
The character in the “sharp and aspirated pairs” group
The whole difficulty of Georgian lives here. An untrained ear hears one sound where Georgian hears two different words: კარი (kari) is 'door', ქარი (kari) is 'wind'. On the left the sharp one (with a catch in the throat), on the right the one with a puff of air.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound, see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 33 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Georgian character ფ read?
As “p” — it is a consonant of the Georgian script. P with a puff of air, like the p in 'pot' with a strong breath.
What is the letter ფ called?
Pari (aspirated). A character's name and its sound are different things in the Georgian script: it is called “pari (aspirated)” and reads as “p”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.