in Georgian texts
Short in Georgian texts with a translation alongside and comprehension questions. Levels A1–A2: a stock of two or three hundred everyday words is already enough. The translation stands next to it whole, not word by word — a dictionary is still too early at this level: stopping at every other word tears the sentence apart.
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- 📖An ordinary dayA1 · Hello. My name is Nino, and I live in Tbilisi. In the morning I drink coffee and eat…
- 📖At the marketA2 · On Saturday I go to the market with my family. The market is close to home, ten minutes…
- 📖The shop on SaturdayA2 · On Saturday I go to the grocery store. I take a basket and choose fruit. The market is…
- 📖The apartment on the second floorA1 · Our apartment is on the second floor. We have two rooms, a kitchen and a small balcony.…
- 📖At the pharmacyA2 · I feel bad today. My head hurts, and I have a runny nose. I went to the pharmacy and…
- 📖The four seasonsA2 · In Georgia there are all four seasons. In spring it's warm and it often rains. In summer…
- 📖Nino's workdayA2 · Nino is a teacher and works at a school. Her workday starts at eight o'clock. On Monday…
- 📖The lost suitcaseA2 · In summer I went to Batumi. I bought a one-way ticket, because I wanted to return by…
- 📖Grandma's gardenA2 · Grandma has a small garden in the village. There are apple trees, flowers and green grass…
- 📖My wardrobeA1 · There's a lot of clothes in my wardrobe. I have two pairs of black trousers, a white…
- 📖My friend GiorgiA2 · Giorgi is my old friend. He is a cheerful and kind person. He's very honest and never…
- 📖Sunday dinnerA2 · On Sunday we have dinner as a whole family. Mom cooks the dishes in the kitchen, and I…
- 📖I left my phone behindA2 · Last night I left my phone in a taxi, because I was in a hurry. When I got home, I logged…
- 📖Saturday in the cityA2 · On Saturday I went into the city, because I needed to make it to both the barbershop and…
- 📖My free timeA2 · My hobby is drawing, but I have little time, so mostly I draw on my day off. Every Friday…
- 📖New Year in our familyA2 · New Year is our biggest holiday, and every year we meet it in the village. Grandma…
- 📖Our yardA2 · We live at the edge of the city: we have a yard and a fence, and a mailbox hangs next to…
- 📖A week before the examA2 · A week is left before the chemistry exam, and I haven't started reviewing the material…
- 📖The monthly budgetA2 · At the start of every month we plan the family budget together and write the expenses in…
- 📖Two days in the hospitalA2 · On Monday morning my stomach started hurting and I got chills. I registered at reception…
- 📖The new jobB1 · I started looking for work two months ago and sent applications for five vacancies. At…
- 📖The new apartmentB1 · The apartment the realtor showed was close to the center and turned out to be furnished.…
- 📖The road to BatumiA2 · I rented a car for two weeks and in the morning set off toward Batumi. I fastened my seat…
- 📖The story of one postB1 · Yesterday in the news feed I read a headline that was very loud. The article named no…
- 📖The night incidentB1 · At night there was noise in the neighbor's yard, and soon the police arrived. It turned…
- 📖I'm not sureB1 · A friend suggested I go into business with him and asked for a week to think. On the one…
- 📖The day that shiftedB1 · That day I first needed to stop by the bank, and then I would have had to go to the…
- 📖My neighborA2 · An elderly man named Vakhtang lives in our building. He is of medium height, with gray…
- 📖Two weeks without wordsB1 · I quarreled with my brother over a simple misunderstanding, and for two weeks we didn't…
- 📖Grandma's recipeA2 · On Saturday we made lobio using grandma's recipe. First we peeled the vegetables: we…
- 📖The jacket that didn't fitB1 · In the mall I saw a beautiful jacket in a display window and went in. The seller said it…
- 📖The phone at the service centerB1 · On Monday the phone stopped charging, got hot and sometimes froze. First I looked through…
- 📖The night thunderstormA2 · The weather forecast promised us sunny days all week. On Thursday evening the air…
- 📖The new districtB1 · Last year we moved to the outskirts, where apartments are cheaper. The district is clean…
- 📖How I learn the languageB1 · Last year I signed up for Georgian courses, in a beginners' group. At first even the…
- 📖My grandfather's lifeA2 · Grandfather was born in a small village at the foot of a mountain, in the fifties. He…
- 📖The meeting where everyone talkedB1 · Yesterday's meeting lasted two hours, and the topic changed three times. One colleague…
- 📖The first day at the factoryA2 · My first day at the factory began with safety instruction. The guard at the entrance gave…
- 📖The contract I didn't readB1 · I signed the internet contract in such a way that I didn't read a single clause to the…
- 📖Our river bankB1 · At the edge of our district there is a small river, and as children we swam there. In…
- 📖The book I rememberB1 · On grandma's shelf lay a novel in an old-fashioned cover, and I was fourteen when I read…
- 📖The city runA2 · Last week I took part in a city run for the first time. The warm-up lasted fifteen…
- 📖Curtains and measurementsA2 · We changed the curtains in the apartment and measured everything first. The window width…
- 📖After fortyB1 · After forty the doctor told me I should start taking care of my health. The tests weren't…
- 📖New Year at grandma'sA2 · We meet New Year at grandma's, and setting the table is always her job. We're left with…
- 📖The meeting and the decisionB1 · Two opinions clashed at the meeting, and the argument lasted an hour. One side said the…
- 📖A day without electricityB1 · In the morning the elevator didn't work, and apparently the electricity was cut in the…
- 📖Grandpa's suitcaseA2 · In the attic I found grandpa's old suitcase. The leather was worn, and the corners were…
- 📖The dead end in our districtB1 · Our street ends in a dead end, and a stranger here always loses the way. On the map it…
- 📖Two years of figuresB1 · The library published a report for two years, and the figures turned out interesting. The…
- 📖The repair that dragged onB1 · We planned the kitchen repair for two weeks, and it lasted two months. The crew started…
- 📖The experiment at schoolB1 · The seventh grade ran a simple experiment: they checked which water freezes faster — cold…
- 📖Grandma's albumA2 · Grandma took out an old album and explained the photographs to us in order. In those…
- 📖The river and the factoryB1 · In our city the river flows next to a factory, and for years its water was murky. The…
- 📖The first day in the workshopB1 · The first day in the workshop began with a briefing: for two hours they talked to us…
- 📖The story I often tellB1 · Once in winter I happened to be returning from a village to the city at night. The bus…
- 📖Character and conductB1 · At school we had a boy whom everyone called withdrawn. In class he said nothing, and at…
How to read a text in a language you barely know
First pass — all the way through, without peeking at the translation. The goal is not to understand but to catch familiar words: there will be more of them than you expect, and that feeling matters more than any rule.
Second pass — with the translation beside you. Now it becomes clear what exactly was in the way: an unknown word, a construction you did not get, or just reading speed.
Third pass — all the way through again. The second pass brings noticeably more, and this step is what makes reading useful: it turns analysis into recognition.
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read texts in Georgian?
A1–A2: you know the letters and have a stock of everyday words — about two or three hundred. The translation sits next to it, so an unknown word does not stop the reading.
How many times should you reread the text?
Three times: without the translation, with it, and without it again. The third pass is what all of this is for — the second time you recognize noticeably more.