An argument at the meeting in Georgian

How the whole thing sounds

The situation: at a meeting they argue whether to postpone the decision. First the whole conversation, then each line on its own, with a translation.

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  ჩემი აზრით, გადაწყვეტილების მიღება უნდა გადავდოთ.

  chemi azrit, gadatsqvetilebis migheba unda gadavdot.

  In my opinion, making the decision should be postponed.
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  რატომ? ფაქტები უკვე გვაქვს და ხალხი პასუხს ელოდება.

  ratom? paktebi ukve gvakvs da khalkhi pasukhs elodeba.

  Why? We already have the facts, and people are waiting for an answer.
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  ერთი არგუმენტი მაქვს: გამოკითხვა ჯერ არ დასრულებულა.

  erti argumenti makvs: gamokitkhva jer ar dasrulebula.

  I have one argument: the survey isn't finished yet.
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  გამოკითხვა მნიშვნელოვანია, მაგრამ ვადა ხვალ იწურება.

  gamokitkhva mnishvnelovania, magram vada khval itsureba.

  The survey matters, but the deadline expires tomorrow.
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  მაშინ ორივე ვარიანტის უპირატესობა და ნაკლი ჩამოვწეროთ.

  mashin orive variantis upiratesoba da nakli chamovtserot.

  Then let's write out the pros and cons of both options.
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  ეს გონივრულია. სპეციალისტსაც ვკითხოთ.

  es gonivrulia. spetsialistsats vkitkhot.

  That's sensible. Let's ask a specialist too.
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  მე მაინც ჩემს აზრზე ვრჩები, მაგრამ ხელს არ შეგიშლით.

  me maints chems azrze vrchebi, magram khels ar shegishlit.

  I still stand by my opinion, but I won't stand in your way.
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  მადლობა. შედეგებს ხვალ საღამოს გაცნობებთ.

  madloba. shedegebs khval saghamos gatsnobebt.

  Thank you. We'll inform you of the results tomorrow evening.

Lines one by one

How to prepare for a conversation like this

Memorizing the lines is not enough: the other person will say their own thing, not what is written. What helps more is catching the key words by ear and keeping three rescue phrases ready: “I don't understand”, “repeat, please”, “slower”.

And one more thing phrasebooks do not mention: awkwardness gets in the way more than not knowing the words.

• Fear of making mistakes gets in the way of learning a language, and noticeably so. The link turns up study after study, and together those studies cover almost twenty thousand people.checked many times
  Teimouri, Goetze & Plonsky, 2019, Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41(2) · 19,933 participants from 23 countries; correlation with results r = −0.36.
• That fear can be dealt with — the methods have been tested and they work.checked many times
  Xiong et al., 2024, Journal of Language and Social Psychology · 37 studies, anxiety reduced by −0.61. Of the seven conditions examined, only age turned out to matter.

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