Among famous Georgians. Georgians

Georgian language (ქართული ენა kartuli ena listen)) is the official state language of Georgia. Belongs to the Kartvelian group. One of the most ancient living languages ​​on earth - appeared in the 3rd century AD.

What do you need to know when going to Georgia? Most Georgians over 30 know Russian. Young people, as a rule, know English. In Adjara (Batumi), the majority understands Turkish. But in small towns and villages people communicate only in Georgian. This is where the Russian-Georgian phrasebook, which is given at the end of the article, will come in handy.

Features of the Georgian language

In the modern Georgian alphabet 33 letters- 5 vowels and 28 consonants. This is the only alphabet in the world in which one sound corresponds to one letter and vice versa.

Pronounced accents not in Georgian. However, there is a conditional rule. In disyllabic words, the stress is usually on the first syllable, in polysyllabic words - on the third syllable from the end.

In Georgian no birth. In Georgian writing no capital letters.

The Georgian language is very beautiful. And Georgian polyphony is recognized by UNESCO as a masterpiece of cultural heritage. In 1977, two Voyager spacecraft set off to explore space. On board is a message from humanity to extraterrestrial civilizations. Among the great works - Chakrulo song:

Georgian dialects

There are several Kartvelian languages: actually common Georgian - literary (Kartuli ena), Svan (Lushnu Nin), Mingrelian (Margalur Nina), Laz (Lazuri Nena).

The Georgian language includes several dialects, the differences between which are insignificant: Kartlian, Kakheti, Imeretian, Gurian, Pshavian, Rachin, Adjarian, Khevsurian, Tushian, etc.

Interesting facts about the Georgian language

  • The modern Georgian alphabet “Mkhedruli” was created in the 10th century, and in the 60s of the 19th century Ilya Chavchavadze carried out a reform and reduced the number of letters in the alphabet to 33, removing five archaic and practically unused letters from it.
  • The first surviving monument of Georgian literature, “The Martyrdom of Shushanik” by Yakov Tsurtaveli. Written between 475-484.
  • 1709 - printing began in Georgia.
  • Some familiar words were significantly influenced by the warlike past of the people. For example, gamarjoba= hello comes from a wish for victory. Reply gagimajos= victory for you. Good morning literally means “peaceful morning” ( dilamshvidobisa).
  • Georgian numerals up to 20 are based on the decimal number system, and from 20 to 100 on the 20 number system. For example, the number 35 is translated as “twenty and fifteen.”
Number Translation Formation principle
10 ati
20 oci
30 otsdaati 20 and 10
40 ormotsi 2 times 20
50 ormotsdaati 2 times 20 and 10
60 samotsi 3 times 20
70 self-cide 3 times 20 and 10
80 otkhmotsi 4 times 20
90 otkhmotsdaati 4 times 20 and 10
100 asi
  • Under the USSR in Georgia, the Georgian language had the status of the state language.
  • In ancient Georgian, “juga” means “steel”. Therefore, Joseph Dzhugashvili got the pseudonym Stalin. In fact, this is a direct translation of the surname into Russian.
  • The Guinness Book of Records includes the word " gvprtskvnis"(he cleanses us, he removes the husks from us). This word has 8 consonants in a row.
  • There is a version that the word wine (vine, wine,) comes from the Georgian gvino(ღვინო). Which, in turn, goes back to the verb “ Gwivili"(ღვივილი) - bloom, bring to a boil, ferment). Georgian word " Dagwinda" means the end of the wine fermentation process. The same can be said about a person: “dagvinda bichi” means a mature young man. This is not surprising, because the tradition of winemaking originated in Georgia back in the 6th millennium BC.
  • In Danelia’s film “Kin-dza-dza!” the characters speak the Chatlan-Patsak language. And it was created on the basis of Georgian. Famous " ku"in Georgian means "turtle". Gravitsapa comes from the Georgian expression “ ra vitsi aba« - “Who knows!” Pepelats generally takes on a very romantic flair, because ashes in Georgian it means “butterfly”. And etsikh comes from Georgian tsikhe- jail.

Russian - Georgian phrasebook with pronunciation

If you want to know how to say thank you in Georgian, see our dictionary.

Yes ho (colloquial), ki (neutral), diah (respectful)
No macaw
Thank you madloba
Thanks a lot didi madloba
My pleasure arapris
I'm sorry ukatsravat (if you ask for directions)
Sorry bodyshi (if someone is accidentally pushed)
Hello gamarjoba
return greeting Gagimarjos
Goodbye nahvamdis
bye (friendly farewell) kargad
Do you speak Russian? tkven laparakobt rusulad?
I meh
You sheng
We chwen
You tkven
They isini
How are you? Rogor Hart?
Fine. How are you? kargad. Tkwan?
what is your name? ra gquiat?
sir (polite address) loaf
madam (polite address) calbatono
Fine kargad
Badly tsudad
mother grandfather
father Mother
son Vazhishvili
daughter Kalishvili
wife tsoli, meugle (spouse)
husband kmari, meugle (husband)
Friend megobari (friend), genatsvale (literally - I am for you, used as a form of address), dzmakatsi (close friend, brother-in-arms), akhlobeli (buddy)
Cool! Magrad!
Very good! dzalian kargad!
so-so! ara mishavs!
ok, good hags
My name is … me var...
meet my friend gaitsanite chemi megabari
with pleasure Siamovnebit
come in! shemobrdzandit!
sit down! dabrzandit!
I agree tanakhma var
Certainly ra tkma unda
Right scoria
Very good dzalian kargad
Everything is fine kwelaperi rigzea
can I ask you? sheizleba gthovot?
I beg you very much! dzalian gthowt!
can I come in? sheidzleba shemovide?
can I smoke? sheidzleba movzio?
this is too much! es ukwe nametania!
horror! Sashinelebaa!
Weird! utsnauria!
Sorry, I'm in a hurry! ukatsravad, mechkareba!
What would you like? ra gnebavt?
Nothing! araperi!
I want to see the city Minda Kalakis Datvaliereba
You are very kind tkven dzalian tavaziani brdzandebit
in no case! aravitar shemthvevasi!
it is forbidden! ar sheidzleba!
I don't think aramgonia
Don't want! ar minda!
you are wrong! tkven is debiting!
I am very happy! dzalian miharia!
How much does it cost? ra hirs?
what it is? es ra aris?
I will buy it me amas wikidi
you have… twain gaakvt...?
open hiaa
closed daketilia
a little, little price
a little tsotati
a lot of bevri
All khvela
bread puri
drink sasmeli, dasalebi (alcohol)
coffee kava
tea teas
juice tsveni
water tskkhali
wine gvino
meat khortsi
salt Marili
pepper pilpili
Where…? garden aris...?
how much does the ticket cost? tickets ra ghirs?
train matarebeli (from tareb - to lead)
metro metro
airport airports
railway station rkinigzis sadguri
bus station autosadguri
departure gasvla
arrival chamosvla
hotel sastumro
room otahi
passport passports
left Marchniv
right Marjniv
directly pirdapir
up zemot
down quamoth
far shores
close akhlos
map hand
mail post
museum museumumi
bank banks
police police
hospital saavadmkhopo, first aid stations
pharmacy Aptiaki
shop shop
restaurant restaurants
church eklesia
Street a bunch
young woman gogon
young man ahalgazrdav

date and time

what time is it now? Romeli Saathia?
day dghe
a week queer
month TVE
year goals
Monday orshabati
Tuesday Samshabati
Wednesday otkhshabati
Thursday hutshabati
Friday paraskavi
Saturday Shabbat
Sunday queer
winter zamtari
spring gazaphuli
summer got sick
autumn shemodgoma

Numerals

1 erty
2 ori
3 themselves
4 otkhi
5 Houthis
6 eqsi
7 Shvidi
8 ditch
9 tshra
10 ati
11 termeti
12 tormeti
13 tsameti
14 tokhmeti
15 thutmeti
16 tekvsmeti
17 tsvidmeti
18 tvrameti
19 Tskhrameti
20 otsi
30 otsdaati
40 ormotsi
50 ormotsdaati
100 ac

Georgians (3 million 670 thousand people; self-name Kartvelians) belong to the South Caucasian (Kartvelian) group of the Iberian-Caucasian family of peoples; constitute the main population of Georgia; also live in other regions of the former USSR; several thousand Muslim Georgians live in Turkey and Iran.

The formation of the Georgian people began in ancient times. In the early Middle Ages, based on the merger of mainly three related tribal groups: the Karts, who inhabited Eastern and Southwestern Georgia; Mingrelo-Chanov (Mingrelo-Lazov) - the main population of the South-Eastern and Eastern Black Sea region and Svans - the highlanders of Central Georgia - the Georgian nation was formed. In the 5th century In Eastern Georgia, writing was born and literature emerged. From this time on, all Kartvelian tribes began to take an active part in the development of the Georgian literary language. The formation of the modern Georgian nation began in the 19th century. in the era of intensive development of bourgeois relations on the territory of the Russian Empire.

The anthroponymy of the Georgians reflected all the complexities of their historical path. The sources of the Georgian name book are very diverse. In conditions of close and long-term communication of Georgians with the peoples of neighboring regions and state entities (North Caucasus, Armenia, Iran, Byzantium, Arab Caliphate, etc.), foreign names were included in the Georgian anthroponymic “repertoire” in the traditions of local cultural and linguistic characteristics. The early adoption of Christianity from Byzantium brought ecclesiastical names that became mandatory.

Names dating back to oral folk art were distributed mainly among the masses and, as a rule, were not canonized, for example: husband. Mgelika wolf cub, Dzaglika“puppy”, “dog”, female. Mzekala sun-virgo. Names of this type also include such as the still popular husband. Badri, Mindia, wives Dali, Tsiala. Most of them are a product of Georgian (Kartvelian) word formation itself. The fund of Georgian anthroponyms that existed in the past in certain ethnographic groups of the Georgian people (Khevsurs, Pshavs, Imeretians, Gurians, Mingrelians, Svans, etc.) is especially numerous; Over time, these names gained nationwide distribution.

A peculiarity of Georgian anthroponyms of foreign origin can be considered that they sometimes exist exclusively among Georgians. This is, for example, the history of the name Vakhtang, arose in the 5th century. and associated with the Iranian cultural world, although it is completely unfamiliar to Iranians. During the period of the developed Middle Ages, when close cultural contacts were established between the peoples of Transcaucasia and Iran, old Iranian names began to be revived in Georgia and new ones began to penetrate. And in this case we are faced with the peculiarities of borrowing names by Georgians. For example, husband. Rostom, Bezhan, Givi - Georgian forms of Iranian names Rustam, Bijan, Giv, which are the names of the heroes of the Iranian epic “Shah-name”. These names, unusual for the Iranians themselves, became widespread among Georgians, since that part of the famous Iranian epic in which the named heroes act was especially popular among Georgians and even became part of their folklore (“Rostomiani”). With the penetration of Perso-Arabic literature into Georgia, still popular female names of Persian and Arabic origin began to be borrowed from it: Leila, Turpa and etc.

Even in the early Middle Ages, now popular names of biblical and Greek-Byzantine origin were widely used among Georgians: David, Isaak (Isaac), Mose (Moses), Ekvtime (Eufimiy), Ioane (John), Giorgi (George), Grigoli (Gregory) etc. However, here again we are faced with the peculiarities of Georgian borrowings. For example, a common female name Eteri comes from the Greek word aither“ether” This word in Georgian form is etheri - as a colorful epithet, it is found in ancient Georgian literature. Thus, the name arose from “foreign material”, but received a purely local national connotation. (Eteri- the heroine of the famous medieval Georgian love epic “Eteriani”.)

Georgian names, especially male half-names, are often used in the form of the vocative case developed in the Georgian language, for example: Andro(from Andria), Dato(from David) etc. Nicknames of a nickname nature have long been popular in Georgia: husband. Bichiko boy, Chichiko“little man”; wives Gogol girl, Cira“a beautiful maiden”, etc.; metaphorical names like Raindy“knight”, etc. You can even establish the time of occurrence of some of them. For example, the first bearer of the now popular name Vaja“courageous man” was a famous Georgian poet Luka Razikashvili, had a pseudonym Vazha Pshavela(1861 - 1915). It is noteworthy that for the first time among Georgians named And copper“Hope” was named by King Irakli II (1748 - 1796) by Vazha Pshavela’s grandfather, which marked the beginning of the popularity of this name among Georgians.

With the annexation of Georgia to Russia (1801), the penetration of Russian names and names popular in Russia into Georgian anthroponymy began. And again the borrowed anthroponyms receive a purely Georgian design. For example, the name that has become widespread in Georgia Vladimir(cargo. Vladimeri) in half name Volodya in Georgian it began to sound like Flado. By some names one can judge the conditions of contact between Georgians and Russians at the time of borrowing a particular name. Yes, Georgian name Iagora penetrated into Georgia through live communication from Southern Russia, where it sounded in the form Jagor(from Egor- Russian variant George).

Among the Georgian names there are many that testify to the connections of Georgians with neighboring peoples at various stages of their history - names of ancient Ossetian, ancient Vainakh (Vainakhs are the ancestors of modern Chechens and Ingush) origin, these include: Zaire from Sourmag black-armed, Tatash from Tatraz- one of the heroes of the Ossetian Nart epic, Jokola from the anthroponymic fund of the Ingush, etc. Quite a few names of Turkish origin are included in the Georgian name book, however, it must be borne in mind that Turkish names among Georgians were spread not by the Turks themselves, but by the Laz, who from the beginning of modern times took the path of “Turkification” and who were called in Georgia usually "Turks".

From the end of the 19th and especially in the 20th century. As a result of Georgia’s introduction to European culture, the names of heroes of Western European literature become widely popular among Georgians: Albert, Maurice, John, Carlo etc. After the victory of Soviet power in Georgia (1921), Georgians paid tribute to the general trend of that time: artificial anthroponyms appeared, which essentially never took root: Dictatorship, Communists etc. In the process of the struggle for peace, which became especially widespread after the Second World War, names like Omismteri“enemy of war”, etc.

It is extremely rare for men and women to have the same name (cf. Russian. Vasily - Vasilisa, Valentin - Valentina and so on.). A rare, if not the only, exception is the name Suliko“darling” (there is no category of grammatical gender in the Georgian language), which entered Georgian anthroponymy thanks to the famous song of the same name based on the words of A. Tsereteli (1840 - 1915).

The ethno-tribal diversity of the Kartvelians was primarily reflected in the Georgian families. For example, Georgian surnames of the lowland zone, as a rule, end in its western half with -dze and in the eastern -shvili. These anthroponymic formants are known even in the earliest period of ancient Georgian writing and are translated as “son”, “descendant”. For the surnames of the mountainous regions of Eastern Georgia - Pshavia, Tusheti, Khevsureti and some others, the ending is characteristic -uri, -uli. This formant, which generally plays an active role in the Georgian language, indicates territorial or clan affiliation. In Western Georgia and especially in areas such as Guria, Imereti, Adjara, the same -dze And -shvili, and -ate, playing the same role as in Eastern Georgia -uri, -uli. The Mingrelo-Chan subgroup has still preserved three anthroponymic formants - - ishi(performing the same functions as -uri, -uli, -eli), -ava And -ia, For example: Jashi, Tandilava, Kiria etc. The last two suffixes are possibly of late origin, and their anthroponymic functions are not entirely clear. Typical endings for Svan surnames are -iani And -ani, For example: Kopaliani, Gulbani and so on.; the functions of these formants are the same as -uri, -eli, that is, they indicate territorial or tribal affiliation.

Many roots of Georgian surnames, as in the anthroponymy of other peoples of the world, carry a certain semantic load. From them it is often possible to trace centuries-old ethnic processes that actively took place in the context of contacts between Georgians and neighboring peoples. For example, the roots of surnames Khurtsidze And Sturua clearly of Ossetian origin (cf., respectively, Osset. khurts hot and shit“big”, “great”); Among the Georgian surnames of Abkhaz origin, one can indicate not only such as Abkhazava, which does not need etymology, but also Machabeli from an Abkhazian surname Achba; surnames of Adyghe origin include Abzianidze, Kashibadze and some others. In Eastern Georgia there are many surnames of Dagestan origin, for example Lekiashvili from leki- the general name of Dagestanis in the Georgian language; Vainakh - Malsagashvili, Kistiauri and so on.; Azerbaijani - Tatarishvili; Armenian - Somkhishvili from some-hi- Georgian name for Armenians, etc.

Georgian male patronymics are formed by joining the father's name in the genitive case of the word dze son: Ivane Petres-dze etc. Female patronymics in Georgian also retained an archaic form in the form of joining the father’s name in the genitive case of an ancient Georgian word that has almost fallen out of use in modern speech, -asuli(adequate to Old Russian daughter): Marina Kostas-asuli etc. However, patronymic names are practically excluded in live communication between Georgians. They are usually used in official documents. In party and Soviet institutions, often in official business situations they use the word amkhanagi“comrade”, calling the person only by his last name. In family and everyday communication, as well as in academic circles, the address predominantly contains the word loaf(most equivalent to Russian sir and Polish pan) in combination exclusively with the name, regardless of the age, rank, position, etc. of the person being addressed.

In one of the words highlighted below, an error was made in the formation of the word form. Correct the mistake and write the word correctly.

among famous GEORGIANS

LIE ON THE SOFA

five SAUCERS

more than FIFTY rubles

Explanation (see also Rule below).

Incorrect: five SAUCERS. You need to say SAUCER.

Regarding “Georgians” Since there is no universal rule for declension of nationalities, you should turn to spelling dictionaries whenever you are not sure how to write correctly. Here are a few words denoting nationalities in the genitive case of which errors are most often made: Georgians - (who?) Georgians (not Georgians!), as well as Ossetians - Ossetians, Lezgins - Lezgins, Bashkirs - Bashkirs, and so on. But here are the words in which the mistake is made the other way around: Abkhazians - (who?) Abkhazians (not Abkhazians!), Chechens - Chechens, Tajiks - Tajiks, Kalmyks - Kalmyks, Kyrgyz - Kyrgyz, and so on. There are nationalities that allow both forms: Buryats - Buryats and Buryats, Turkmens - Turkmen and Turkmen.

Answer: saucer.

Answer: saucer

Rule: Task 7. Morphological norms of word formation and inflection

General concept of morphological norms.

Morphological norms are the norms for the correct formation of grammatical forms of words of different parts of speech(forms of gender, number, short forms and degrees of comparison of adjectives and many others).

The morphological norm regulates word formation and inflection. These norms are necessarily studied in the school Russian language course and tested in task 6 of the Unified State Exam. In morphology (as well as in syntax and pronunciation) there are strong and weak norms. Strong ones are observed by everyone who speaks Russian as a native language. Weak ones are easily influenced by outsiders, are poorly absorbed and are often distorted. Their presence is determined by many reasons, in particular, by the peculiarities of the development of the phonetic and grammatical systems of the Russian language. Thus, the norms of education and changes in participles, gerunds, adjectives and other parts of speech that existed back in the time of Leo Tolstoy have changed significantly in our days. It should be noted that for a fairly large list of words there are, on the one hand - colloquial forms, and on the other hand - literary, written. But along with this, there are also forms that are unacceptable even in colloquial speech and are a gross violation of morphological norms. Anyone who turns to dictionaries knows that explanatory dictionaries certainly contain the marks “colloquial,” which means colloquial, and others that indicate the normative use of a word form in a particular style of speech.

In the tasks selected for the Unified State Exam, students are required to find a misspelled word and change it so that it meets the literary, written norm.

The normative use of a particular word is checked using current modern dictionaries, and not using the “Internet” or “Wikipedia”. Words that allow two literary norms (and this happens!) are, as a rule, not presented in assignments.

So, in assignments from the FIPI bank, in manuals by various authors, as well as in exam materials from previous years, there are examples of errors in formation and use:

NOUNS (gender, number, case)

ADJECTIVE NAMES (formation of comparative degrees)

NUMERAL NAMES (case forms)

PRONOUNS (case forms)

Rubik asks Valiko:
- Listen, Valiko, why are you so black?
“You know, dear, when I was about to be born, my mother saw a black man, got scared and ran away.
- Listen, Valiko, I’ll tell you something smart, but don’t be offended. It seems to me that the Negro caught up with your mother.

The police ask the crook:
- So you still claim that you are Latvian because you were born in Riga?
- Of course, dear!
- In your opinion, if kittens were bred in a stable, then they are horses?

A Georgian has buried his wife, walks slowly out of the cemetery and repeats in deep sadness:
- Eh, all alone...?! Wow, all alone...?!
As a result, the true meaning of the situation in which he found himself gradually dawned on him. The pace quickened, the shoulders and mustache straightened, sadness gave way to joy:
- Wow, all alone...!!! Wow, all alone...!!!

On Christmas Eve, Georgians and Russians pray in church. Russian:
- Lord, make sure that I receive my thirteenth salary!
Georgian:
- Gentlemen, make sure that I sell all my oranges!
These pleas continue for some time, after which the Georgian turns to the Russian and asks:
- Listen, how much is your thirteenth salary?
“Five hundred rubles,” the Russian answers.
- Listen, here are five hundred rubles, and don’t worry the gentlemen about little things!

A Georgian is being tried. Judge to the defendant:
- Do you plead guilty to gang rape?
- Kanechna!
- I ask the group of those raped to stand up.

A Georgian is walking through a meadow and sees his friend Vano sitting and lamenting:
- How she played badminton, how she played badminton.
- What happened, Vano?
- Yes wait. Do you know how she played badminton?
- Yes, what happened?
- I’m walking through a meadow and I see a pretty girl grazing a flock of sheep, and behind her back is a backpack with badminton rackets. Well, I invited her to play. If I win, then she is mine, and if not, then I give blowjobs to all her sheep. How she played badminton. Eeeeh...

A Georgian rapes a woman, the woman screams:
- Help! Help!
Georgian:
- Why are you shouting, I can handle it myself.

The Georgian is sitting in the maternity hospital, waiting for his wife to give birth. Finally a nurse appears, the Georgian jumps up:
- Well! Boy?!
- No.
- Who?

A boy walks through the bazaar, sees a Georgian standing there and sells khachapuri...
A boy comes up to him and asks:
- Uncle, did this khachapuri bark or meow during life?
Georgian:
- No boy, it walked around and asked too many questions.

Two Georgians are walking along a dark passage at two o’clock in the morning and from the other end they see two figures appearing from the darkness, one Georgian says to the other:
- Let's go back, otherwise there are two of them, and we are alone!

Two Georgians are being tried for driving a BelAZ into Zaporozhets at night. Judge:
- Why did you, citizen Sukhishvilli, run into a car walking in the oncoming lane, crush it and wrap it around the wheel?
The second Georgian Genikhtsvalli, indignantly, to the first:
- I told you that it was a car, and you: “Bucket, bucket!”...

Hotel. Sofa. There's a prostitute on it. It's Georgian.
- Citizen, you should at least take off your cap...
- Take off your cap, right?! Take off your coat, right?! Take off your shoes, right?!...
- Yes Yes…
- Listen, dear, did I come here to fuck you or show you a striptease?

Givi, what will you do if you meet a bear in the forest?
- Wow, of course, I’ll kill him with a gun.
- What if there is no gun?
- Then from a pistol...
- And if there’s no gun, then what?
- Then I’ll kill you with a dagger.
- But you don’t have a dagger.
- How's it going? Always with you!
- I forgot my dagger at home, so I took it away.
- Then I’ll hit you with a stone.
- But there are no stones in the forest.
- Are there any stones in the forest?
- Nat. This is the forest.
- Then I’ll climb the tree!
- But there are no trees in the forest!
- Wow, Gogi, how come there are no trees in the forest?
- And here is such a forest - without trees.
- Then I’ll run away!
- If you can’t run away, the bear runs fast!
- I’ll dive into the lake!
- But there’s a lake in the forest!
- Listen... Who are you for anyway? For me or for the bear?

There lived two neighbors: a Georgian and a sailor. The sailor was preparing to sail to Africa. The Georgian gave him 100 bucks to bring him a talking parrot. Well, the sailor drank all the money and squandered it. I bought a Georgian owl for 5 cents at the market. I brought it. After some time they meet.
- How's the parrot? Talking?
- You know, no. But how sloppy it is!!!

Two Georgians are standing on a railway bridge and peeing down. One says to the other:
- Listen, Vano, who's next?
- Come on, dear.
Then the one who suggested it reaches the high-voltage wires with a stream, he is shocked below the waist, and he begins to jump on the bridge, quickly knocking his feet, while holding his genitals with both hands, and squealing loudly. Second (clapping hands):
- Ay, ay, ay, Givi, daragoy, since childhood you have written the furthest, wah, wah, wah! But I dance lezginka better!

All jokes are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.

Gamarjoba! Please do not take the text below as the ultimate truth and treat this post with humor, but there is a certain amount of truth in my words! So, why should you never go to ?

    • You'll get fat

The fact that I gained 3 kg in a month and a half in Georgia is not Georgia’s fault, but my lack of willpower, but a similar effect in the form of additional kilograms is observed not only in me.

Georgia has very tasty food. Juicy, fresh, and most importantly - fatty! Khachapuri with margarine, cheeses, khinkali, lavash and huge cakes will tempt even the most strong-willed person at every turn.

Impossible to resist!

    • You'll start drinking

There is a cult of wine in Georgia. Literally in every village and in every house you will be treated to chacha and homemade wine. When I first got to Georgia, I had not drunk alcohol in any form for a long time, but three days later I drank my first glass of wine when I found myself in Georgia.

Behind him was the second, third and fourth. We were given wine as a greeting in the apartments we rented, they poured chacha for the meeting with the words that chacha was good for digestion.

Over time, I developed the habit of carrying a bottle of pomegranate or apple juice with me so that I could add a soft drink to a glass under the table without offending the Georgians. At the same time, she poured the wine into the bushes. Ugly, but what can you do?


You order a glass of wine at a restaurant, and you get a whole decanter!
  • You will eat animals

Even if you are a convinced vegetarian, you won’t get far in Georgia with such a lifestyle. You either need to sit at home and not communicate with anyone, or be prepared for the fact that they will feed you delicious kebab, slip you khinkali with meat, or treat you to fried chicken.

Of course, in Georgia you can eat vegetables, fruits and side dishes, but the basis of Georgian cuisine is meat dishes and in order to experience Georgia, you will have to eat them!))

Offtop. I get asked from time to time about vegetarianism, so I’ll answer here. During my first trip to Georgia in 2013, I still somehow held on, but this year I let go of the situation and ate whatever I wanted. Over the past couple of years, my perception of this world has changed, and any extreme no longer fits into the concept of normality.

Long-term communication in Asia with vegans, people who practice dry fasting, home-grown yogis and lovers of celibacy in order to conserve energy made it possible to become convinced that happiness is not in what you eat and whether you do specific exercises, but in not throwing yourself into extremes, turning into a fanatic of teachings often imposed from outside.

The main thing is to listen to yourself, your body and do what is comfortable for you personally. My path is running (not yoga) and delicious food (including Brunswick sausage and chicken with cheese). Thus, although I rarely eat meat.

If it is more pleasant for someone to starve, eat plant roots, engage in philosophy and conserve sexual energy - this is your right, just do not judge others, lest you be judged.

  • You will start talking to strangers on the street


My first trip to Georgia
  • You will fall in love with a Georgian and your heart will break!

I am writing this point for girls. If you can take the previous lines as a joke, then I ask you to take what is written below seriously.

Don't fall in love with Georgians! Georgian men are handsome, passionate, sexy. They may pay you compliments, give you flowers and give you generous courtship. Unfortunately, as practice shows, most beautiful words remain words and deeds that are not supported in any way.

Georgians light up very quickly and burn out just as quickly, so do not rush to sell off your property and move to a Georgian village to live with your newly found loved one. Look at actions, not words. The concept of marital fidelity among Georgian men is also very vague.

I made similar conclusions based on personal experience, as well as experience in communicating with dozens of people. She asked her questions about relationships, about affairs with foreigners and about marital fidelity to Georgian men, Georgian women and girls who had relationships with Georgians.

Based on people’s responses, I formed the following rule for myself: “You can have a holiday romance with a Georgian without deep feelings for fun if you really want to, but it’s better not to have a serious relationship.”

Of course, dividing someone based on nationality and looking at a group of people from the bell tower of one’s own stereotypes is an imprudent matter. Everyone has their own unique qualities, everyone has gone their own way, which has nothing to do with the country in which a person was born, however, the environment, upbringing and example of other people have a certain influence on the formation of personality, which is why there is such a thing as mentality.

I’m used to writing on my blog only the truth and my personal opinion, don’t blame me if you didn’t like it. With my last point I don't want to offend anyone. I have Georgian friends whom I sincerely love with all my heart. These are wonderful, sympathetic, kind people who treat guests of their country with respect, but if we talk about the love between a Georgian man and a woman from another country, then a number of questions already arise.

About my new friend and dentistry in Georgia

How a Georgian scammed me out of $2000

I will be sincerely glad if, in the comments to this post, you want to shatter my skeptical attitude and give examples from life in which you or your friends have developed long-term relationships with Georgians, or simply share your knowledge and thoughts on this matter.

Flights to Georgia

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See you in Georgia! Sincerely,

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