Warning: There are probably mistakes in both
English and Georgian.
1. მეზარება
(mezareba)—This one word
means, essentially, “I don’t feel like doing (something), out of laziness.”
Example:
A:
Where’s the remote?
B:
On the table. Go get it.
A:
Urgh…მეზარებაააა.
Which
is awesome, because honestly, how often do you want to say that? Probably a lot.
2. ჯობია (jobia)—“is better than (something else)”
Example:
A:
ჭამე სუპი. (Eat soup)
B:
არ მინდა. ხინკალი ჯობია. (I don’t want it. Khinkali (meat dumplings) is
better.)
It’s just a great way to succinctly express
your opinion.
3. ჯიგარი (jigari)—This word is literally a
special stew made with various organs. But in slang it means, as far as I can
tell, something like “really cool” or “awesome.”
Example:
ჯიგარი ხარ. (You are jigari.)
4. უცნაურია (utsnauria)—“Weird!” or “That’s weird”
Self-explanatory.
5. გენაცვალე (genatsvale)—“My dear.”
Just a very sweet word you can
say to the people who are
dear to you.
6. არ
შეიძლება (ar sheidzleba)—“not allowed” or “not
possible”
Example:
A:
(Tries to leave the house with wet hair)
B:
You’ll catch a cold! არ შეიძლება!
This
phrase is just fun to say and something we Americans will often say to each
other even when we are speaking English (Example: “That’s totally არ შეიდლება.”)
7. ობობა (oboba)—“Spider”
Just
a great sounding word. Also, in the plural address form, it’s ობობებო (obobebo),
for example: “ობობებო. გამოდი“ (Spiders! Come out), which probably sounds pretty უცნაური (see above)
out of context, but I’ve heard a woman saying this when she was cleaning the
cobwebs in a room, so it can be said.
8. ზეგ (zeg)--“The day after tomorrow”
Just
way more simple to say than “the day after tomorrow.” Really useful.
9. პახმელია (pakhmelia)--“Hangover.”
I
guess this is technically a Russian word, but it's commonly used in Georgia. I just like how it sounds.
Example:
“პახმელიაზე ხარ?” (Are you hungover?)
10. წარმატაბები (tsarmatabebi)—“Good luck.”
Another
nice sounding word, and nice to say to people as a parting phrase.
Okay, that’s all folks.
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