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hookabet
ფ

Georgian letter 21 of 33

ფpar

Sound

Sounds like
p as in pot (your normal English p)
IPA
[pʰ]
Written in Latin letters as
p

Aspirated: with a puff of air. English p/t/k at the start of a word ARE aspirated - 'top', 'pot', 'cat'. These letters need no new sound, only a new shape. Mark them as 'you already make this sound'.

How to remember it

puff

ფ is a dandelion puff — you blow, it scatters. This is the p you already say in 'pot', breath and all.

The shape: two petals on a stem

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Its pair

Same place in the mouth, with a pop instead of the puff of air.