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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