თtan

Sound

Sounds like: t as in top (your normal English t)
IPA: [tʰ]
Written in Latin letters as: t

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

teapot

თ is a teapot, round with a spout — and it puffs steam. Good news: this is exactly the t you already say in 'top'.

The shape: a round pot with a spout

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Its pair

ტt'art' · [tʼ]tied off

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

Easy to mix up with

ოono · [ɔ]omega