ც
Georgian letter 27 of 33
ცtsan
Sound
- Sounds like
- ts as in cats, with a puff
- IPA
- [tsʰ]
- Written in Latin letters as
- ts
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
cat's tail
ც is a cat's tail curling up off its body — and 'cats' ends in exactly this ts. Let the breath follow it.
The shape: a body with a tail curling up
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