Time and days in Georgian
23 words
დღესdghes— today
guess: A quiz host booms: “One GUESS, and it has to be TODAY!” — d-GHES. Inside is დღე, “day”; the -ს turns it into “on this day”.
ხვალkhval— tomorrow
cavalry: The general's eternal promise: “The CAVALry comes TOMORROW!” Crush the ca into a throaty kh: KH-VAL.
ახლაakhla— now
a holler: Mum lets out A HOLLER up the stairs: “Dinner, NOW!” Say it with a raspy kh: a-KHLA.
გუშინgushin— yesterday
gushing: YESTERDAY's storm: the gutter was GUSHING all night. GUSH-in!
დღეdghe— day
day: It's “DAY” with a gargle in the middle: D-gh-E. Gargle your morning water and say “day” at the same time.
ღამეghame— night
game night: It's GAME NIGHT: the board games only come out after dark. gh-AME, with a gargled g.
დილაdila— morning
dilly-dally: Every MORNING you DILLY-dally in bed instead of getting up: DI-la. “Good morning” is დილა მშვიდობისა.
კვირაk'vira— week; Sunday
veer: Every SUNDAY you VEER off the weekday road for a lazy drive: k'-VEER-a. Same word for WEEK: Sunday to Sunday is one k'vira.
საათიsaati— hour; clock
sat: You SAT staring at the CLOCK for an HOUR: SA-A-ti. The two a's side by side are its two hands.
მერეmere— later, then
merry: Work first, be MERRY LATER. And THEN? Then you're merry: ME-RE.
საღამოsaghamo— evening
saga mode: At sunset the TV slips into SAGA MOde: one more epic episode, every single EVENING. sa-GHA-mo.
შაბათიshabati— Saturday
Sabbath: Same root as English SABBATH: Hebrew shabbat, the day of rest. Count the week from here: Monday is ორშაბათი, “two after Saturday”.
თვეtve— month
twelve: There are TWElve of them in a year: TVE, a month.
ორშაბათიorshabati— Monday
Sabbath: ორ (OR) is two, შაბათი (SHABATI) is Saturday, the same root as Sabbath. Monday is “two after Saturday”: Sunday is one, Monday is two.
წელიts'eli— year
celery: Your New Year's resolution: eat a stick of CELERY every day for a whole YEAR. Crunch: ts'EL-i!
სამშაბათიsamshabati— Tuesday
Sabbath: სამ (SAM) is three, შაბათი (SHABATI) is Saturday, as in Sabbath. Tuesday is “three after Saturday”: Sunday one, Monday two, Tuesday three.
ოთხშაბათიotkhshabati— Wednesday
Sabbath: ოთხი (otkhi) = four, შაბათი (shabati) = Saturday, the same root as Sabbath. Four days after Saturday: Wednesday.
დროdro— time
drone: A DRONE hovers at your window, dangling a giant clock: DRO — time.
ხუთშაბათიkhutshabati— Thursday
Sabbath: ხუთი (khuti) = five: five toes on a FOOT. შაბათი (shabati) = Saturday, the Sabbath. Five days after Saturday: Thursday.
პარასკევიp'arask'evi— Friday
Paris, Kev: It's FRIDAY, and your mate KEV is off to PARIS for the weekend: “p'aras-K'EVi!” Unlike the other days, this one is Greek: paraskevi.
ადრეadre— early
Audrey: AUDREY is always EARLY: she's at the bakery door at 5 a.m., before it even opens. AD-re.
გვიანgvian— late
Gee, Ian!: IAN sneaks in LATE again, way past midnight. His mum, arms folded: “Gee, IAN!” — g-vi-AN.
წუთიts'uti— minute
cutie: “Just a MINUTE, CUTIE!” — ts'U-TI, with a sharp, popped ts'. ერთი წუთი, “one minute”, is how Georgians say “hold on.”
Read them yourself
Learn the 33 letters first, in one or two evenings. Then the app teaches these words, each read letter by letter, and brings each one back just before you would forget it.