Course: Georgian - Intermediate
Tutor: Lia Chokoshvili
Language level: A2 – B1
This course will mostly be a continuation of Beginners’ classes. It will be based
on revision and more grammar. Having completed this Intermediate level,
students should be confident in conversational Georgian and be able to read
contemporary Georgian literature with the aid of a dictionary.
Michaelmas & Hilary terms
Course content:
Grammar
 Revision of tenses
 Present range
o Present tense
o Past continuous (Imperfect)
o Introducing Present Subjunctive
 Conjugation of regular and irregular verbs
 Future range
o Future
o Introducing Past Frequentative
o Future Subjunctive
 Conjugation of regular and irregular verbs in these tenses
 Negative imperative
 Verbs denoting position (“To stand up”, “To lie down”, “To sit down”)
 Verbs of position in the Future, Aorist and Optative
 Direct and indirect speech
 Revision of aorist and optative
 Aspect (perfective and imperfective)
 Present perfect (first resultative)
 Present perfect (for passive verbs)
 Conditional
 Conditional construction for active verbs
 Pluperfect (second resultative)
 Pluperfect for passive voice verbs
 Pluperfect for inversial verbs
Topics
 Job interviews
 Dialogues in a shop
 Directions
 On the phone
Course: Georgian – Intermediate (continued).
Michaelmas & Hilary terms
Topics (continued)
 Travel
 Writing a CV
 Writing formal letters
TRINITY TERM
Course content
Grammar
 Revision of tenses
 Stem formats
 Case marking
 Person marking
 V-series person markers
 M-series person marks
 Indirect object markers
 Irregular verb markers
Topics
 Georgian traditions
 Georgian society in England
 Free time
 Leisure activities
 Nature
Learning outcomes:
Students will cover most aspects of grammar. This will allow them to feel
confident to speak and specialise. A trip to Georgia and time spent with native
speakers will help them tremendously.
Course books:
Basic Georgian (Second Edition 2007) by Nana Danelia.
The CD is available in Language Centre library
Georgian, A Reading Grammar (corrected edition 1990) by Howard I. Aronson
(Slavica Publishers, Inc.) Available on Amazon.co.uk
Georgian Language and Culture (A continuing course) (1999) by Aronson and
Kiziria (Slavica Publishers, Inc.)
Available on Amazon.co.uk or can be ordered at Blackwells, Oxford
Biliki /Georgian Language for English Speakers/Book 2 (2008) by Nana
Shavtvaladze
Book and the CD will be provided by the tutor.