Emergency

1. დამეხმარეთ!

   Damekhmaret!

   Help me!

   Usage

   Shout loudly in an emergency

   Grammar Note

   "დამეხმარეთ" is a polypersonal imperative: "me" (object) + "help" + imperative suffix. Georgian emergency number: 112

2. ექიმი გამიძახეთ!

   Ekimi gamidzakhet!

   Call a doctor!

   Grammar Note

   "ექიმი" (doctor) is borrowed from Arabic "ḥakīm". "გამიძახეთ" = "გა-" (out/away) + "მი-" (for me) + "ძახ-" (call) + "-ეთ" (imperative)

3. სასწრაფო დახმარება გამოიძახეთ

   Sasts'rapo dakhmareba gamoidzakhet

   Call an ambulance

   Grammar Note

   "სასწრაფო" (emergency) = "სა-" + "სწრაფ-" (fast) + "-ო" (adj suffix). In Georgia police, fire/rescue and ambulance all go through one number: 112.

4. პოლიცია გამოიძახეთ

   P'olitsia gamoidzakhet

   Call the police

   Grammar Note

   Georgian police: 112. "პოლიცია" is an international loanword (via French/Greek). Georgian writes all words, native or borrowed, in the Mkhedruli alphabet

5. ხანძარია!

   Khandzaria!

   Fire!

   Grammar Note

   "ხანძარი" is a blaze/conflagration — the word to shout in an emergency. The final "-ა" is the short copula from "არის", so ხანძარია = "it is a fire". Plain flame is "ცეცხლი", and "ცეცხლი!" also works. Fire, ambulance and police all share the number 112

6. მომიპარეს!

   Momip'ares!

   Something has been stolen from me!

   Grammar Note

   "მომიპარეს" encodes: subject (they) + indirect object (from me) + action (steal) + past tense — all in one polypersonal verb form

7. ტკივილი მაქვს

   T'k'ivili makvs

   I have pain

   Grammar Note

   Possession verb "მაქვს (makvs)" is also used for sensations. "ტკივილი" nominalizes the verb "ტკივა (it hurts)". Add body part: "მუცელი მტკივა (mutseli mt'k'iva)" = my stomach hurts

8. საავადმყოფო სად არის?

   Saavadmq'opo sad aris?

   Where is the hospital?

   Grammar Note

   "საავადმყოფო" literally = "place where sick people are": "სა-" (place) + "ავად" (sick) + "მყოფ" (being) + "-ო" (noun). Georgian frequently forms words through internal composition

9. ალერგია მაქვს

   Alergia makvs

   I have an allergy

   Grammar Note

   "ალერგია" is a medical term from Greek/English. Mkhedruli's 33 letters follow a mostly phonemic system — words are generally spelled as pronounced

10. აფთიაქი სად არის?

    Aptiaki sad aris?

    Where is the pharmacy?

    Grammar Note

    "აფთიაქი" is the everyday word for "pharmacy". Adding "სად არის" after a noun makes a "where is ...?" question

11. შეწყვიტეთ!

    Shets'q'vit'et!

    Stop it

    Usage

    Show it without speaking to shut down persistent touts, overcharging or unwanted contact

12. არ შემეხოთ!

    Ar shemekhot!

    Do not touch me

    Usage

    Show it to refuse physical contact — it is blunt

13. გამშორდით!

    Gamshordit!

    Get away from me

    Usage

    Show it when someone is following you; bystanders can read the situation from it too

14. დავიკარგე

    Davik'arge

    I am lost

    Usage

    Show it to a passer-by or shop staff when asking for help; pair it with a map

15. ქურდი

    Kurdi

    Thief

    Usage

    A person who steals other people's property; use it when reporting a theft

16. ყაჩაღობა

    Q'achaghoba

    Robbery

    Usage

    An armed attack and the taking of property; the offender himself is "ყაჩაღი"

17. გამოგლეჯა

    Gamogleja

    Snatching

    Usage

    For when something is pulled out of your hand by force

18. ჯიბგირი

    Jibgiri

    Pickpocket

    Usage

    Someone who lifts wallets in a crowd; borrowed from Azerbaijani "cibgir"

19. მოტაცება

    Mot'atseba

    Kidnapping

    Usage

    Taking a person away by force or in secret

20. მკვლელობა

    Mk'vleloba

    Murder

    Usage

    The taking of a life; use it when reporting the crime

21. მასობრივი არეულობა

    Masobrivi areuloba

    Riot

    Usage

    "არეულობა" alone can also mean untidiness or chaos, so "მასობრივი" (mass, involving many people) is added

22. ბომბი

    Bombi

    Bomb

    Usage

    Needed when you spot a suspicious object or have to follow an evacuation order

23. სახანძრო მანქანა გამოიძახეთ

    Sakhandzro mankana gamoidzakhet

    Please call a fire engine

    Grammar Note

    Follows the "X gamoidzakhet" ("please call X") pattern with "sakhandzro mankana" (fire engine) filled in — the same build as "p'olitsia gamoidzakhet" (call the police). Fire, ambulance and police all share the number 112

24. პოლიცია სად არის?

    P'olitsia sad aris?

    Where is the police station?

    Grammar Note

    Follows the "X sad aris?" ("where is X?") pattern — the same as "saavadmq'opo sad aris?" — with "p'olitsia" (police) filled in. "პოლიცია" names the institution rather than the building, but this phrasing is understood colloquially

25. საავადმყოფოში წავიდეთ

    Saavadmq'oposhi ts'avidet

    Please take me to a hospital

    Grammar Note

    The "…-shi ts'avidet" pattern is how you give a driver a destination; literally "let us go to …". Built exactly like "tbilisis aerop'ort'shi ts'avidet" (take me to Tbilisi airport), with only the destination swapped to "saavadmq'opo" (hospital). "-ში" is the case ending "into".

26. საშიშია!

    Sashishia!

    Watch out!

    Grammar Note

    "საშიში" (dangerous) plus the short copula "-ა" from "არის", the same formation as "khandzaria" (it is a fire) and "saotsaria!" (it is amazing). It announces the danger itself. The English "Watch out!" states the same warning from the attention-drawing side

27. ეს სასწრაფოა

    Es sasts'rapoa

    It's an emergency

    Grammar Note

    "სასწრაფო" (urgent) is the same word as in "sasts'rapo dakhmareba" (ambulance service). The final "-ა" is the short copula from "არის", the same formation as "khandzaria" (it is a fire) and "saotsaria" (it is amazing)

28. ხანძარია! გაიქეცით!

    Khandzaria! Gaiketsit!

    Fire! Run!

    Grammar Note

    The first half is "khandzaria!" (it is a fire). "gaiketsit" is the plural imperative of "gaiktseva" (to run, to escape), with the same polite "-it" ending as "gamshordit!" (get away from me)

29. ქურდი! დაიჭირეთ!

    Kurdi! Daich'iret!

    Thief! Catch him!

    Grammar Note

    "kurdi" means "thief". "daich'iret" is the plural imperative of "daich'ers" (to catch, to arrest).

30. ცნობა ქურდობის შესახებ მჭირდება

    Tsnoba kurdobis shesakheb mch'irdeba

    I need a theft report

    Usage

    Show it at the police counter after a theft, when you need the document for an insurance claim

    Grammar Note

    The "X mch'irdeba" ("I need X") pattern, as in "ekimi mch'irdeba" (I need a doctor). "tsnoba" is the same word as in "sameditsino tsnoba" (medical certificate); the sense is "certificate, official statement". "kurdobis shesakheb" = about the theft. Show it at the counter when you need the document for an insurance claim

31. ვინმე ლაპარაკობს იაპონურად?

    Vinme lap'arak'obs iap'onurad?

    Is there anyone who speaks Japanese?

    Grammar Note

    Built on the same "…urad lap'arak'ob-" phrasing as "inglisurad lap'arak'obt?" (do you speak English?), with the second person replaced by the third person "vinme" (anyone). Language names take "-urad" to form the adverb "in X" (iap'onuri = Japanese → iap'onurad = in Japanese)

32. გონება დაკარგა

    Goneba dak'arga

    This person is unconscious

    Grammar Note

    "goneba dak'arga" is the set phrase for losing consciousness. The verb is "dak'argva" (to lose), sharing the root "k'arg" with "davik'arge" (I am lost). Show it to bystanders or paramedics to describe someone who has collapsed

33. ადამიანი იხრჩობა!

    Adamiani ikhrchoba!

    Someone is drowning

    Grammar Note

    "adamiani" means "person". "ikhrchoba" is the third-person singular of "khrchoba" (drowning); an example is "k'atsi zghvashi ikhrchoboda" (a man was drowning in the sea)

34. ნაცემი ვარ

    Natsemi var

    I was beaten

    Grammar Note

    The "X var" ("I am X") pattern, as in "tsudad var" (I feel unwell), with the past participle "natsemi" filled in. "ნაცემი" means "vints an rats stsemes" (the one who was beaten). The verb is "stsems" (to beat)

35. დანით დაჭრილი ვარ

    Danit dach'rili var

    I was stabbed

    Grammar Note

    The "X var" pattern with "danit" (with a knife) + "dach'rili" (wounded). The second sense of "dach'ra" is injury to the body by a firearm or a bladed weapon, which is exactly a stab wound. "-it" is the instrumental case ending

36. ოთახში შემოიპარნენ

    Otakhshi shemoip'arnen

    My room was broken into

    Grammar Note

    "otakhi" means "room"; "-shi" is the case ending "into". "shemop'arva" means entering unnoticed and in secret, with the example "kalakshi mt'eri shemoip'ara" (the enemy sneaked into the city)

37. ეს ადამიანი დამნაშავეა

    Es adamiani damnashavea

    That person is the culprit

    Grammar Note

    "adamiani" means "person". "damnashave" means perpetrator, criminal. The final "-ა" is the short copula from "არის", the same formation as "khandzaria". Show it while pointing at the person

38. მომატყუეს

    Momat'q'ues

    I was deceived

    Grammar Note

    The same "mom-…-es" polypersonal shape as "momip'ares" (I was robbed), stating the harm without naming the doer. "mot'q'ueba" means telling a lie and leading someone into error by lying, with the example "tsru dap'irebebit moat'q'ues" (they deceived him with false promises)

39. საფულე მომიპარეს

    Sapule momip'ares

    My wallet was stolen

    Grammar Note

    "momip'ares!" (I was robbed) with the stolen item placed in front. "sapule" means "wallet, purse". The same combination occurs in: "gzashi mas sapule mohp'ares" (on the way his wallet was stolen)

40. ნივთი დამავიწყდა

    Nivti damavits'q'da

    I left it behind

    Grammar Note

    "nivti" means "item". "davits'q'eba" means something falling out of memory, with the example "ts'ignis ts'agheba daavits'q'da" (he forgot to take the book). In Georgian the forgetter is the indirect object

41. მანქანა დამეჯახა

    Mankana damejakha

    I was hit by a car

    Grammar Note

    "mankana" means "car". Examples for "dajakheba" are "mankana khes daajakha" (a car hit a tree) and "k'atsi k'edels daejakha" (a man walked into a wall); the thing hit is the indirect object — here "me", in "da-m-e-jakha"

42. ავარიული გასასვლელიდან გამოდით

    Avariuli gasasvlelidan gamodit

    Please escape through the emergency exit

    Grammar Note

    The noun phrase "avariuli gasasvleli" means "emergency exit". "-dan" is the ablative ending "from". "gamodit" is the plural imperative of "gamodis" (to come out, to leave)

43. იჩქარეთ, გთხოვთ

    Ichkaret, gtkhovt

    Please hurry

    Grammar Note

    The "[imperative], gtkhovt" pattern for polite requests, as in "moitsadet, gtkhovt" (please wait). The verb is "chkarobs" (to hurry); its verbal noun "achkareba" means increasing the speed of movement or action

44. ახლავე მოდით

    Akhlave modit

    Please come right away

    Grammar Note

    "akhlave" means "right away". "modit" is the plural imperative of "modis" (to come), whose verbal noun is "mosvla"

45. ავტოსაგზაო შემთხვევაა

    Avtosagzao shemtkhvevaa

    There has been a traffic accident

    Grammar Note

    The "…shemtkhvevaa" frame of "ubeduri shemtkhvevaa — satkhilamuro p'at'ruli gamoidzakhet!" with the modifier changed to "avtosagzao". "Sagzao" means "intended for the road, used on roads" and "shemtkhveva" means "a fact or event that happened unexpectedly". "Sagzao" is the word of "sagzao gadasakhadi"

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