Shopping

1. რამდენი ღირს?

   Ramdeni ghirs?

   How much does it cost?

   Usage

   Basic phrase to ask the price of an item at a shop or market

   Grammar Note

   Georgian currency is the Lari (ლარი). "ღირს" is third-person singular present; the subject is the item or price

2. ეს მინდა

   Es minda

   I want this

   Usage

   Expressing intent to purchase an item

   Grammar Note

   "მინდა" = "I want" but structurally "it-is-wanted to-me". Georgian desire/emotion verbs use an object-experiencer construction where the wanter is marked as object

3. ფასი შეამცირეთ

   Pasi sheamtsiret

   Please lower the price

   Usage

   For bargaining at markets and bazaars

   Grammar Note

   "შეამცირეთ" (make smaller/reduce) combines: "შე-" (perfective) + "ა-" (causative) + "მცირ-" (small) + "-ეთ" (polite imperative) in one word

4. სხვა ფერი გაქვთ?

   Skhva peri gakvt?

   Do you have another color?

   Usage

   Asking for different color options

   Grammar Note

   "გაქვთ" (you have, polite) = "გ-" (you/for you) + "აქვ" (has/exists for) + "-თ" (polite/plural). Georgian possession uses the polypersonal verb system

5. მოვსინჯო?

   Movsinjo?

   May I try it on?

   Usage

   Asks permission to try on clothing or footwear before buying

   Grammar Note

   The prefix "ვ-" marks first-person singular subject. The pronoun "მე (me = I)" can be omitted since the verb encodes it. Questions are formed with rising intonation

6. ქვითარი გთხოვთ

   Kvitari gtkhovt

   Receipt, please

   Usage

   Used to request a receipt after purchase

   Grammar Note

   "ქვ-" illustrates Georgian's consonant clusters, unique to Mkhedruli. This alphabet — one of 14 unique scripts in the world — has 33 letters and no capital/lowercase distinction

7. ბაზრობა სად არის?

   Bazroba sad aris?

   Where is the market / bazaar?

   Usage

   Finding the local bazaar or market

   Grammar Note

   "ბაზარი" (bazaar) is of Persian origin, reflecting Georgia's history as a Silk Road trading hub. The Dezertirebi market in Tbilisi is famous

8. ეს ქართული ხელნაკეთია?

   Es kartuli khelnak'etia?

   Is this Georgian handmade?

   Usage

   Checking if a souvenir is authentically Georgian handmade

   Grammar Note

   "ქართული" = "ქართ-" (Kart people) + "-ული" (adjectival suffix). Georgians call their country "საქართველო (Sakartvelo)" — "land of the Kartvelians"

9. ეს ძვირია

   Es dzviria

   This is expensive

   Usage

   Used to request a cheaper alternative

   Grammar Note

   Opposite: "იაფი (iapi)" = cheap. The Mkhedruli alphabet has no uppercase/lowercase distinction — all 33 letters are written at the same size

10. პარკი მომიტანეთ

    P'ark'i momit'anet

    Please bring a bag

    Usage

    Asking the shop to provide a bag for your purchases

    Grammar Note

    "მომიტანეთ" = direction (მო- = toward speaker) + benefactive (მი- = for me) + imperative (-ეთ). Three grammatical meanings compressed into one verb — classic polypersonal structure. A shop carrier bag is "პარკი"; your own bag is "ჩანთა"

11. ქვითარი არ მჭირდება

    Kvitari ar mch'irdeba

    I don't need a receipt

    Usage

    Declining a receipt at the till

    Grammar Note

    "Mch'irdeba" is an indirect-construction verb: the prefix "m-" marks the person who needs, and the thing needed is the subject. Negation simply places "ar" before the verb — this card is "ar mch'irdeba" with the noun added

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