Gvprtskvni - how is this even a word, Georgian!?

The Georgian language has some highly unusual syllables. Here's the linguistics behind its complex consonant clusters.
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~ Briefly ~
Starting from one clustery word, we'll go on a journey looking for the "root" of this record-breaking consonant phenomenon known as Georgian. We'll quickly pass over some of its standout characteristics, from its ejective sounds to its striking writing system, before we settle down into Georgian's atypical syllable structure.
Not only are its syllables long, they're full of sonority violations. This happens thanks to the language's morphology, particularly the way its verbs put pieces together. We'll end with a contrast between the clustered but relatively benign gvprtskvni-like verbs versus ones that look deceptively easier to say but have much trickier grammar.
~ Credits ~
Art, narration, animation and some of the music by Josh from NativLang
Sources for claims made, and credits for most of the music, fonts, sfx:
docs.google.com/document/d/1F...
Music:
See my doc above for song titles. Credit to these talented creators:
- Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
- Josh Woodward (joshwoodward.com)
- Jason Shaw (audionautix.com)

[@bruh666]

the Georgian script is so freaking beautiful. Looks like it's straight from Lord of the Rings

[@tsulski]

yea i agree. you should seen the early ages of writing. its even more beautiful. im georgian and i have trouble with it :D

[@kntrishdekanoidze1382]

@mirian gamer shig gaq

[@markoza701]

Thx from Georgia :)

[@MrApxA]

bruh i am from georgia look this if you love this გამარჯობა როგორ ხარ/hello how are you :)

[@sandroboi263]

უუ რა სექსულური ასოები გვაქ

[@sandrotvaradze7141]

Yeah, Georgian language is really hard, even our president can't speak it well...

[@mariamtorrance7046]

😂😂😂

[@lukashubitidze4820]

vijvaaav :dd

[@mamuka4232]

SAGOL

[@ttstudio7917]

ბაზარიარაა😆

[@Horse_In_A_Suit]

სალომეს თავი დაანებე ცოდოა

[@mariamgambashidze3603]

"Georgians will proudly tell you that their words are pronounced exactly as written" for sure.

[@rocket_cat4289]

agreed, yall foreigners should be greatful coz we have these complex ass words and imagine if you had to pronounce them differently.

[@jangyyoung]

@@rocket_cat4289 arc ki minda warmovidgino

[@KulshanStudios]

CAN'T SAY THE SAME ABOUT SWEDISH *sobs*

[@MisterPixel3]

Yeahh 🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@wileatsglass]

But at what cost?

[@Gongasoso]

In Georgia they don't rap, they beatbox

[@cotnego4941]

No they do bitbox covers raps exsistec so you dont know about it

[@gela-sj7uk]

They/we are doing both

[@user-wo7rh2wu7p]

We are doeing bought

[@kotegarozashvili3317]

search for zaza nozadze and after say that

[@zweispurmopped]

The beatbox *is* the rap!!1! 💪

[@mhv2867]

Polish: "I have the most unpronouncable words, like 'źdźbło' and 'szczęście'!" Georgian: "Hold my chacha"

[@Zamalshkay]

Hold my saferavi wine

[@pennedideas3928]

This word is simple to pronounce for slavs.

[@oztrog6599]

Those words are pretty easy for me ( Maybe it’s cuz I’m a fellow slav )

[@rikkiegieler5638]

Nuxalk: hold my bunchberry plant. Watch this: clhp'xwlhtlhplhhskwts' xłp̓χʷłtłpłłskʷc̓ [xɬpʼχʷɬtʰɬpʰɬːskʷʰt͡sʼ] 'then he had had in his possession a bunchberry plant.'

[@grzegorzcichosz8240]

„w bezwzględności” would be much more difficult for foreigners

[@jordannewbold8769]

“it’s not gibberish, it’s Georgian” would be a great motto for the Georgian language.

[@MausOfTheHouse]

It'd be a great motto for the country itself.

[@LiftHeavy]

@@MausOfTheHouse "you're a dick" would be a great motto for your dumb ass

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@LiftHeavy I know better.

[@feetlover1004]

@@MausOfTheHouse more like "it's not a state, it's a country"

[@MausOfTheHouse]

@@feetlover1004 that too

[@alexandersohn569]

I am Romanian and i remember oncd listening to a Georgian religious song with lyrics and i would ve nerve thought humans can produce such complex sounds like Georgian has. Love from Romania to our Georgian brothers!

[@puddits2159]

❤❤❤

[@gyrogis9429]

Hello, fellow romanian 👋

[@aaronmoore6768]

On my main channel, which I gave the link to, I prepare videos with subtitles in 3 different languages for old tunes of different nations. You are also invited... :) One of the videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIXFlpxjgK6ogZY

[@user-wo7rh2wu7p]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@markmandel6738]

Was it, perchance, "Shen Khar Venakhi" ("You are a garden", a hymn to the Virgin Mary)? I'm a language geek and a music addict. When I was in graduate school at the University of California, Berkeley, working on a linguistics PhD, I learned that a branch of the Yale Russian Chorus was being formed in the region, and went to one of their first concerts. I answered their appeal for members, auditioned, and was accepted into the baritone section. This chorus took the name "Slavyanka", the name given by Russian explorers in the early 19th century to the river in northern California that is now called the Russian River. The repertoire was drawn from Russian and other Soviet-Union music, including Georgian, and included a setting of "Shen Khar Venakhi" for three male voices, which we were told was traditional for Georgian monastic music. As you can well imagine, the transliterated text posed some problems for pronunciation! As it happened, my aunt was a linguist and knew Georgian. I wrote to her for advice, especially with the last line, "Mze khar ga brtsq'in vebuli." She replied, among other things, that we could omit the "r" in the fourth word, but "on no account insert a vowel." I was only with Slavyanka for about six months before I finished my studies and moved back to New York. It was traditional to sing a song from their repertoire as a farewell to a departing member, and this is what I chose. I can still sing most of it from memory, though I left the West Coast in 1980, over forty years ago.

[@ryanbutyoucancallmebob6660]

Rocket scientists be like: C'mon guys it's not basics of Georgian grammar!

[@gallacorn6728]

*OMG FINALLY GEORGIA GETS SOME ATTENTION DONT MIND ME JUST CRYING IN THE CORNER*

[@marigablaia4986]

SAME SISSY🥺😪 WE DESERVE IT LOL

[@gallacorn6728]

@@marigablaia4986 I know right! Georgia has take a lot bigger part in shaping the world than they give credit for

[@emotionalpotato4938]

I love your country ♡

[@eleneidadze]

Same here IM SOOOO HAPPPYYYYYY

[@zuraphartenadze5684]

​@David Roseman yup. i'm georgian but i agree with you. it's one of the hardest language to learn in the world. foreign people don't need Georgian language for example to get a job somewhere. it's just our language and we love it. it's one of the oldest language in history of world, we proud of this.

[@jadospis7826]

Say what you want about the words, but you can't deny that their alphabet is frickin' beautiful.

[@andrewdunbar828]

They actually have three alphabets!

[@wingboy0]

@@andrewdunbar828 I can confirm

[@salomegogatishvili4356]

მადლობა 🥺

[@sandrika22]

დიდი მადლობა.

[@andrewdunbar828]

@A Banditø Well I saw Asomtavruli on churches all the time, but I never saw the other one in real life (-:

[@Persephoneofficial]

I googled " Is georgian difficult to learn " , google said " No, it's not hard to learn . IT IS EXTREMELY HARD ! "

[@tushick4293]

Vici=I know😂😂😂

[@LiveRadioChill]

🤣🤣

[@shorenakobidze4098]

🤣👍

[@xtopced]

Dzaan martali xar

[@GiorgiGachechiladze02]

Georgian is a unique language, not because of consonants, but because you can say things so shortly that only in Georgian you can say them in one word or so shortly. For example: “Momitandnen” - They would have brought it to me. You can even say “Shemomitandnen” - They would have brought it it inside, to me, “Shemogvitandnen” - They would have brought it inside, to us. “Gaitandnen” - They would have brought it outside; “Gautandnen” - They would have brought it outside to him/her. And so on… So what you can say in Georgian in just one word, forces other languages to write texts and even put commas in them.

[@veovis523]

"Maybe your crush is Georgian" Me: *glances at photo of Stalin in heart-shaped frame*

[@kupikaonga9880]

This was ghost written by my history teacher

[@arwahsapi]

I wonder what love songs in Georgian sound like

[@gothmamasylvia462]

LOL!

[@verdecitron]

Georgian are truly handsome.

[@God-ch8lq]

@@arwahsapi gvprmskltdnisdlgmlsjbKGLXJNb asduog cvljbsogdjbdfbdljb esdlbdb dnb here

[@mariamberishvili6657]

The most amazing thing is that, we don't differ "he/she", we only have "it".

[@sakta1]

Yup that's the best part of being Georgian lmfao

[@kiyoshi4772]

ბაზარიარაა 😂😂

[@balansagleebyrons.2844]

Same in Filipino, we Filipinos don't have equivalence for he or she... The pronoun for third person subject is "siya"

[@marioo95]

Korean too✨

[@KoroshiamoSamurai]

ბაზარი არაა yeah boi georgia is best

[@raftiable]

my cat: *walking over my keyboard* some random Georgian fellow: "hey, that's racist!" me: 👁👄👁

[@szecr]

Jdvsj ksfa dusnqf aixixbqff eiqfcvv ha, oavqdqr pccgvcc jiigbkplg.

[@scorematus9170]

@@szecr შენ ხარ რასისტი :d

[@dumbass.5340]

@@szecr that hurt😥

[@nikakhaiauri3478]

@@scorematus9170 რაცისტი არა, უᲤრო გზენოფობი. ქატთველობა არ არის რაცის კატეგორია.

[@scorematus9170]

@@nikakhaiauri3478 ხო

[@DavitTsabadze]

Fun fact. - Dagvaprtskvevine - could mean 1) "u forced us to peel it" and at the same time it can mean 2) "[please] let us peel it" 🙄🎃 and at the same time it could mean 3) "you helped us to peel it"

[@skglifestyle]

მაგიტომ ვლეწავთ ერთმანეთს 🤣

[@ninininiko]

😂 ხათაბალა ხალხი ვართ ღმერთმანი

[@ketevandidebuli4611]

დაგვა არა გაგვა...დაფცქვნა, დარეცხვა არის კუთხური ფორმები, და პრეფიქსიც თავისთავად.

[@vladpetric7493]

A Georgian goes to the optometrist. The optometrist sits the Georgian, shows him a chain of random consonants and asks him: "Can you read this?" The Georgian says "What do you mean I can read this? I know the guy!"

[@imawesomepersonDERP]

Lol I'm stealing this

[@justeunautremecjusteunautr5067]

🤣🤣

[@deakobiashvili678]

Exactly😂😂

[@lizadzamiashvili9369]

well true🤣

[@vladpetric7493]

@mindnight 2 it's ok if you don't like a joke ...

[@jackpayne4658]

When the world was being created, God designed a perfect landscape of mountains and rivers, farmland and towns. Then he added the best of music and wine. The angels protested, 'What have you done, Lord? Everyone will want to live there, and there isn't enough room!'. God replied, 'Wait until you hear the language I have created for them. That should limit the applicants'.

[@plagah]

omg thats so true

[@christrickett3291]

Which is ironic because of all the 14 languages I have learned, Georgian has been one of the easiest. It's just when you start it seems impossible. I guess this proves your point, which incidentally was very nicely put, but if you want to learn, don't let the early stages put you off.

[@user-gd6yl7yj9u]

@@plagah God is not real, idiot!

[@user-gd6yl7yj9u]

@@vaiirecti7873 Abrahamic Religions are pure delusions, Dharmic Religions are understandable.

[@user-gd6yl7yj9u]

@@vaiirecti7873 The fact that you took the time to reply to my comment means that you are the only one who cares.

[@wardetta30]

The worst thing of all is that in Georgia itself there are regions where they have their own languages. Georgian is a language for all ethnic groups in Georgia, but the ethnic groups among themselves have their own language. Svanuri or Megruli are completely separate languages ​​with their own pronunciation and vocabulary. I myself come from Svaneti and my parents speak both Svanuri and Georgian. And it's like speaking two foreign languages. Have fun😂😂😂😂😂

[@Mortablunt]

This is why it would be good if you all learned Russian.

[@electricant55]

@@Mortablunt it would be great if Russia disappeared forever

[@Givi_Gogoladze]

@@Mortablunt Shut your mouth up and take care of your poor country!

[@1hssnd.]

​@@Mortablunt fuck russian

[@1hssnd.]

​@@Mortablunt ტაკუცებში აიკვეხე ეგ შენი რუსული სი მაზაკვალ 💗

[@sararobinson5512]

I’ve never even thought of learning Georgian but now I really want to.

[@s0me1youdk]

Yeah it equals to learn 5 language.. im georgian

[@creativeusername8799]

Happy to hear that! Good luck from Georgia!

[@macintalkshow]

"Imagine that you're new to Georgian." Done.

[@ludvercz]

I was going to write that, but then I decided to look for it instead.

[@niqvevo7808]

I’m not new to it I’m a native

[@george-cr5839]

I am Georgian :D

[@sneedandfeed]

Me to

[@vxrbxie80]

can't, since i'm georgian lol

[@megipapiashvili6742]

This video made me smile :D As a Georgian, I completely understand how challenging our language can be for "foreigners". This is why, if you are a tourist traveling through Georgia, people get so excited even when you know only a few Georgian words. We understand how difficult the language is... In any case, as someone interested in languages, I think, the "harder" the language is, the more interesting it gets to research about it and try to understand where things come from. წარმატებები!

[@NativLang]

მადლობა! There is beauty in the challenge. When I read the quote about verbs harder than "anything most learners will have experienced before", I was instantly intrigued.

[@wyqtor]

@@NativLangIt gets even crazier: even with all of its, uh, features - Georgian feels easy compared to some neighboring languages such Abkhaz or Archi. Abkhaz in particular sounds like an alien speaking: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naPae4qZaJqIiZY . I hope you will do a video on it as well some day.

[@KenKeenan1973]

@@wyqtor What about Ubykh? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubykh_phonology It is extinct now but it makes Georgian seem easy in comparison!

[@gxtmfa]

In my less intensive study of languages, I found French people to be the least forgiving of poor pronunciation (For example, when I went to Tunisia, everyone understood my French, but my French friends pretend they can’t). Arabic speakers were easily the most forgiving and welcoming of any attempt to speak their language.

[@teeprice7499]

LOL yes, I learned some Magyar and thought it was tough, then I went to visit my friend Nina in Tblisi and I had such a hard time we just spoke Russian and English.

[@jeffbuckley1997]

japanese person: ugh japanese is the hardest language🙄 georgian person: hold my baje 💕love from georgia💕

[@user-hv1uv7gm3o]

I think difficulty differs. Japanese code systems are different to work with, but easy pronunciation.

[@kurka1186]

Chcha is way better the baje, baje is a sauce

[@barmaley8033]

ღვინო გეთქვა შენ ბარემ, რა ბაჟე მოგინდა ეხლა.

[@Anna-mc3ll]

This is truly amazing! Thank you very much for sharing this information!

[@purrmeowmeowmeow]

Other languages: We have te hardest words Georgia: Hold my khinkali

[@llstand8493]

Lmao

[@snakeshake7381]

Xinkali

[@purrmeowmeowmeow]

@@snakeshake7381 It's "khinkali" because if it was "xinkali" it would be pronounced as "ksinkali" which is incorrect

[@akiratakahashi7096]

@@Jamashuria 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@akiratakahashi7096]

*35X2* Khinkali is my favorite food

[@antediluvianpotato1916]

Most of Georgians now listening to this video are like: Wtf is those guys problem? Gvprtskvni, gvbrdgvni, khinkali, churcxela, deda, mama - that's a kindergartner's level you know

[@nikoloniani]

Yes, This comment is underated, Sagol dddddd

[@zukadacoolestgames5087]

It actually is

[@mariamzurabishvili2819]

Hahaha for us sure that's pretty easy but... Thankfully there are some people who also want to learn our beautiful language 😊 so I feel u guys 🤗 but stay strong ✊✊ u can find lots of beautiful words and meanings in it as well. Such as "genacvale" or "sheni chirime" 😍 it has no direct translation, u have to feel that words to say it.

[@crimsoncrow6702]

ki chemi dzma

[@thedelver4462]

Bazari araa - this means u hella right

[@adamender9092]

Love from Ireland to Georgia 💚

[@salometkebuchava6196]

I'm crazy about your songs and dance by the way ❤️❤️❤️

[@pnkcnlng228]

I'm actually learning georgian and to pass from nouns declension to verbs conjugations is like passing from kindergarten to military school in one day but I love georgian, is so tricky and particular, it's like resolving a rebus and I love it hahah. Can't wait to move there!

[@seokjinsbestie7498]

oh good luck ahah! how are things going rn?

[@pnkcnlng228]

@@seokjinsbestie7498 I'm studying!

[@seokjinsbestie7498]

@@pnkcnlng228 good good luck

[@data544]

აბა როგორ მიდის სწავლა?

[@danielsola9126]

For all those Georgians who feel nobody cares about their amazing language, I'm from Spain and I'm 100% sure I'll learn Georgian someday. I just love it, at first I was just interested in it because of having the most beautiful writing system I've seen, but now, the more things I learn about the language, the more I fall in love with it. It's consonant clusters, screeves, and irregularities sound like a huge challenge I'll enjoy a lot, and also having an amazing culture so different to mine.

[@lukadinuashvili2388]

I'll learn ur language either someday ❤️❤️

[@lilseaweed9890]

This comment made me cry tears of happiness

[@MausOfTheHouse]

I learnt spanish, so fair deal.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

Why like less than 10 million people speak georgian, learning it is just an unfun time waster

[@danielsola9126]

@@lilseaweed9890 really glad to hear that

[@CalliAMusic]

Georgian ❤️🇬🇪 love from Florida USA. მიყვარს საქართველო

[@bekabakradze5687]

thank you !

[@atuka380]

What did you do? i mean you're from florida... Did you punch a truck?...

[@ssffiuu1014]

Omg ur sweet im from geoegia 😁😁

[@yeehaw_5358]

მეც მიყვარხართ 😂🖤

[@vxrbxie80]

thank u!!! georgia loves ya too

[@MustiiForTheWin]

I love my neighbours ❤️ Greetings from Azerbaijan. ♥️

[@abb3811]

we love you too ❤ Greetings from georgia

[@MustiiForTheWin]

@@abb3811 thanks ♥️

[@s0me1youdk]

❤🇬🇪

[@katedidier6090]

I mean, everyone enjoys the relief of a good vowel movement.

[@pedroparamo4938]

Gprtskvni - გფრცქვნი Literally: I am peeling you. As a native Georgian, It is still tongue breaker for me, lol.

[@tudormardare66]

Aren't "r", "v" and "n" semi-vowels? Proto-Indo-European also has syllables containing semi-vowels instead of vowels, like *dḱm̥-tóm ( = one hundred ), where "*dḱm̥" is a syllable without any vowel. Sanskrit, a daughter language of PIE, also has some words with syllables not containing vowels कृष्ण "Kṛṣṇa".

[@pedroparamo4938]

@@tudormardare66 Honestly, I do not really know what semi vowel means :D They might be, I am just not good at grammatical terminology.

[@soton4010]

@@tudormardare66 syllabic consonants. Semivowels are sounds which bend the boundary on vowels and consonants when it comes to articulation. Turbulence is consonants, smooth sailing is vowels.

[@user-yu9sd5nq3l]

@@tudormardare66 if I remember well Georgian is not an Indo-European language

[@ninodemuria1206]

@@tudormardare66 in Georgian you read exactly what you write, consonants do not suddenly start sounding like vowels. Also, it's not indo-european.

[@avangard9461]

Polish: "I have the most unpronouncable words Georgian: hold my khatchapuri

[@nikushaa868]

ხაჭაპური😃🇬🇪🇬🇪

[@sesilimaisashvili5342]

😂❤️❤️❤️

[@thatonequietartist8470]

I love khatchapuri 😋, we make it a lot in Armenia, I love Georgian kitchen! And I love Georgia! Վրաստան 💞

[@avangard9461]

@@nikushaa868 ხო ვიცი მეც ქართველი ვარ

[@samurayjake9478]

Khatchapuri is very delicious I living in Azerbaijan i eat every week it's very delicious

[@Liza-te3du]

Thank you so so much for making such an amazing video!! Truly made my day! დიდი მადლობა!! - A Happy Georgian

[@natisvlog]

Nice content with clear explanation 👌 as I am Georgian Vloger,sometimes find hard to translate from English to Georgian

[@ToffeeTheRepti]

Any other language: we have the hardest words to pronounce. Georgian: Hold my chacha OR Georgian: shut up now or gagprtskvni

[@coraline1368]

Toffee 🤣🤣

[@MariamKh37]

👌😂😂😂😂

[@salome_7723]

😂 😂 😂

[@nagito995]

wtf 😂😂😂

[@nanukakevlishvili211]

Lol

[@eleneburchuladze3017]

Im georgian and watching this has made me really happy. Georgian grammar is very complicated and that's why at school grammar and literature are taught as 2 separate subjects

[@nikaqochor9714]

Mec aseve = me too

[@Kostya2005]

georgian word is worst

[@kntrishdekanoidze1382]

Qartvelehsac gviwirs qartuli gramatika=we Georgians have trouble on graamar too

[@ilovebighotdogsandsmallsan8041]

I'm really proud to see this! And I'm from Georgia too! UwU

[@lizad7304]

i was suppose to be named Elene too

[@Thomas.Christodoulou]

🇨🇾 This is a very interesting video! Thank you! 🙏

[@zura127]

Thank you very much for that outstandingly impressive and inspiring video. Georgian language is one of the ancient and unique language throughout the world. I do believe all humam beings should try to learn Georgian language in order to feel the sense of language and culture as well. Honestly, you are pronouncing pretty well. ყოჩაღ! Kochag! Well done.

[@BENDROWNED33]

Person: I can't wait to learn a new language Georgian: I'm about to end this man's career

[@mariamjanashia6118]

Good luck წარმატებები 😁

[@takotoidze5497]

ჩაიცინა More correctly: chuckled quietly

[@swedishcheese4046]

*laughs in georgian*

[@Fatal69]

Laughs in Georgian

[@swedishcheese4046]

@sidewalk YT qartveli var-

[@username7735]

Drink a glass of Chacha and you'll start speaking Georgian too.

[@andrewdunbar828]

When I drink chacha I say the Georigan ყ over and over.

[@bekabakradze5687]

i am very proud that you know chacha

[@takotoidze5497]

@@iko9051 😂😂😂

[@mariabramishvili34]

love this comment :dddd lol

[@ekaterineuridia7349]

Yes

[@alexander191297]

As a quarter-Georgian, I just have to say this video is lamaziiiiiii 😍

[@samirtalibov37]

Love Georgia from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿❤🇬🇪

[@islamicschoolofmemestudies]

Georgian : *Exist** Polish : Finally a worthy opponent, Our battle will be Legendary.

[@ktloektloe5849]

pzh pzh pzh pzh pzh?

[@masicbemester]

Georgian versus Polish

[@gmerti7990]

Lmao I am Georgian in Poland, let me tell u Polish is not even close to Georgian..

[@cerridianempire1653]

@@gmerti7990 he's reffering to how hard it is to speak or learn

[@gmerti7990]

@@cerridianempire1653 i totally understand, what I'm trying to say is that polish is of course hard, but there are A LOT of words similar to Russian.. if you are Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian etc. It's easier to learn.. but in Georgian everything is harder.. for a foreigner it is quite Hard learning polish.

[@georgemdz1629]

As a Georgian I can confirm that he is spitting straight facts. Like seriously, I’ve never met a non Georgian speaker that can pronounce my last name.

[@kana7843]

რა არის შენი გვარი?

[@tamusi8168]

@@kana7843 BLACKPIIIIIIIINKKKKK

[@dinorhyno558]

Xo xo😂😂

[@giogvarianashvili6309]

Neather have I met a nongeorgian person who can pronounce my name first try. ეგაც ჩვენი ბედია. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@iraklijariashvili6860]

რა უნდ მაგის წარმოთქმნას მძელური

[@Numerixx]

So close to 1M subs! Keep it up!

[@elmailona3844]

"They give me a way to make these linguistic tales without trying to sell you a product here at the end." That's the best way to put it I´ve ever heard. A huge shoutout to all the patrons of this channel!

[@mariamguledani5344]

To everyone who doesn't believe 'Gvprtskvni' being a real word. (Including Georgians and others) Ever heard of 'Gaprtskvna?' 'Peel.' And 'Gvprtskvni' is used as verb. 'You are peeling us', so everyone who says 'I doubt it's real, I have never heard of it'. Of course you wouldn't, because no one says 'Peel us/me' or 'You are peeling us' irl. Unless you are potato...

[@tartagliaajax6285]

Yes thats right im from georgia and never heard enyone said that

[@besarionpirtskhalava5432]

We don't use such form as GVPRTSKVNI

[@mustardationmustard411]

so now i know what potatoes are saying while they are getting peeled lol

[@EveryDayWisdomEWD]

saqmec magashia sityva gvprtsknis qartveli wer ityvis radgan pirdapiri mnishvnelobit gafrcqvnas nishnavs, gansxvavebit inglisurisa sada "peel me"-s sxva gadataniti mnishvnelobac aqv. amiton gvprtskvi sityaa namdvili ar aris

[@elliek3335]

True... Only tine I've heard it was when my classmates decided to give us a circus performance during biology class

[@georgefromjungle5211]

Gvprtskvni: I am the hardest, most creepy Georgian word!. Gvbvrdgvnis: Hold my beer.

[@anatskhoidze7670]

I am georgian and it is not the hardest and most creepy georgian word ... it's too easy for us 🙂 for example:gzhrzholavs - გჟრჟოლავს

[@GECoffee2020]

Really ? You wanna hear more 5x harder word ?

[@simba3137]

dude it's easy,there are much more complicated ones trust me :D

[@musicnlove911]

try bakrakri skralshi krikrinips (with the k being a throat glottal stop)

[@akakisturua5632]

@@anatskhoidze7670 ნუ გადარევ 😂

[@LenaMazik]

Wow... I just started learning Georgian and oh boy! I see I'm up for a lot of challenge 😅 Thank you for this video! ... and game on 😎

[@dariaopria496]

Very cool video! I appreciate how well you documented and (especially) that you managed to make this video fun to watch! (Friendly notice: please try not to animate icons such as that at 6:44. People that are more religious could easily get offended.) Keep up with the good work!

[@dumbass9880]

As a Georgian i must say that this comment section is amusing-

[@ivanebregvadze]

ხო მართალი კი ხარ

[@Hatsune-Miku_Fan]

ქართველი რომელსაც დანგანრონპა მოსწონს????

[@dumbass9880]

@@Hatsune-Miku_Fan kii ;DD

[@dumbass.5340]

Ki da pasuxis gacema momwons

[@user-mg4rc1qw6w]

And you have my favorite character on your profile pic. So proud of my country :')

[@-GyBer-]

when you're georgian it's pretty easy to pronounce hard words from other languages

[@mari-on8vq]

agree

[@elliek3335]

As much as I know it's due to Caucasians' different mouth sculpture?

[@verikovekua5769]

გეთანხმები

[@-GyBer-]

@@verikovekua5769 გაიხარე :)

[@Lovetannies]

Other languages are so easy for us to learn especially English and Russian

[@nikamoongod94]

Wow Thanks For Showing Our Languge :) მადლობა რომ აჩვენე ჩვენი ენა :)

[@Dinostudios1]

Im czech and gvrprtskvrni is fairly easy to pronounce for me. It sounds like one of our tonguetwisters, like "strč prst skrz krk"

[@Iberokolxi]

Nah, the pronunciation is different in Czech and Georgian. In Czech and other slavic languages it sounds like you put a Ə between the consonants. In Georgian you don’t.

[@inserttexthere4070]

@@Iberokolxi uh idk about other Slavic languages but in Polish you don't

[@RexoryByzaboo]

Me: Argh, Arabic is hard! Georgian: You should be grateful.

[@ivanebregvadze]

yea GEORGIAN IS EASYYYYY

[@piadas804]

Hungarian

[@myk1137]

Arabic is abbbbbbsolutely nothing compared to Georgian. It might be for you Europeans tho.Arabic is extremely easy.

[@eldiablo8615]

პირიქით ძმაა არაბულზე რთულიაო

[@myk1137]

@@eldiablo8615 P'irikis dzmaa Arabulze rtuliao.

[@user-wt3ny2mk8g]

Probobaly 90% of this comments and likes are georgian I am proud of this community

[@bananaman3451]

Bruh it is only 99% (count me in)

[@lizakapanadze1291]

yeah im georgian and this was in my recommended

[@ThatOneGuy403]

Mint yeah im from georgia

[@user-wt3ny2mk8g]

გამარჯობა მეგობრებო :)

[@lukadidebeli8944]

@@user-wt3ny2mk8g გამარჯობა 💛

[@CubingB]

I can’t imagine the fun you have making these

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

Thank you for making this video. I am embarrassed to admit that I have never seen or heard Georgia. I have to say this is a fascinating language. I plan to learn more about it. I was born in Canada and speak English and Québécois poorly (I can read and write it better than conversation), but I am of Hungarian descent. I thought about learning Hungarian as I know some very basic sentences from listening to my Nagymama, Nagypapa, Nagybácsi and Unokatestvérek. But when I started to watch tutorials I realized how complex of a language it was and actually classes would be required. It is complex but beautiful. Watching this video on the Georgia language, it reminds me of Hungarian with its beauty and complexity. As a person who doesn't speak either, I would not be able to state which of the two are more complex or how similar they may or not be, only that I can appreciate that both are very complex and beautifully spoken and written.

[@gwenbutler9687]

C'est compliqué et il y a beaucoup a apprendre, mais c'est vraiment logique, a nyelv magyarul.

[@NativLang]

I've practiced saying "gvprtskvni" who knows how many times now - out loud, under my breath, while running... and now I pass it along to you. As ever, check out the sources doc if you want to track down the books, papers and minds I'm leaning on here.

[@ashenen2278]

I try to imagine it to be pronounced by a well known Georgian actor or, well, politician

[@sazji]

NativLang Okay, now say “baq’aq’i tsq’ališe q’iq’inebs.” ;-) What’s funny is, when you hear Georgian spoken, you’ll hear those clusters if you listen really carefully, but it actually seems to flow along fairly smoothly.

[@frikativos]

My problem has always been vowels. Believe it or not, I find English one of the most difficult languages to pronounce. This cluster of consonants? Not so much. :)

[@mobo8074]

I hear Czech from birth (I'm Polish from Silesia, 60 km from Czech border) and this is nothing. Czech language has so many long consonant clusters. As for grammar - well, try Polish grammar with or rules and exemptions :D So far Georgian is not impressive, try harder ;)

[@nickzardiashvili624]

Native speaker here, you did amazing! The way you can pronounce difficult sounds is unmatched for me. None of my foreign friends can pronounce ch', for example, while you did it perfectly in one of the videos speaking about Mesoamerican languages.

[@prophetfromalbavar3176]

Seeing how people from other countries are trying to understand my language makes me proud ❤️

[@darkshadow9912]

Sameee

[@lukaavaliani9294]

Mec aseve chemi dzma

[@ih4v0c27]

@orionh3000 it's very possible. Georgian is easy ( im only saying this because I live in Georgia and I am Georgian). Dzalian advilia

[@ellenm8711]

Ive been trying to teach myself how to read georgian

[@coolbrotherf127]

Do you understand your language?

[@tiffanymarie9750]

This really drives home what incredible learners babies are, being able to learn this language fluently just by observing, listening, and practicing with their families.

[@molagm3694]

And here is me proudly watching the video about my language😎. But I must say your Georgian sounds great

[@kenzie1256]

"It might not be as bad as you think, though" *:D* "Somehow, it's worse." *D:*

[@xtrashocking]

for a few seconds i was trying to figure out how you flipped the D

[@history-9050]

@@xtrashocking lol (look I flipped the "l")

[@soha786sajju]

History-მიმერ. ‘ IoI ‘I used the capital i

[@makanoselidze8812]

Naaah its not even that hard

[@gsdfasdf8747]

Maka Noselidze ეგ შენვის რადგან აქ დაიბადე აბა ამათ კითხე

[@IreneWY]

Here is a Georgian who can't believe her eyes this video even exists 😍

[@andriaimedadze5313]

Same

[@bandrikbrawlstars4326]

Მეც ქართველი ვარ

[@Horse_In_A_Suit]

@@bandrikbrawlstars4326მეც)

[@elenetchavtchanidze8216]

მასე ვინ არ არის?

[@elliek3335]

Happy one at that

[@nikoloztchitanava]

Now I'm happy because I saw first video about Georgia. ახლა მე ვარ Ძალიან გახარებული იმიტომ რომ მე პირველად ვნახე ვიდეო საქართველოზე. Thanks!მადლობა!

[@justnia8637]

as a georgian, i find this vid interesting, good job on pronouncing words, here have some eaning of good job-khochag- XDD. good luck

[@eschelon9067]

Me : _Touches Georgian Language Guide_ Also me: Why Do I Here Boss Music?

[@Kettvnen]

*hear

[@eschelon9067]

@@Kettvnen Yes, exactly

[@shentsaceve5642]

LOL

[@niqvevo7808]

I’m a native eat it

[@krumskrum8987]

Ok this got me :D

[@tomasheller6072]

I'm Czech. Ridiculously long consonant clusters don't intimidate me.

[@svobodniknarodnik7128]

You know what though? You have a point. I think speakers of slavic languages might not find Georgian consonant clusters too hard. I myself speak Russian, and it wasn't too hard for me to say the Georgian consonant clusters. But Nuxalk, forget it, didn't even get close, too many different consonants. I personally find the Georgian phonemic inventory to be pretty approachable, it's North American Indigenous languages in the Rocky mountains that have difficult consonants.

[@ghenulo]

It's an infamous feature of the Slavic languages.

[@aidanhunter3687]

Čtyřicettři

[@rodriados]

As a romance language speaker, I can only admire these clusters from afar... I'd rather keep my vowels almost equally divided with consonants as we do in Portuguese hahaha

[@MartaRzehorz]

Tu máte dárek, jo, je to trochu hádanka tuhle větu rozluštit, ale je to česká věta. "Plch pln skvrn prch skrz trs chrp v čtvrť Krč, prv zhlt čtvrt hrst zrn." But unlike Georgian those are not really consonant clusters, those r's and l's are syllabic, there's also a guy who made a song with a chorus just being a melody sung with "Rrrrrrrrrrr", so it's just like a vowel

[@sbrnAK]

I studied Georgian for a bit back in university. It was fun, I just started again a few days ago.

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

I'm moving to Georgia next month and have been trying to study as much Georgian as I can before the big move. Such a beautiful, fascinating language, but definitely the most difficult one I've learned yet. 🥲

[@Snovishvishbvat]

It's been a month. Did you move yet?

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

@@Snovishvishbvat Yup, I've been here a few months now. Loving it so much. ❤️

[@Snovishvishbvat]

@@Ellary_Rosewood i actually moved from the US in November-enjoying Batumi before the tourist hordes get here!

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

@@Snovishvishbvat Nice! Haven't been to Batumi yet, but maybe I'll get there eventually. 🙂

[@davidtagauri7631]

i am georgian. our grammar is so hard i feel my ancestors laughting at me at grammar lessons

[@MargaretNahmias]

It has nothing on the pronunciation. The ejective sounds seem difficult even for natives. And good luck producing them if you have vocal cord problems.

[@ivanebregvadze]

რას ამბობ

[@maurienesilva6287]

Some person: I wanna learn Georgian! Gvprtskvni: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@isaacbailey3681]

Various tiny combining verbs: Hold my beer.

[@arielclairewarren]

That is totally me but with a little difference. I've been wanting to learn Georgian so much. Today I've watched this video and it showed me how hard Georgian is but I still do wanna learn it

[@maurienesilva6287]

@@arielclairewarren Good luck

[@LukaMamukelashvili]

@@arielclairewarren Oh boy, best of luck! I'll be honest, learning Georgian to fluency for foreigners is almost impossible. But once you'll get the grammar basics and pronunciations right, you should be able to speak understandable Georgian. Even if you'll speak sort of broken-ish Georgian (grammar wise) it'll be easy to understand what you're saying for Georgians as long as you pronounce the words right lol.

[@arielclairewarren]

@@maurienesilva6287 Thanks😄

[@Herbert.]

As a typ designer, I replayed that effect at 3:22 many times. Really nice!

[@abeautifulsoup272]

This made me more interested in learning Georgian :)

[@sempitraum5541]

Hey, it's the language with my favorite alphabet(s).

[@nakenmil]

Aw yeah. Georgian is so damn beautiful.

[@jacksonp2397]

Yeah, its my third favorite, behind Armenian, then Javanese

[@GugaGrigolia]

fun fact. It is our 3rd script. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_scripts#Preview

[@c0mpu73rguy]

Sempi Traum It’s one of the best looking alphabet I know too.

[@sempitraum5541]

@Tamás Klózer The dravidian scripts are nice, but as far as south Asian scripts go, I really like Tibetan, eastern nagari and devanagari.

[@macx7627]

Shemogvaprcqvnevinebdnen - They would have accidentally made us peel something. Gamogvaprcqvnevinebdnen - They would have accidentally made us peel something out of something Mimogvaprcqvnevinevinebidnen - They would have accidentally made us, make someone peel some parts of something (or) They would have accidentally made us, make someone peel some things in the area. This shit is getting confusing even for me.

[@sphynx21]

ცუდად ვარ😂😂😂

[@marimanashvili4242]

"შემოგვაფრცქვნევინებდნენ"

[@Givikoo14]

Gamaindustralizacionalisteblobisatvis 😂😂👌

[@kristinaberulava4606]

არ შეაშინოთ😂🙏

[@melaniakatsitadze994]

ვაიმეეეეეე

[@ninoholly]

dzalian gamaotse sheni kartulis tsodnit! didi madloba am videos shekminastvis. dzalian mesiamovna :)

[@TheophilosPorter]

This explains why after a year spent there, not able to communicate in anything other than Georgian, I still never figured out more than the person and plurality of a verb.

[@omp199]

Is this evidence against the idea that immersion is the best way to learn a language?

[@pedroparamo4938]

Most of Georgian do not really know the grammar academically, we are just used to spell the right way. Explaining Georgian language Gramatically for foreigners seems just impossible :D

[@sephikong8323]

As a french I would already have a pretty hard time explaining my language's grammar to foreigners, so I can't even imagine how hard it must be for Georgians

[@megipapiashvili6742]

@@sephikong8323 It has been pretty challenging for me. I teach Spanish (have also taught a bit of English); so, one would think, working with languages every day should make it easier for me to explain my own language (Georgian)... But, no lol Georgian grammar is not a joke :D

[@guacamoshakrtveli4455]

@@megipapiashvili6742 Georgian grammar is something that my brain can't handle

[@lady_sir_knight3713]

I don't know how to diagram an English sentence, either.

[@username7735]

It's funny because We rarely make grammatical mistakes but most of us forget it right out of the classroom. Language kind of flows and the correct way to speak is pretty obvious to a native speaker without even learning grammar, but I can't even imagine how to explain it to a foreigner. This guy did a mans job.

[@Magnus689]

Other languages: our words are hardest. Georgian: hold my khinkali. Svanetian: Georgian and I are in same family language and Georgians can't even speak me.

[@annathenagitostan3092]

True 😂😭

[@nikoadamia3911]

there is megruli too.

[@ninomalidze5529]

But their not languages tho

[@Lovetannies]

Add laz too

[@Kvali123]

And georgian (we) also have megrelian language😂😂 and aphkhazian 😂😂

[@ramazkhatiashvili5440]

You have to live in Georgia and/or among Georgians to learn this language. You can learn some basic things, but then you have to come over here and live it in order to master it. I've seen many many foreigners who came here, lived for a couple of years and learned the language very well.

[@megilo9116]

Proud Georgian😌❣happy to see so wonderfull video😃🇬🇪❣

[@ninia4316]

Every other language in the world: WHY CAN'T YOU JUST BE NORMAL?! Polish: **Sczreams** Georgian: **ჩუმად ჩაიცინა** (Quietly chuckles)

[@vxrbxie80]

røssie hehe i love this comment

[@Trendy-Trims]

კაი იყო ეს :დდდდდდ

[@b.a.fproduction7784]

Chuckled* იმიტორო წარსულში ხდება მოქმედება

[@Trendy-Trims]

@@b.a.fproduction7784 kai raarsebiti mnishvneloba magasaaq exla:ddddd Mtavaria mixvda yvelam)

[@lelaxvedelidze9538]

@@b.a.fproduction7784 არ ხდება წარსულში, ახლა ხდება, ახლა იცინის.

[@anasepiashvili3496]

Gosh, I can't believe that my county is finally getting more attention 🥰❣💜

[@maciejkulczycki3882]

At least it is a good reason to have attention. Normally people are only interested in Georgian cuisine.

[@kntrishdekanoidze1382]

@@maciejkulczycki3882 LOL

[@maciejkulczycki3882]

@@kntrishdekanoidze1382 : Hello. What is your real first name?

[@ilovebighotdogsandsmallsan8041]

Ikr? ^-^ I'm from Georgia too!

[@LukaPartsvania]

@@maciejkulczycki3882 Don't get confused if you can't read "Kntrish", because it confuses me as well, it's not even a name.

[@nialldoyle8206]

I plan to holiday there next winter. I am learning a few courtesy words and my brain is melted. Gamorjobar.

[@ninoholly]

@nicolae, Im dying. !!! no one ever peels anything on anyones head, but point taken. this is hillarious for a georgian speaker here.

[@RenHeng_canon]

I'm a Mexican whose 2nd language is obviously English and my third language is Japanese. I was taking an interest in Russian and/or Finnish as my next and forth language. But now... I think Georgian is becoming more and more intriguing for me. I like challenging languages, give me those please. 👏👏👏

[@xfdsfds5878]

Good luck !

[@insaneegoist]

It's pretty tough considering the grammar but if you like challenging languages, go for it, theres also one thing thats good about our language. if you learn it right, the pronounciation and everything, it could help you study russian very very very easily. I mean, ive seen ppl from the u.s try to talk in russian or georgian and most of the time they have heavy accents. I suggest you learn georgian, then get on with russian because once you've mastered the pronunciation, learning russian will get fairly easier.

[@Listian8]

@@insaneegoist Russian and Georgian have not a single thing in common

[@mary-ug1tf]

Yeah... Um good luck w/ that, sissie.

[@insaneegoist]

@@Listian8 thats not my point. Its easier to pronounce russian words when you know georgian.

[@tetra8060]

Have u ever heard of: “vbrdghvni”

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

what about gvrbdghvni or

[@gio4690]

Ki rogor ara

[@tetra8060]

Escobar xd 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lukiane5789]

Shemogevlet bichebo

[@gio4690]

@@lukiane5789

[@malegria9641]

as a chechen learner, i found that list of georgian traits curiously reminded me of good old nokhchiin mott the letter 1 is pronounced tskhxae" with " being a plosive glottal stop. if you want to speak chechen, you gotta learn the plosive glottal stop. its used a lot, in the weirdest places. Marsha "ayla dottaghoy!

[@joshm.6191]

One of the best KZbin videos ever

[@nutsakoreli4630]

I love watching foreigners having a crisis of conscious while trying to understand how Georgian language works :3

[@sphynx21]

its so much fun lmao

[@georgemdz1629]

Same. I just love watching my friends writhe in agony as they try to correctly pronounce my last name.

[@liz-oj6mb]

Don’t make fun of them!! 😂😂

[@i-plow]

@@liz-oj6mb mistakes only prove you are trying 😊😊

[@liz-oj6mb]

GEO ASSASSIN Yes you are right, and yes it is funny but let’s keep a limit so we don’t seem rude 😃❤️

[@josephmartorell838]

I'm gonna tell you guys an anecdote I had here in Barcelona, where I live. Once my family and I were visiting a friends bar when later this old georgian lady appears and she was really tired and scared. Of course, people tend to distrust this kind of things in a big city, because the situations where mobs use these elders to rob people or something are not unheard at all. However as we didnt understand her language I thought of using a translation app and record her words: she turned out to be georgian! It was really hard at a first glance because we were traslating all the words from spanish to georgian and backwards so we could communicate each other, and as she was old she had some problems to read (but it was so good to find she actually knew how to read her alphabet). To make things easier I tried to pronounce some of the georgian words (the translator also translated my spanish to georgian with latin alphabet) and then she would say em in a totally opposite way than the one I was saying, but after all we could both understand each other and I helped her to reach her family again. I was so sad first because imagine: she got robbed and lost her phone and her family contact numbers, plus the fact of being in a country where almost virtually no one speaks your language (she didnt speak english, and of course not even spanish or catalan) must have been felt as a total burden to get some help, but I could finally sent her with the cops and they brought her to her family. Even tho we had a lingüistic barrier I felt that she was a really charming and lovely grandma, and felt so grateful to be able to help her go back home. Since then I've been trying to improve my georgian pronuntiation of words. Its still being hard, but we are so lucky to have tools that help us translate in these days! Cheers people.

[@sonrazuma1572]

Most likely she spoke at least some Russian

[@bastette5475]

@@sonrazuma1572 That's a good point, considering she was old enough to have grown up in the USSR.

[@sonrazuma1572]

@@bastette5475 it is not just about USSR, you need to speak Russian in modern Georgia to get a decent job.

[@mishogede]

@@sonrazuma1572 Actually no you don't. most people under 25-30 don't really speak it, if your english's good you're good to go.

[@sonrazuma1572]

@@mishogede yes, you do. Some of my friends in Georgia had to take Russian classes just to get employed. Speaking some English was simply not enough.

[@davitgorgadze3386]

საინტერესო იყო❤️ It was interesting❤️

[@ugo5200]

The polyphonic singing is exactly where my interest in this country and language started!

[@NeelLLumi-AnCatDubh]

1:50 You forgot another good reason: reading _The Knight in Panther Skin_ in the original

[@nerdterritory1997]

I think that's nearly impossible for none georgian people. I am Georgian and it's hard even for me to understand it cuz it's philosophically very heavy and there are lots of hidden meanings besides it

[@user-qt9vn1yj8x]

@@nerdterritory1997 Is any russian translation even close to original? Read it several times in different translations and had a constant feeling, something is missing...

[@nerdterritory1997]

@@user-qt9vn1yj8x No they are not close enough. To be honest I don't think there is a way to translate it fully so nothing can get lost

[@aeg0g]

Vefxistyaosani not knight in panter skin

[@sphynx21]

It is written in old Georgian manner, so we have to break it down in school and learn that way, I think its nearly impossible for a foreigner to read Vepkhistkhaosani.

[@lukabandzeladze6219]

I'm a simple Georgian. I see Georgian, I upvote

[@nikolozloladze3850]

მართლა ???

[@thegoofster]

:D

[@TakoGoksadze]

ვა ყოჩაღ 😬

[@UniterGeorgia]

უკეთესი ვერაფერი მოიფიქრე?

[@monke4881]

🤦🏻‍♂️👏🏼👏🏼

[@moisescumadalin177]

Very difficult ... but no problem, we understand each other in English. 😊😊Greetings to Georgia - a country worth visiting because it is so beautiful. Romania loves Georgia !!

[@mariamxizanishvili7875]

გამარჯობა ეს ძალიან მაგარი ვიდეოა - hello this is a very cool video