Count in Georgian
Georgian numbers
One to twenty to hear, then how Georgian counts on to a hundred: in twenties, as French does with eighty. And prices in lari.
1 to 20
Learn these by heart: every other number is built from them. Eleven to nineteen are “ten-and-more”: თერთმეტი, eleven, is “one more than ten”.
How the counting works
In twenties
Forty is “two twenties” (ორმოცი), sixty “three twenties” (სამოცი), eighty “four twenties” (ოთხმოცი).
Then “and”
Past a twenty, add და (“and”) and a number up to nineteen: ოცდახუთი, 25, is “twenty and five”.
So 30 is 20 and 10
There’s no word for thirty, fifty, seventy or ninety: 30 is ოცდაათი, “twenty and ten”, and 99 is “four twenties and nineteen”.
The tens
Twenty, its multiples, and “twenty and ten” in between. A hundred is ასი.
Building 21 to 99
Take the twenties, drop the final ი, add და and the rest. Tap each to hear it.
Prices in lari
Say the number, then ლარი (lari). The word stays the same after any number: ხუთი ლარი is five lari.
Good to know
A lari is 100 tetri (თეთრი, which also means “white”). A price of 2.50 is ორი ლარი და ორმოცდაათი თეთრი, “two lari and fifty tetri”, though most people just say the numbers.