Monday, November 17, 2008

"Mikvarkhar"

In Georgian language we like to use a lot of words to say the simplest things. E.g. "welcome to the US" is "ketili ikos tkveni mobrdzaneba amerikashi." Long right? However, there is one short word that expresses a whole lot of things, and that word is "mikvarkhar" which means "I love you." I think it is funny that we, Georgians, who love to use a lot of words, have managed to put so much meaning, so much emotion into one simple word. I just realized that Georgians use "mikvarkhar" very, very rarely. In American culture it is very common to say "love you" or "love" when you talk to or write to your family and close friends. In Georgia, we almost never use "mikvarkhar" when we talk to our family and friends. We save it just for that ONE person.

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