თუმცა

Although and However

Level 3Sounds Like tumtsa

თუმცა means although or however and adds a contrast.

How It Works

Where	Example
between two parts	ძვირია, თუმცა (tumtsa) ღირს. (It's expensive, but it's worth it.)
at the start	თუმცა ცივა, მზე ანათებს. (Although it's cold, the sun is shining.)
a new sentence	ფილმი გრძელი იყო. თუმცა, საინტერესო იყო. (The film was long. It was interesting, though.)

მაგრამ and თუმცა are often both correct: ძვირია, მაგრამ ღირს. მაგრამ is the plain but. თუმცა sounds a little softer and is common in writing.

მაინც (still, anyway) often comes with თუმცა to stress the surprise: ავად იყო, თუმცა მაინც მოვიდა (she was sick, but she came anyway).

ძვირია, თუმცა ძალიან გემრიელია.
It's expensive, but it's very tasty.
The surprising part comes after თუმცა.
ქართულს ორი წელია ვსწავლობ, თუმცა ჯერ კიდევ ბევრს ვერ ვიგებ.
I've been learning Georgian for two years, but there's still a lot I don't understand.
ორი წელია with the present: for two years.
გზა გრძელი იყო, თუმცა ლამაზი.
The road was long, but beautiful.
The second part can leave out the verb.
ნინო ავად არის, თუმცა მაინც სამსახურში წავიდა.
Nino is sick, but she went to work anyway.
თუმცა with მაინც.
მიყვარს ზამთარი, თუმცა სიცივე არ მიყვარს.
I love winter, though I don't like the cold.
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თუმცაLevel 3Although and However

Although is a stronger but.

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