Ex Qartulad - Dear

Here’s a short, emotional blog post titled — written in English but infused with Georgian phrasing and sentiment. Dear Ex, qartulad I never thought I’d write to you again. But tonight, Tbilisi is wrapped in that familiar fog, and the lights on Mtatsminda blink like unspoken words. So here I am — speaking to you qartulad .

Do you remember how you tried to teach me Georgian? "როგორ ხარ?" — How are you? "მიყვარხარ" — I love you (but literally: “You are whom I love” — the subject hiding, the object coming first, as if love always puts the other ahead). dear ex qartulad

Not in English, where feelings fit neatly into boxes. Not in the language we used to order coffee or argue about rent. But in Georgian — raw, ancient, stubborn — where love is not just love but sikvaruli , a word that bends with suffixes like a vine heavy with grapes. Where “I miss you” is not direct, but circled through verbs and cases, like a prayer you learn by heart without understanding. Here’s a short, emotional blog post titled —

ნახვამდის, ჩემო კარგო. Until I see you again, my good one. So here I am — speaking to you qartulad

— Not really goodbye. Just qartulad . Would you like a Georgian translation of the full post, or a shorter version for social media?

Because some loves are like that. You don’t speak them — they speak through you. And even after the person leaves, the language stays. A ghost grammar. A motherland with no return visa.