Language/Georgian/Grammar/Adjectives-Degrees

Adjectives Degrees in Georgian

Adjectives have three degrees:

1. neutral,
2. superlative (“more”)
3. and minimal (“less”).

Take a moment to explore these relevant pages as you conclude this lesson: The Conjugation System, Future Tense, Conjugation of the verb “to know” ცოდნა & Gender.

The superlative is produced by affixes “უ---ესი” and less degree is produced by affixes “მო---ო”

Neutral	Superlative	Minimal
თეთრი (“white”)	უთეთრესი (“whiter”)	მოთეთრო (“less white”)
მწვანე (“green”)	უმწვანესი (“greener”)	მომწვანო (“less green”)
წითელი (“red”)	უწითლესი (“redder”)	მოწითალო (“less red”)

Some adjectives ending on “-ილ-” and “-ელ-” lose these letters

Neutral	Superlative	Minimal
ტკბილი (“sweet”)	უ-ტკბ-ესი (“sweeter”)	მო-ტკბ-ო (“sweetest”)
გრძელი (“long”)	უ-გრძ-ესი (“longer”)	მო-გრძ-ო (“longest”)

The two adjectives “good” კარგი and “bad” ცუდი produce the degrees by changing their forms

Neutral	Superlative	Minimal
კარგი (“good”)	უკეთესი (“better”)	საუკეთესო (“best”)
ცუდი (“bad”)	უარესი (“worse”)	(only has superlative)

Sources

http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/3071/1/Basic-Georgian%202%20bolo%20versia.pdf

Other Lessons

• The Genitive Case
• Conjugation of the verb “to know” ცოდნა
• Cases of the subject and direct object with transitive verbs
• Plural
• Conjugation of the verb “to be” ყოფნა in the future tense
• The adverbial case
• Adverbial forms "to have breakfast, dinner, lunch and supper"
• Participles of medial verbs
• Pronouns
• Gender