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Medio-actives Verbs in Georgian

Medio-actives are verbs with the form of active-transitive verbs but without any direct object. Compare:

Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: The Conjugation System, Future Tense, Preverbs and their functions & Noun Inflection.

a)

ხატავს (“paints” – active)	გორავს (“rolls” – medio-active)
წერს (“writes” – active)	დუღს (“boils” – medio-active)

b)

active	აგორებს (S., O.d.)	უგორებს (S., O.d., O.ind.)
medio-active	გორავს (S.)	უგორავს (S., O.ind.)
active	ადუღებს (S., O.d.)	უდუღებს (S., O.d., O.ind.)
medio-active	დუღს (S.)	უდუღს (S., O.ind)

c)

active	აგორებს (S., O.d.)	უგორებს (S., O.d., O.ind.)
medio-active	გორდება (S.)	უგორდება (S., O.ind.)
medio-active	გორავს (S.)	უგორავს (S., O.ind.)
active	ადუღებს (S., O.d.)	უდუღებს (S., O.d., O.ind.)
medio-active	დუღდება (S.)	უდუღდება (S., O.ind)
medio-active	დუღს (S.)	უდუღს (S., O.ind)

Sources

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

Other Lessons

• Plurals
• The emphatic “ა”
• Noun Inflection
• The adverbial case
• Preverbs and their functions
• Participles of medial verbs
• “to be” ყოფნა Present Tense
• Conjugation of the verb “to know” ცოდნა
• Expression “traveling by...”
• Nouns with “many”, “much” and “a few”