Language/Georgian/Grammar/The-Genitive-Case
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The genitive case in Georgian
The genitive case is produced by the suffix “-ის”.
Words ending on “-ნ-”, “-რ-”, “-ლ-”, “-მ-” with “ო-”, “ა-”, “ე-” vowels in front of them lose these vowels. In other words, the last vowels are missing in words ending on: -ან-, -ენ-, -ონ-, -ამ-, -ემ-, -ომ-, -არ-, -ერ-, -ორ-, -ალ-, -ელ-, -ოლ-.
- Compare: ბავშვი – ბავშვ-ის and მეგობარი – მეგობრ-ის, სოფელი სოფლ-ის.
Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: The Conjugation System, Future Tense, How to Use Have & Past Tense.
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http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/3071/1/Basic-Georgian%202%20bolo%20versia.pdf