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Types of Verbs in Georgian
The markers of the subject and the object both are exposed in the verb, as we already have seen.
There are four types of verbs in Georgian:
Don't hesitate to look into these other pages after completing this lesson: The Conjugation System, Future Tense, Adverbial forms to have breakfast, dinner, lunch and supper & The Genitive Case.
One-personal (with only a subject) intransitives[edit | edit source]
I go მივდივარ (მე) I come მოვდივარ (მე) The subject is always in the nominative case.
Two-personal (with a subject and direct object) intransitives[edit | edit source]
- I know him/her ვიცნობ (მე მას)
The subject is always in the nominative case and the indirect object is always dative.
Two-personal (with a subject and direct object) transitives[edit | edit source]
- I paint him/her/it ვხატავ (მე მას) – present tense
- I painted him/her/it დავხატე (მე ის) – past tense
Three-personal (with a subject, direct and indirect object) transitives[edit | edit source]
- I paint him/her/it for him/her ვუხატავ (მე მას მას)
- I telling him/her it ვუამბობ (მე მას მას)
Sources[edit | edit source]
http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/3071/1/Basic-Georgian%202%20bolo%20versia.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- The Conjugation System
- Possessive pronouns
- Adverbs of Time
- Postpositions of the Genitive
- The postposition of the Instrumental
- Adverbs
- Inflection of adjectives with nouns
- The emphatic “ა”
- Medio actives Verbs
- Adverbs produced from Adjectives