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==Sources==
==Sources==
http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/3071/1/Basic-Georgian%202%20bolo%20versia.pdf
http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/3071/1/Basic-Georgian%202%20bolo%20versia.pdf
==Related Lessons==
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/Adverbs|Adverbs]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/The-verb-“to-have”|The verb “to have”]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/Adverbs-of-Time|Adverbs of Time]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/The-postposition-of-the-Adverbial|The postposition of the Adverbial]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/Derivation|Derivation]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/Third-person-pronouns|Third person pronouns]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/The-postposition-of-the-Nominative|The postposition of the Nominative]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/Word-Order|Word Order]]
* [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/Expression-“traveling-by...”|Expression “traveling by...”]]

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The Ergative Case in Georgian


The ergative case is a specific case for the subject of a transitive verb in the past tense (aorist).

Its marker is suffix “-მა”.


  • the man painted (it) კაც-მა დახატა (ის)
  • the woman saw (it) ქალ-მა ნახა (ის)


Words ending on vowels have only the suffix “-მ” for the ergative case (“ა” from the case marker is missing).


  • Compare: მეგობარ-მა, კაც-მა, კაცებ-მა and დედა-მ, ხე-მ.



Sources

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

Related Lessons