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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...”]] | |||
Revision as of 13:32, 26 February 2023
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