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Cases of the subject and direct object with transitive verbs in Georgian

In transitive verbs the subject is nominative in present and in future tenses, but it’s ergative in past tense:

კაცი მგელს ხატავს. (present)

კაცმა მგელი დახატა. (past)

კაცი მგელს დახატავს. (future)

In transitive verbs the direct object is in the dative case in present and in future tenses, but it’s nominative in past tense:

კაცი მგელს ხატავს. (present)

კაცმა მგელი დახატა. (past)

კაცი მგელს დახატავს. (future)

Direct object is in genitive with infinitive form preceding it:

მგლის დახატვა to paint / painting a wolf

წერილის დაწერა to write / writing a letter

Sources

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

Other Lessons

• Types of Verbs
• Inflection of demonstrative pronouns with nouns
• The postposition of the Dative
• The postposition of the Adverbial
• “to be” ყოფნა Present Tense
• Nouns with “many”, “much” and “a few”
• The postposition of the Nominative
• Medio actives Verbs
• Inflection of adjectives with nouns
• “to live” ცხოვრება present tense