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Adjectives Degrees in Georgian
Adjectives have three degrees:
- neutral,
- superlative (“more”)
- and minimal (“less”).
Take a moment to explore these relevant pages as you conclude this lesson: The Conjugation System, Future Tense, Conjugation of the verb “to know” ცოდნა & Gender.
The superlative is produced by affixes “უ---ესი” and less degree is produced by affixes “მო---ო”[edit | edit source]
Neutral | Superlative | Minimal |
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თეთრი (“white”) | უთეთრესი (“whiter”) | მოთეთრო (“less white”) |
მწვანე (“green”) | უმწვანესი (“greener”) | მომწვანო (“less green”) |
წითელი (“red”) | უწითლესი (“redder”) | მოწითალო (“less red”) |
Some adjectives ending on “-ილ-” and “-ელ-” lose these letters[edit | edit source]
Neutral | Superlative | Minimal |
---|---|---|
ტკბილი (“sweet”) | უ-ტკბ-ესი (“sweeter”) | მო-ტკბ-ო (“sweetest”) |
გრძელი (“long”) | უ-გრძ-ესი (“longer”) | მო-გრძ-ო (“longest”) |
The two adjectives “good” კარგი and “bad” ცუდი produce the degrees by changing their forms[edit | edit source]
Neutral | Superlative | Minimal |
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კარგი (“good”) | უკეთესი (“better”) | საუკეთესო (“best”) |
ცუდი (“bad”) | უარესი (“worse”) | (only has superlative) |
Sources[edit | edit source]
http://eprints.iliauni.edu.ge/3071/1/Basic-Georgian%202%20bolo%20versia.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- The Genitive Case
- Conjugation of the verb “to know” ცოდნა
- Cases of the subject and direct object with transitive verbs
- Plural
- Conjugation of the verb “to be” ყოფნა in the future tense
- The adverbial case
- Adverbial forms "to have breakfast, dinner, lunch and supper"
- Participles of medial verbs
- Pronouns
- Gender