Language/Georgian/Grammar/The-Ergative-Case
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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