Language/Georgian/Grammar/Transitive-Verbs-VS-Intransitive-Verbs

Transitive Verbs VS Intransitive Verbs in Georgian

Transitive verbs have direct objects and intransitive verbs don’t.

There are two types of intransitives in Georgian: passive and medial.

Georgian dynamic passive verbs have three groups:

• a) Prefix-produced,
• b) Suffix-produced and
• c) Unmarked.

The first group is produced by the prefix “ი-” for one personal verbs – ვიმალები (“I am hiding”) and by the prefix “ე-“ for two-personal verbs – ვემალები (“I am hiding from somebody”).

Sources

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

Related Lessons

• Medio actives Verbs
• Adverbial forms "to have breakfast, dinner, lunch and supper"
• Gender
• Negation
• The Genitive Case
• Conjugation of the verb “to be” ყოფნა in the future tense
• “to live” ცხოვრება present tense
• Nouns with “many”, “much” and “a few”
• The postposition of the Adverbial
• Using personal pronouns as the subject