Language/Georgian/Grammar/Types-of-Verbs

Types of Verbs in Georgian

The markers of the subject and the object both are exposed in the verb, as we already have seen.

There are four types of verbs in Georgian:

One-personal (with only a subject) intransitives

I go მივდივარ (მე) I come მოვდივარ (მე) The subject is always in the nominative case.

Two-personal (with a subject and direct object) intransitives

• I know him/her ვიცნობ (მე მას)

The subject is always in the nominative case and the indirect object is always dative.

Two-personal (with a subject and direct object) transitives

• I paint him/her/it ვხატავ (მე მას) – present tense
• I painted him/her/it დავხატე (მე ის) – past tense

Three-personal (with a subject, direct and indirect object) transitives

• I paint him/her/it for him/her ვუხატავ (მე მას მას)
• I telling him/her it ვუამბობ (მე მას მას)

Sources

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

Related Lessons

• The Conjugation System
• Possessive pronouns
• Adverbs of Time
• Postpositions of the Genitive
• The postposition of the Instrumental
• Adverbs
• Inflection of adjectives with nouns
• The emphatic “ა”
• Medio actives Verbs
• Adverbs produced from Adjectives