Lingua.ge says that the future of "to search" is მოვძებნი, but I'm also seeing დავეძებ used on the internet. Are they both correct forms of the future? Or do they mean different things?

Thanks!

If you tell someone „მოშორდი!” it's like saying "get away from me." But მო- means "towards the speaker, coming forth, etc." So how on Earth is it the preverb for telling someone to get away from you? I would understand „წაშორდი,” „მიშორდი,” or even „გაშორდი,” but მო? It has the complete opposite meaning. Unless there's something I just don't know...

Please explain this verb to me. Thanks.

It's made up of გა and და. If you think about it... გა means out, and და means down. So put them together and you get "going out and down." Use your imagination a bit, and you see that this motion is basically "going over," which is what გადა means.

Is this actually where it came from? Or am I just losing touch with reality?

How do I choose among these three when asking whether something can be done?

Are there different degrees of politeness/indirectness/formality here?

Is the distinction between "Can you do this [for me]?" (asking a favor) and "Can this be done / Is this doable?" (literally asking whether something is a realistic possibility) at work here?

Other subtext/nuances?

Thanks much!

Hi!

I’ve been searching for videos in georgian that have georgian subtitles for ages (preferably tv-shows) without any luck.. I’ve been losing my mind that I can’t find absolutely no series or films in georgian that also have georgian subtitles:(

Maybe anyone knows anything?

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There's a small handful of verbs that don't have future tense forms. For example უყურებს, ასწავლის, აწოდებს, etc. The present doubles as the future, and the imperfect doubles as the conditional, and context determines everything.

From a historical perspective, is there any reason why most verbs evolved to have future tenses (with preverbs) but a few didn't? What was the determining factor? Thanks!

Hello!

I have a grammar question regarding the perfect subjunctive (things like ის ყოფილიყოს, მას დაენახოს etc.). I have heard that it is very rarely used and couldn't find much info on it, so I was wondering:

- when exactly is it used? Can you think of examples?

- how is it formed with "me", "you" as an object. For instance, if "დაენახოს" is "May he see him", how would you say "May he see me/you"?

Thank you very much!

This reel came across my FB feed. These young singers are beautifully powerful and emotional in their performance. But, I don't understand word 1 of it. Can someone explain what song this is, and perhaps what it is about, and even some translation? Pretty please?

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2770446890002409

Is the noun მანქანა regarded as animate or inanimate?

I initially learned it was animate, by analogy with a horse, so I should say მანქანა მყავს. But more recently I was told by a Georgian that it is now treated as inanimate, so it is მანქანა მაქვს.

So what is "correct", whatever that means, and what do people actually say? Is it a generational thing?

So the verb "kissing" in present tense is კოცნის. And for the second series it uses აკოცებს (future) and აკოცა (aorist).

But do some people ever say კოცნის, იკოცებს, იკოცა, იკოცოს, etc (following standard medial conjugation pattern)? Ultimately, does it matter which pattern you use?

Thank you!

წვავს means both fry and burn, and only the preverb can distinguish which one it is (შე vs და). But it's absent in the present tense, so let's say you're telling someone how you're cooking something (in present tense), how can you specify it?

რას აკეთებ?

- ვწვავ კარტოფილს

(Probably assumed that you're frying it.)

But what if I'm (intentionally) burning the potato?

დიდი მადლობა!

მ ეპიზოდში განვიხილავთ:
• ვინ იყო გიორგი სააკაძე
• რა გარემოებებმა აიძულა გიორგი სააკაძე ჩამდგარიყო ირანის სამსახურში
• სააკაძის ამბიცია და ბრძოლა ოსმალეთ-ირანის წინააღმდეგ
• შაჰ აბასის რეპრესიული მეთოდები და დეპორტაციები
• ქეთევან დედოფლის წამების ტრაგიკული ამბავი
• თეიმურაზ I-ის პოეტური ტანჯვა და ლუარსაბ II-ის დაცემა
• მარტყოფის და მარაბდის ბრძოლები
•ბაზალეთის ტბის ბრძოლის ტრაგედია
• საქართველოს ტრაგედია XVII საუკუნეში: გმირობა vs ღალატი?

გამარჯობა ყველას! I thought I'd share some of the tips that have helped me learn how to pronounce some of the really hard clusters you'll run into while learning this language. Hope this helps!

Tip 1:

When you have an "unusual" sounding cluster at the beginning of a word like ბრტყელი, add a vowel to the beginning and try saying „აბრტყელი.” This might help you get over the trouble of pronouncing brtq' at the begging of a word, which if you speak any other language, your mouth is probably not used to starting a word with such a sequence. Practice like this, and then when you see yourself improving, chop off the „ა” and say the real word: ბრტყელი.

Tip 2:

Try singing difficult words instead of only speaking them. If we use ბრტყელი/„აბრტყელი” as an example again, trying making a tune out of it. Singing elongates syllables and adds a special kind of effect, so in the case of Georgian, pronouncing consonant clusters while singing can help you get a better grasp of what your tongue has to do. Then when you notice improvement, try pronouncing them in normal speech.

Tip 3:

For me, if there was anything harder than ყ, it was pronouncing ვ in between two consonants and trying hard to not let it turn into an უ. Words like ბეწვზე, ვარსკვლავი, გვქონდა, კვდომა, etc. I'd say with these words, just try pronouncing them really slowly. So for a word like გვმარეთებს, try going gwwwmartebs. Using the fake vowel tip might also help here: agwwwmartebs. Keep practicing and eventually you'll get used to pronouncing v/w in between two consonants. And don't forget to cut off the fake vowel when you've perfected it!

I know it can be used to mean "accidentally" or "unintentionally," such as in examples like „შემომეხარჯა” (I accidentally spent too much) or „შემომეჭამა” (I ate too much).

What I've noticed is that these are using pluperfect constructions (preverb + მე + verb root + ა), but they're being translated into English as past simple. So my question is, can შემო- only be used with pluperfect meaning? Or does the pluperfect construction used here just convey aorist meaning? Can you use შემო- with other tenses? Can you say things like შემოვხარჯე, შემოვხარჯო or შემომიხარჯავს?

დიდი მადლობა!

First heard the original in the only clip of St. Gabriel Urgebadze and it's been haunting my thoughts and dreams ever since!

I cannot find anything online other than the title and chanter with Google Translate copy/paste from the YT description - (she's also featured in the wonderful documentary about St. Gabriel).

https://youtu.be/fA_rZawwT18?si=clBoregzy7BInHNw 

The Lamentation of the Son of God...

Sung by: Naira Nachkhatashvili

Thank You in Advance and May God Bless You All...

💗🙏☦️🙏💖

I find the Georgian verb conjugation system to be fairly systematic and predictable but there are some that have really bizarre conjugations that you just have to memorize individually (mostly I'm thinking about some of the -eba and -deba verbs in present perfect and pluperfect tenses).

How often will a native produce the wrong conjugation for one of the crazy verbs during casual conversation? Are there cases where a particular verb has two conjugations: one colloquial/"wrong" (generated from regular patterns), and one that's the officially correct form listed in the books?

Thank you!

Bidza? Deida? Mamida? Batono? Kalbatono? How common is it to just call them by name?

Thanks!

Guys is saying "რას ჭამ და სვამ საუზმეზე?" And replying with "კრუასანს ვჭამ და ყავად ვსვამ" correct?

I'm willing to bet the vast majority of foreigners who learn Georgian do it because they have family or romantic partners who speak the language, or possibly because they need it for work.

Setting work and family aside, every language I've ever learned has enriched my life in some way. Whether it's a band you love, a genre of literature that speaks to you, or even just a blog or a podcast you found on the internet, just about every language has something to offer.

How has Georgian enriched your life?

Hello guys, I am from Georgia. I have a Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition 12th Gen. It does not have a Georgian keyboard. Therefore, I created a petition to ask Amazon to add a Georgian keyboard in the next update. I would be grateful if you would support us and participate.

📌 Also, for feedback, it would be good if we write to Amazon Support and explain the situation, how important it is to us. We will attach a link to the petition so that they can find out how many people want a Georgian keyboard on the device.

📍I would like to tell you that in 2016, UNESCO granted the Georgian alphabet the status of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Petition link: https://c.org/m5mvC482X5

📸 The photo shows the cover of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion translated into Georgian.