LingoflyWhere, and where to: location lives at the end of the word
The prepositions you are used to are absent: place glues onto the word itself. All the talk about home, the pharmacy and doctors rests on these endings. For example: “აფთიაქში (aptiakshi) მივდივარ” (mivdivar) — I am going to the pharmacy. A rule from the Georgian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
The prepositions you are used to are absent: place glues onto the word itself. All the talk about home, the pharmacy and doctors rests on these endings.
Four matter most: -ში (inside), -ზე (on a surface), -თან (at, next to a person), -იდან (out of). აფთიაქში (aptiakshi) — at the pharmacy, მაგიდაზე (magidaze) — on the table, ექიმთან (ekimtan) — at the doctor's.
First stumble: the final -ი drops before the ending. სახლი (sakhli) → სახლში (sakhlshi). Second, and it is a relief: 'where' and 'where to' are one form. აფთიაქში (aptiakshi) ვარ (var) (aptiakshi var) — I am at the pharmacy, აფთიაქში (aptiakshi) მივდივარ (mivdivar) (aptiakshi mivdivar) — I am going to the pharmacy. Direction is the verb's job.
Three more are worth recognizing on signs: -ქვეშ (under), -კენ (towards), -მდე (as far as).
Table
| word | in it | on it | at it |
|---|---|---|---|
| ოთახი (otakhi) — room | ოთახში (otakhshi) | ოთახზე | ოთახთან |
| სახლი (sakhli) — house | სახლში (sakhlshi) | სახლზე | სახლთან |
| მაგიდა (magida) — table | მაგიდაში | მაგიდაზე (magidaze) | მაგიდასთან |
| ბაზარი (bazari) — market | ბაზარში (bazarshi) | ბაზარზე (bazarze) | ბაზართან (bazartan) |
By example
- ექიმთან ვარekimtan varI am at the doctor's
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
Where, and where to: how does it work in Georgian?
The prepositions you are used to are absent: place glues onto the word itself. All the talk about home, the pharmacy and doctors rests on these endings.
What does it look like in a Georgian example sentence?
“აფთიაქში (aptiakshi) მივდივარ” (mivdivar) (aptiakshi mivdivar) — I am going to the pharmacy. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.