Lingoflyდასრულება or დავასრულე: the dictionary form and live speech
დასრულება (dasruleba), შემცირება (shemtsireba), მოგვარება (mogvareba) are action names: 'finishing', 'reduction', 'sorting out'. A dictionary puts exactly these at the head of an entry. For example: “პროექტის (proektis) დასრულება (dasruleba) გვინდა (gvinda), ამიტომ (amitom) დღეს (dghes) დავასრულებთ” — We want to finish the project, so today we will finish it. A rule from the Georgian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
დასრულება (dasruleba), შემცირება (shemtsireba), მოგვარება (mogvareba) are action names: 'finishing', 'reduction', 'sorting out'. A dictionary puts exactly these at the head of an entry.
Why. A Georgian verb has hundreds of personal forms. Person, number, tense, and inside the word the one the action is aimed at as well. No single starting form can be chosen, so the language chooses the name.
How to reach the verb. Drop -ება or -ვა, then add the person prefix and the tense ending. დასრულება (dasruleba) → დავასრულე — I finished. შემცირება (shemtsireba) → შევამცირეთ (shevamtsiret) — we reduced. ვ- is 'I', and -თ at the end is 'we' or the polite 'you'.
This name lives in speech too. You need it after უნდა (unda) and შეიძლება (sheidzleba), and it fills notices: ბილეთის (biletis) ყიდვა (qidva) შეიძლება (sheidzleba) (biletis qidva sheidzleba) — tickets may be bought.
Table
| dictionary name | in English | live form | what it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| დასრულება (dasruleba) | to finish | დავასრულე | I finished |
| შემცირება (shemtsireba) | to reduce | შევამცირეთ (shevamtsiret) | we reduced |
| მოგვარება (mogvareba) | to sort out | მოვაგვარე | I sorted out |
| შედგომა (shedgoma) | to set about | შეუდგა (sheudga) | he set about it |
| დანებება (danebeba) | to give up | ნუ (nu) დანებდები (danebdebi) | don't give up |
| მიღწევა (mightseva) | to achieve | მივაღწიე (mivaghtsie) | I achieved it |
| დატევა (dateva) | to fit inside | ვერ (ver) ეტევა (eteva) | it doesn't fit |
| გაქრობა (gakroba) | to disappear | გაქრა (gakra) | it disappeared |
| გაჩენა (gachena) | to arise | გაჩნდა (gachnda) | it arose |
| გამოყენება (gamoqeneba) | to use | გამოვიყენე | I used it |
By example
- ამ ჩანთაში ყველაფერი ვერ ეტევაam chantashi qvelaperi ver etevaEverything won't fit into this bag
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
How to look up a Georgian verb in the dictionary?
How to reach the verb. Drop -ება or -ვა, then add the person prefix and the tense ending. დასრულება (dasruleba) → დავასრულე — I finished. შემცირება (shemtsireba) → შევამცირეთ (shevamtsiret) — we reduced. ვ- is 'I', and -თ at the end is 'we' or the polite 'you'.
Დასრულება (dasruleba) vs დავასრულე?
How to reach the verb. Drop -ება or -ვა, then add the person prefix and the tense ending. დასრულება (dasruleba) → დავასრულე — I finished. შემცირება (shemtsireba) → შევამცირეთ (shevamtsiret) — we reduced. ვ- is 'I', and -თ at the end is 'we' or the polite 'you'.
Why a Georgian verb ends in ება in the dictionary?
How to reach the verb. Drop -ება or -ვა, then add the person prefix and the tense ending. დასრულება (dasruleba) → დავასრულე — I finished. შემცირება (shemtsireba) → შევამცირეთ (shevamtsiret) — we reduced. ვ- is 'I', and -თ at the end is 'we' or the polite 'you'.
What a Georgian masdar is?
Why. A Georgian verb has hundreds of personal forms. Person, number, tense, and inside the word the one the action is aimed at as well. No single starting form can be chosen, so the language chooses the name.
Why a Georgian verb starts with ვ?
Why. A Georgian verb has hundreds of personal forms. Person, number, tense, and inside the word the one the action is aimed at as well. No single starting form can be chosen, so the language chooses the name.
What does it look like in a Georgian example sentence?
“პროექტის (proektis) დასრულება (dasruleba) გვინდა (gvinda), ამიტომ (amitom) დღეს (dghes) დავასრულებთ” (proektis dasruleba gvinda, amitom dghes davasrulebt) — We want to finish the project, so today we will finish it. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.