Tomorrow: the future tense of simple verbs
Without the future you cannot buy a ticket or fix a meeting. Georgian has no separate 'will': the future is made by a prefix on the same verb. For example: “ხვალ ბათუმში წავალ” — Tomorrow I will go to Batumi. A rule from the Georgian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Without the future you cannot buy a ticket or fix a meeting. Georgian has no separate 'will': the future is made by a prefix on the same verb.
Most often that is და- (da), გა-, შე- or წა-. ვწერ (vtser) — I write → დავწერ (davtser) — I will write. The prefix goes right to the front and ვ- ('I') moves in behind it: not ვდაწერ but დავწერ.
Which prefix a verb gets cannot be worked out from the verb itself. A couple change wholesale: მივდივარ (I go) → წავალ (I will go), ვარ (I am) → ვიქნები (I will be).
So take ready forms rather than assembly: ვიქნები, წავალ, ვიყიდი (viqidi), დავწერ, მოვალ (moval). You are understood even without a prefix: ხვალ მივდივარ (khval mivdivar) is a normal sentence.
Table
| now | tomorrow | what changed |
|---|---|---|
| ვწერ — I write | დავწერ — I will write | the prefix და-, ვ moved inside |
| ვყიდულობ — I buy | ვიყიდი — I will buy | a different stem, no prefix |
| ვხედავ — I see | ვნახავ — I will see | the verb changes wholesale |
| ვარ — I am | ვიქნები — I will be | the most needed form of the topic |
| მივდივარ — I go | წავალ — I will go | also a different word entirely |
By example
- ხვალ ბათუმში წავალkhval batumshi tsavalTomorrow I will go to Batumi
- საღამოს სასტუმროში ვიქნებიsaghamos sastumroshi viknebiIn the evening I will be at the hotel
- ბილეთს ხვალ ვიყიდიbilets khval viqidiI will buy the ticket tomorrow
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
Tomorrow: how does it work in Georgian?
Without the future you cannot buy a ticket or fix a meeting. Georgian has no separate 'will': the future is made by a prefix on the same verb.
What does it look like in an example sentence Georgian?
“ხვალ ბათუმში წავალ” (khval batumshi tsaval) — Tomorrow I will go to Batumi. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.