Lingoflyძალიან, მეტისმეტად, ალბათ: how strongly, and how sure you are
Two different questions are handled by similar little words, and that is why they get mixed up. One: how strongly — very, too, fairly. The other: how sure you are — probably, it seems, of course. For example: “ეს (es) წიგნი (tsigni) ძალიან (dzalian) საინტერესოა” (sainteresoa) — This book is very interesting. A rule from the Georgian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Two different questions are handled by similar little words, and that is why they get mixed up. One: how strongly — very, too, fairly. The other: how sure you are — probably, it seems, of course.
Degree stands before the word and never changes. ძალიან (dzalian) — very, plain reinforcement. მეტისმეტად (metismetad) — too, excessively, and that is already bad: მეტისმეტად (metismetad) ძვირია (dzviria) (metismetad dzviria) — dearer than you are willing to pay. საკმაოდ (sakmaod) — fairly, ცოტა (tsota) — a little.
The steady mistake here: 'very expensive' is ძალიან (dzalian) ძვირი (dzviri) (dzalian dzviri), not მეტისმეტად (metismetad).
How sure you are covers the whole sentence and stands first, cut off by a comma. ალბათ (albat) — probably, მგონი (mgoni) — it seems to me, რა თქმა უნდა (ra tkma unda) — of course.
Table
| Word | Meaning | Where it stands | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| ძალიან (dzalian) | very | before the word | ძალიან (dzalian) ლამაზი (lamazi) |
| მეტისმეტად (metismetad) | too, excessively | before the word | მეტისმეტად (metismetad) ცხელი (tskheli) |
| საკმაოდ (sakmaod) | quite, fairly | before the word | საკმაოდ (sakmaod) ახლოს (akhlos) |
| ცოტა (tsota) | a little | before the word | ცოტა (tsota) დაღლილი (daghlili) |
| უფრო (upro) | more, -er | before the word | უფრო იაფი (upro iapi) |
| ალბათ (albat) | probably | at the front | ალბათ (albat), ხვალ (khval) |
| რა თქმა უნდა (ra tkma unda) | of course | at the front | რა თქმა უნდა (ra tkma unda), მოვალ (moval) |
| მგონი | I guess, it seems to me | at the front | მგონი, დაიკარგა |
By example
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 strongly, and how sure you are: how does it work in Georgian?
Two different questions are handled by similar little words, and that is why they get mixed up. One: how strongly — very, too, fairly. The other: how sure you are — probably, it seems, of course.
What does it look like in a Georgian example sentence?
“ეს (es) წიგნი (tsigni) ძალიან (dzalian) საინტერესოა” (sainteresoa) (es tsigni dzalian sainteresoa) — This book is very interesting. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.