რომელიც: attaching a whole sentence to a noun
A description can be one word in front of the noun: ახალი ბინა. But 'the flat we looked at yesterday' is a description a sentence long, and it hangs on რომელიც. For example: “ბინა, რომელიც გუშინ ვნახეთ, ძვირია” — The flat we looked at yesterday is expensive. A rule from the Georgian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
A description can be one word in front of the noun: ახალი ბინა (akhali bina). But 'the flat we looked at yesterday' is a description a sentence long, and it hangs on რომელიც (romelits).
The build is transparent: the question word რომელი (which) plus the particle -ც (-ts), which turns a question into a link. The clause goes after its noun, with commas on both sides: ბინა (bina), რომელიც გუშინ ვნახეთ (romelits gushin vnakhet), ძვირია (dzviria).
The hard part: რომელიც changes by its own role inside the clause, not by the role of the noun outside. In 'the doctor who treated me' the doctor is the one acting, so the form is რომელმაც (romelmats). In 'the child I teach' it is the object, so რომელსაც (romelsats).
The order matters: -ც comes last, after all the endings — რომელშიც, რომელზეც (romelzets). Not 'რომელიცში'.
Table
| Role in the clause | Form | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| subject | რომელიც | კაცი, რომელიც მუშაობს | the man who works |
| subject of a transitive verb | რომელმაც | ექიმი, რომელმაც დამიწერა | the doctor who wrote me a prescription |
| object | რომელსაც | ბავშვი, რომელსაც ვასწავლი | the child I teach |
| possession | რომლის | ბინა, რომლის ქირაც ძვირია | the flat whose rent is high |
| 'in which' | რომელშიც | ოთახი, რომელშიც ვცხოვრობ | the room I live in |
| 'for which' | რომელზეც | ვაკანსია, რომელზეც განაცხადი გავგზავნე | the vacancy I applied for |
| colloquial substitute | რომ | ის კაცი რომ მუშაობს | that man who works |
By example
- ბინა, რომელიც გუშინ ვნახეთ, ძვირიაbina, romelits gushin vnakhet, dzviriaThe flat we looked at yesterday is expensive
- ექიმი, რომელმაც მიმკურნალა, ძალიან კარგიაekimi, romelmats mimkurnala, dzalian kargiaThe doctor who treated me is very good
- ეს ის ვაკანსიაა, რომელზეც განაცხადი გავგზავნეes is vakansiaa, romelzets ganatskhadi gavgzavneThis is the very vacancy I sent an application for
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
attaching a whole sentence to a noun: how does it work in Georgian?
A description can be one word in front of the noun: ახალი ბინა. But 'the flat we looked at yesterday' is a description a sentence long, and it hangs on რომელიც.
What does it look like in an example sentence Georgian?
“ბინა, რომელიც გუშინ ვნახეთ, ძვირია” (bina, romelits gushin vnakhet, dzviria) — The flat we looked at yesterday is expensive. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.