No gender, no articles
What torments you in other European languages is simply absent from Georgian: For example: “ის ჩემი მეგობარია” — He (or she) is my friend. A rule from the Georgian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
What torments you in other European languages is simply absent from Georgian:
- there is no gender — ის (is) is he, she and it at once. You cannot tell from one sentence who is being talked about;
- there are no articles — 'a house' and 'the house' are written the same way;
- one plural — the ending -ები works almost everywhere: სახლი (sakhli) → სახლები (sakhlebi).
In exchange Georgian takes its due on the verb: person, number and the addressee of the action all live there. The trade is honest — nouns are quick to learn.
By example
- ის ჩემი მეგობარიაis chemi megobariaHe (or she) is my friend
- სახლი — სახლებიsakhli — sakhlebihouse — houses
- ერთი ყავა, თუ შეიძლებაerti qava, tu sheidzlebaOne coffee, please
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
Does Georgian have gender?
What torments you in other European languages is simply absent from Georgian:
Why he and she are one word in Georgian?
- there is no gender — ის is he, she and it at once. You cannot tell from one sentence who is being talked about; - there are no articles — 'a house' and 'the house' are written the same way; - one plural — the ending -ები works almost everywhere: სახლი → სახლები.
Does Georgian have articles?
In exchange Georgian takes its due on the verb: person, number and the addressee of the action all live there. The trade is honest — nouns are quick to learn.
How Georgian makes a plural with ები?
In exchange Georgian takes its due on the verb: person, number and the addressee of the action all live there. The trade is honest — nouns are quick to learn.
What does it look like in an example sentence Georgian?
“ის ჩემი მეგობარია” (is chemi megobaria) — He (or she) is my friend. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.