zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 49 of 758 09 February 2012 at 9:18pm | IP Logged |
გყავს is "you have." მყავს is I have. :)
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 50 of 758 09 February 2012 at 9:38pm | IP Logged |
Hmm yeah. the მ- only appears at first person SINGULAR, and not plural. I should bear this in mind. Tricky...
I can still say მე მანქანა არა მყავს, მაგრამ ბინა მაქვს...(or should I use კი instead of მაგრამ?)
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TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5462 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian
| Message 51 of 758 09 February 2012 at 10:54pm | IP Logged |
I would say that both მანქანა არა მყავს, მაგრამ ბინა მაქვს (you can drop მე) and მანქანა
არა მყავს, ბინა კი მაქვს are fine.
By the way, 4th conjugation verbs are the section where Kiziria really leaves out a lot.
With her book you can say "You love Georgia", for example, which would be საქართველო
გიყვარს, but she doesn't teach you how to say "You love me", which is გიყვარვარ, and
even more importantly "I love you", which is მიყვარხარ (and which of course you're going
to need some day when you fall in love with a Georgian!)
Edited by TixhiiDon on 09 February 2012 at 11:01pm
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 52 of 758 09 February 2012 at 11:36pm | IP Logged |
I noticed that too, TixhiiDon! I thought it was very strange that she didn't teach how to say "I love you." Maybe
she didn't want to get into the suffixes. However, I learned miyvarxar in about two seconds reading some
teenagers' Facebook pages.. It's like that's all they know how to say...
Ok sorry to get off topic here. :)
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Expugnator Hexaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5164 days ago 3335 posts - 4349 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Norwegian, French, English, Italian, Papiamento Studies: Mandarin, Georgian, Russian
| Message 53 of 758 10 February 2012 at 12:41am | IP Logged |
It's still on topic as it is about Georgian =D
Let not my girlfriend read that I'd fall in love with a Georgian =D
I know that a lot is coming about 4th conjugation as well as the object infixes, but that is something I don't fear that much. I can simply make analogies to what happens in Romance languages, where we do insert object pronouns within a verb...Have you heard about Portuguese mesóclise?!
Can't wait to get serious on this subject on Aronson and Tschenkeli though...seems promising! I think next week I'll be done with Kiziria.
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TixhiiDon Tetraglot Senior Member Japan Joined 5462 days ago 772 posts - 1474 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese, German, Russian Studies: Georgian
| Message 54 of 758 10 February 2012 at 1:43am | IP Logged |
zecchino1991 wrote:
However, I learned miyvarxar in about two seconds reading some
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Haha, yeah, I noticed that too. Georgian teenagers and 20-somethings seem to be really
sloppy! It's all მიყვარხააარ! and რა ლამაზი ხარ and კეთილი. You'd never get away
with it in England, or Japan for that matter...
Edited by TixhiiDon on 10 February 2012 at 1:44am
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zecchino1991 Senior Member United States facebook.com/amyybur Joined 5256 days ago 778 posts - 885 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew, Russian, Arabic (Written), Romanian, Icelandic, Georgian
| Message 55 of 758 10 February 2012 at 2:00am | IP Logged |
Yeah, except it's miyvarxaaaarr, and ra lamazii xaaaar. Seems like only these people's parents actually write
in Georgian letters haha. Oh, and don't forget "momenatree"!
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Murdoc Triglot Senior Member Georgia Joined 5252 days ago 113 posts - 208 votes Speaks: Georgian*, English, Russian
| Message 56 of 758 10 February 2012 at 7:28pm | IP Logged |
Expugnator,
დალაგება means to "tidy up", "clean up", like putting things in order.
გაწმენდა means to "clean", "brush", basically removing stains, etc.
Do you know "სა–ო" preffix-suffix combination? It basically means "for",
e.g. "სა–ქართველ–ო" - literally translates as "for Georgians"
სა–სადილ–ო" – "for dinner" meaning "dinning room"
You can form not only nouns but adjectives as well in the same way.
so "სა–ბავშვ–ო" is an adjective meaning "for children".
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LOL about Facebook stuff :D
Edited by Murdoc on 10 February 2012 at 8:05pm
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