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ruskivyetr
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Message 17 of 21

19 April 2010 at 4:47am | IP Logged

goosefrabbas wrote:

TixhiiDon wrote:

Ah, if only it were that simple ruskivyetr!

Georgian verbs agree not only with the subject, but also the direct object AND the
indirect object, so the verb "send" is conjugated differently in "I send it", "I send
you", and "I send it to him".

Moreover, there are four verb types having different conjugations in all skreeves, with
numerous irregular verbs in each, and the subject and object take various cases
depending on the verb type and the skreeve so that you often end up with the bizarre
situation where the subject is in the dative and the object in the nominative case,
with the verb agreeing with both, of course.

You have a whole different dimension of grammatical difficulty awaiting you!

Well, that's just depressing...

It's not that depressing :). Georgian's really fun.
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ruskivyetr
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Message 18 of 21

19 April 2010 at 5:50am | IP Logged

Ok so I have done about twenty minutes of Georgian. I just did a few more sentences in the dialog. The Georgian
script takes a lot out on my hand, and I DON'T want to develop carpal tunnel O_O.

Anyways, I think I'm going to use the last ten minutes of Georgian time to read up on verbs and how the transitive
verbs incorporate the inclusion of agreement with the direct object, as the grammar reference in my Beginner's
Georgian book is too simple and too lacking to really gain an understanding.

This is fun :).
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Message 19 of 21

19 April 2010 at 1:46pm | IP Logged

ძალიან კარგი
:)

წარმატებას გისურვებ ქართულის სწავლაში
რა ეტაპზე ხარ?
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ruskivyetr
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Message 20 of 21

02 May 2010 at 6:40am | IP Logged

Thanks for that post Gardenia. If only I could understand it :P. I will translate it later though when I have my book
available.

Anyways, I haven't done anything with Georgian in a while. I really want to get far in my book, so I've decided to
take tomorrow to do Georgian. I am STILL on lesson one (I haven't worked on it for a good few weeks). After my
Russian tomorrow I will do my Georgian, and hopefully I will get a lot done.
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Message 21 of 21

02 May 2010 at 5:53pm | IP Logged

Goal for today: Get the first lesson done.
Steps:
1. Disect the dialog. Write it out and translate it using the vocabulary lists.
2. Take another look at the vocabulary and just read through it.
3. Look at the grammatical notes, apply them using drills.
4. Do the exercises in the book.
5. Look back at everything and just absorb :).

Will post back when I'm done.
I'm act gonna get this done though :).

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