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As a Georgian language teacher with over 20 years of experience, I have witnessed firsthand the benefits of learning Georgian grammar in a systematic and structured manner. In this lesson, we will focus on advancing your Georgian grammar by learning how to form and compare adjectives and adverbs in Georgian. | As a Georgian language teacher with over 20 years of experience, I have witnessed firsthand the benefits of learning Georgian grammar in a systematic and structured manner. In this lesson, we will focus on advancing your Georgian grammar by learning how to form and compare adjectives and adverbs in Georgian. | ||
<span link>With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/0-to-A1-Course|0 to A1 Course]] & [[Language/Georgian/Grammar/The-postposition-of-the-Adverbial|The postposition of the Adverbial]].</span> | |||
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As a Georgian language teacher with over 20 years of experience, I have witnessed firsthand the benefits of learning Georgian grammar in a systematic and structured manner. In this lesson, we will focus on advancing your Georgian grammar by learning how to form and compare adjectives and adverbs in Georgian.
With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: 0 to A1 Course & The postposition of the Adverbial.
Adjective Agreement
Before we can dive into forming and comparing adjectives and adverbs, it’s important to understand how adjectives agree with nouns in gender, number, and case in Georgian.
In Georgian, adjectives follow the noun and can take the suffixes -ი, -ე, and -ა depending on the noun's gender, number, and case. Adjectives that end in a vowel usually take the -ი suffix, while those that end in a consonant usually take the -ა suffix. Adjectives that end in -ური take the -ე suffix.
Here is an example table:
| Georgian | Pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| თბილისი | [t'bilisi] | Tbilisi |
| ქართული | [kart'uli] | Georgian |
| ფრინველი | [prinveli] | Apple tree |
| მარგალიტი | [margaliti] | Kitten |
Comparison
Comparative adjectives and adverbs are those that compare two or more things. In Georgian, the comparative degree of adjectives is formed by adding -მეტი (-meti) to the end of the adjective.
For example:
- მაგარი (magari) – good
- მაგარიანი (magariani) – better
- მაგარად (magarad) – the best
The superlative degree of adjectives in Georgian is formed by adding -ყველა (-qvela) to the end of the adjective.
For example:
- დიდი (didi) – big
- ყველაზე დიდი (qvelaze didi) – the biggest
In Georgian, comparative adverbs are formed by adding -მდე (-mde) to the end of the adverb, while superlative adverbs end with -ყველაზე (-qvelaze).
For example:
- გამართებაში (gamartebashi) – carefully
- გამართებაშის მაგალითად (gamartebashis magalitad) – more carefully
- ყველაზე კარგად (qvelaze kargad) – the best
It’s important to note that there are some irregular adverb comparatives and superlatives in Georgian, which must be memorized separately.
I hope you found this lesson informative and useful. Remember to practice your Georgian grammar regularly to cement your understanding of the language. Stay tuned for more lessons in the "Complete 0 to A1 Georgian Course".
Other Lessons
- The Genitive Case
- The postposition of the Instrumental
- How to Use Have
- Nouns with “many”, “much” and “a few”
- Toasting
- Simple Prepositions
- Transitive Verbs VS Intransitive Verbs
- Accusative Case
- Participles
- Participles of medial verbs
Sources
- Georgian grammar - Wikipedia
- Georgian Grammar, Introduction to Lexical Categories
- Georgian A Learner's Grammar