ასე/ისე

Like This and Like That

Level 2Sounds Like ase/ise

ასე means like this or so, and ისე means like that.

How It Works

These two words answer როგორ? (how?). They work like the pointing words ეს and ის:

Pointing wordWay
ეს (this)ასე (like this, so)
ის (that)ისე (like that)

Use ასე when you show how something is done right now: ხაჭაპურს ასე ვაკეთებ (I make khachapuri like this). Use ისე for a way that is not the one you are showing: ისე არა, ასე! (Not like that, like this!)

ასე also means so in short answers:

  • ასე ვფიქრობ. (I think so.)
  • ეს ასე არ არის. (That's not so.)

Before an adverb it means so: რატომ ლაპარაკობ ასე ჩქარა? (Why are you talking so fast?)

For such before a noun, Georgian uses another pair, ასეთი and ისეთი. You will learn those later.

Examples (4)

  1. ხაჭაპურს ასე ვაკეთებ.

    I make khachapuri like this.

    ასე: like this.

  2. ეს ასე არ არის.

    That's not so.

    ასე: so.

  3. ისე არა, ასე!

    Not like that, like this!

    ისე is the other way; ასე is the way you show.

  4. რატომ ლაპარაკობ ასე ჩქარა?

    Why are you talking so fast?

    ასე before an adverb: so fast.

Common Mistakes

  • Using ასეთი for a way of doing something.

    ხაჭაპურს ასეთი ვაკეთებ.
    ხაჭაპურს ასე ვაკეთებ.

    ასეთი describes a noun; with a verb, say ასე.

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