Endings for In, On and From

Foundations

The words for in, on, at, for and from are endings added to the noun.

How It Works

Ending	Meaning	Built on	Example
-ში	in, into	the dative, without its -ს	სახლში (in the house)
-ზე	on, about	the dative, without its -ს	მაგიდაზე (on the table)
-თან	at, near, at someone's place	the dative (-ს stays after a vowel)	დედასთან (at mom's)
-თვის	for	the genitive	დედისთვის (for mom)
-დან	from	the instrumental, without its -თ	თბილისიდან (from Tbilisi)

Because the ending does the work, one Georgian word often matches a whole English phrase: ქალაქში is in the city.

Some other place words are separate words that follow the genitive, such as წინ (in front of) and შემდეგ (after): სახლის წინ (in front of the house). You will learn them at Level 2.

Examples (5)

ნინო სახლში არის.
Nino is at home.
-ში on სახლი: in the house, at home.
წიგნი მაგიდაზე არის.
The book is on the table.
-ზე on მაგიდა: on the table.
თბილისიდან ვარ.
I'm from Tbilisi.
-დან on თბილისი: from Tbilisi.
გიორგი დედასთან არის.
Giorgi is at his mom's.
-თან: at someone's place.
ეს საჩუქარი დედისთვის არის.
This present is for mom.
-თვის on the genitive დედის: for mom.

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Endings for In, On and FromFoundations

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Postpositions are endings added to the case forms, so the cases come first.

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Know that nouns change their endings, because in, on and from are more endings added to them.
Foundations

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