ეტყობა

It Seems

Level 5Sounds Like etʼqʼoba

ეტყობა means it seems or evidently: ეტყობა, ნინო სახლში არ არის (it seems Nino isn't home).

How It Works

ეტყობა (et'q'oba) says that you can tell something from what you see.

As a sentence opener, followed by a comma, it means it seems or evidently:

  • ეტყობა, ნინო სახლში არ არის. (It seems Nino isn't home.)
  • ეტყობა, ღამით წვიმდა. (Evidently it rained in the night.)

As a verb, it means it shows on someone. The person is marked like the one who feels in მიყვარს:

FormMeaning
მეტყობაit shows on me
გეტყობაit shows on you
ეტყობაit shows on him or her

What shows comes in a რომ clause: გეტყობა, რომ დაღლილი ხარ (I can tell you're tired). For he or she, add the person in the dative: ბავშვს ეტყობა, რომ ძალიან უხარია (you can see the child is very happy).

Compare მგონი (I think), which gives your opinion, and მეჩვენება (it seems to me), which gives your impression.

Examples (4)

  1. ეტყობა, ნინო სახლში არ არის.

    It seems Nino isn't home.

    A guess from what you see.

  2. გეტყობა, რომ დაღლილი ხარ.

    I can tell you're tired.

    გეტყობა: it shows on you.

  3. ეტყობა, ღამით წვიმდა: ქუჩები სველია.

    It must have rained in the night: the streets are wet.

    The wet streets are the sign.

  4. ბავშვს ეტყობა, რომ ძალიან უხარია.

    You can see the child is very happy.

    ბავშვს: the person, in the dative.

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ეტყობაLevel 5It Seems

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ეტყობა is another it seems.

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