ღირს + Verbal Noun

Worth Doing

Level 4Sounds Like ghirs

ღირს with a verbal noun means worth doing: ამ ფილმის ნახვა ღირს (this film is worth seeing).

How It Works

You know ღირს (ghirs) from prices: რა ღირს? (How much is it?) With a verbal noun, it means is worth doing:

  • ყაზბეგში წასვლა ღირს? (Is it worth going to Kazbegi?)
  • ამაზე ნერვიულობა არ ღირს. (It's not worth worrying about this.)

The verbal noun is the subject, in the nominative: წასვლა, ნახვა, ნერვიულობა. If the action has an object, that object goes in the genitive in front of the verbal noun:

VerbWorth doing
ფილმს ვნახავ (I'll see the film)ამ ფილმის ნახვა ღირს
წიგნს წავიკითხავ (I'll read the book)ამ წიგნის წაკითხვა ღირს

ღირს stays in the he-or-she form, because the action is its subject.

As a short answer, ღირს! means it's worth it, and არ ღირს means it isn't.

Examples (5)

  1. ამ ფილმის ნახვა ნამდვილად ღირს.

    This film is really worth seeing.

    ფილმის: the object in the genitive.

  2. ყაზბეგში წასვლა ღირს?

    Is it worth going to Kazbegi?

    ღირს? asks whether it's worth it.

  3. ამაზე ნერვიულობა არ ღირს.

    It's not worth worrying about this.

    არ ღირს: it isn't worth it.

  4. ზამთარში ზღვაზე წასვლა არ ღირს.

    It's not worth going to the sea in winter.

    წასვლა is the subject.

  5. ამ წიგნის წაკითხვა ღირს.

    This book is worth reading.

    ეს becomes ამ before the genitive.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving the object in the nominative.

    ეს ფილმი ნახვა ღირს.
    ამ ფილმის ნახვა ღირს.

    The object of the verbal noun goes in the genitive, so ეს ფილმი becomes ამ ფილმის.

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ღირს + Verbal NounLevel 4Worth Doing

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Worth doing uses ღირს with a verbal noun.

Words in This Pattern

ღირს