Leaving Out Pronouns

Level 1

The verb already shows who does the action, so subject pronouns are often left out.

How It Works

With the pronounWithoutMeaning
მე თბილისში ვცხოვრობ.თბილისში ვცხოვრობ.I live in Tbilisi.
შენ სად მიდიხარ?სად მიდიხარ?Where are you going?
ჩვენ ქართულს ვსწავლობთ.ქართულს ვსწავლობთ.We're learning Georgian.

The version without the pronoun is the everyday one. The pronoun adds weight, the way English speakers stress I or you.

Keep the pronoun when you switch from one person to another: მე ექიმი ვარ, ის მასწავლებელი არის (I'm a doctor, and he's a teacher).

The same goes for feeling verbs such as მინდა (I want): ყავა მინდა means I want coffee, with no მე.

Examples (5)

  1. თბილისში ვცხოვრობ.

    I live in Tbilisi.

    ვ- in ვცხოვრობ already means I.

  2. სად მიდიხარ?

    Where are you going?

    The form მიდიხარ shows you.

  3. ყავას სვამს.

    He's drinking coffee. / She's drinking coffee.

    The -ს at the end shows he or she.

  4. ქართულს ვსწავლობთ.

    We're learning Georgian.

    ვ- with -თ means we.

  5. მე ყავას ვსვამ, შენ ჩაის სვამ.

    I'm drinking coffee, and you're drinking tea.

    The pronouns stay to compare two people.

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Leaving Out PronounsLevel 1

Learn This First

You can drop a pronoun once you know the pronouns and that the verb shows the person.