მინდა + Optative
Want to Do
After მინდა, the second verb is in the optative: მინდა წავიდე (I want to go).
How It Works
| Who wants | Who acts | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| I | I | მინდა დავისვენო. (I want to rest.) |
| I | you | მინდა, რომ დაისვენო. (I want you to rest.) |
| you | we | გინდა, ერთად ვისადილოთ? (Do you want us to have lunch together?) |
English says want to, but Georgian has no to-form. The second verb has its own person, so it is always clear who will act.
A რომ between the two parts is optional. It is common when the people differ.
Watch he and she: want and must are both უნდა, and the case of the person tells them apart. When the second verb is a going verb or a doing verb, a person in the dative means wants: ნინოს უნდა წავიდეს (Nino wants to go). For must, the person takes the case the second verb needs: ნინო უნდა წავიდეს (Nino has to go), ნინომ უნდა დარეკოს (Nino has to call).
The optative verb takes its object in the nominative: მინდა ხინკალი შევჭამო (I want to eat khinkali).
Examples (5)
- მინდა ბათუმში წავიდე.
I want to go to Batumi.
Both verbs are about me.
- გინდა ფილმი ვნახოთ?
Do you want to watch a film together?
ვნახოთ: we watch it.
- მინდა, რომ ჩემთან ერთად წამოხვიდე.
I want you to come with me.
You act, so the optative is the you-form.
- რა გინდა, გაგიკეთო?
What do you want me to make for you?
I act, for you.
- ხვალ გინდა ჩვენთან მოხვიდე?
Do you want to come over to our place tomorrow?
You want, and you act.
Common Mistakes
Using the future after მინდა.
მინდა წავალ.მინდა წავიდე.After მინდა, use the optative, not the future.
How It Connects
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Want to do uses მინდა with the optative.
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