მიყვარდა/მინდოდა/მქონდა

Loved, Wanted and Had

Level 3Sounds Like miqʼvarda/mindoda/mkonda

Love, want and have make their past with -დ-: მიყვარდა (I loved), მინდოდა (I wanted), მქონდა (I had).

How It Works

These feeling and having verbs make their past with -და:

PresentPastMeaning
მიყვარსმიყვარდაI loved
მინდამინდოდაI wanted
მაქვსმქონდაI had (a thing)
მყავსმყავდაI had (a person or animal)
მშიამშიოდაI was hungry

The marker for the person stays the same: მ- for I, გ- for you. For he or she: უყვარდა, უნდოდა, ჰქონდა, ჰყავდა.

The cases stay the same as in the present. The person who feels or has is in the dative, and the thing is in the nominative: ნინოს ძაღლი ჰყავდა (Nino had a dog). Never use -მა here, even though it is the past.

These past forms describe a state that lasted: ბავშვობაში ძაღლი მყავდა (I had a dog as a child).

Examples (5)

  1. ბავშვობაში ძაღლი მყავდა.

    I had a dog when I was a child.

    მყავდა for an animal.

  2. ძალიან მშიოდა.

    I was very hungry.

    მშიოდა, the past of მშია.

  3. ნინოს ადრე ყავა არ უყვარდა.

    Nino didn't like coffee before.

    ნინოს in the dative, უყვარდა for she.

  4. გუშინ დრო არ მქონდა.

    I didn't have time yesterday.

    მქონდა for a thing.

  5. სად გინდოდა წასვლა?

    Where did you want to go?

    გინდოდა, you wanted.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting -მა on the person in the past.

    ნინომ ძაღლი ჰყავდა.
    ნინოს ძაღლი ჰყავდა.

    Feeling and having verbs keep the person in the dative, even in the past.

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მიყვარდა/მინდოდა/მქონდაLevel 3Loved, Wanted and Had

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