მო- (Toward Here)

Toward Here

Level 3Sounds Like mo

Adding მო- after another preverb points the motion toward the speaker.

How It Works

A direction preverb on its own means away from the speaker. Add მო- after it to mean toward the speaker:

Away	Toward here	Meaning
შევიდა	შემოვიდა	went in, came in
გავიდა	გამოვიდა	went out, came out
ავიდა	ამოვიდა	went up, came up
ჩავიდა	ჩამოვიდა	went down, came down
გადავიდა	გადმოვიდა	went over, came over

Note the short form: გადა- and მო- join as გადმო-.

The commands follow the same pattern: შემოდი! (come in!), გამოდი! (come out!), ჩამოდი! (come down!), and with -თ for several people or to be polite: შემოდით!

ჩამოვიდა (chamovida) is also the usual word for arriving where the speaker is, such as a guest coming to your town: ბებია სოფლიდან ჩამოვიდა (grandma came in from the village).

Examples (5)

გთხოვთ, შემოდით!
Please come in!
შემო-, in toward the speaker.
ნინო ოთახიდან გამოვიდა.
Nino came out of the room.
გამო-, out toward the speaker.
ბებია სოფლიდან ჩამოვიდა.
Grandma came in from the village.
ჩამო-, arriving here.
ამოდი, ჩაი მზადაა!
Come up, the tea's ready!
ამოდი, the command come up.
კატა ხიდან ჩამოვიდა.
The cat came down from the tree.
ჩამო-, down toward the speaker.

Common Mistakes

Writing გადა- and მო- in full.
ნინო ჩვენთან გადამოვიდა.
ნინო ჩვენთან გადმოვიდა.
გადა- and მო- join as გადმო-.

How It Connects

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მო- (Toward Here)Level 3Toward Here

Learn This First

მო- after another preverb points toward here.

Up, Down, In and Out
Know the direction preverbs, because მო- adds toward here to them: შემოვიდა.
Level 3

Words in This Pattern

მო-შემო-გამო-ამო-ჩამო-გადმო-

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