მცივა/მცხელა

I'm Cold and I'm Hot

Level 2Sounds Like mtsiva/mtskhela

მცივა means I am cold and მცხელა means I am hot; მ-, გ- or ს- shows the person.

How It Works

PersonColdHot
Iმცივამცხელა
youგცივაგცხელა
he, sheსცივასცხელა
weგვცივაგვცხელა
you all, polite youგცივათგცხელათ

English says I am cold, with I as the subject. Georgian treats the feeling like hunger: something happens to you. So the person is in the dative, just like მშია (I am hungry).

Without a person, the same words describe the weather: ცივა (it's cold), ცხელა (it's hot). For a person, standard Georgian puts მ-, გ- or ს- in front: ბავშვს სცივა.

Do not use the adjective ცივი here. ცივი ვარ means I am cold to touch, or unfriendly.

Examples (5)

  1. მცივა.

    I'm cold.

    მ- shows that I feel it.

  2. გცივა?

    Are you cold?

    გ- for you.

  3. ბავშვს სცივა.

    The child is cold.

    The person in the dative, and ს- on the verb.

  4. დღეს ძალიან მცხელა.

    I'm very hot today.

    მცხელა: I am hot.

  5. ფანჯარას გავაღებ, ძალიან გვცხელა.

    I'll open the window, we're very hot.

    გვ- for us.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the adjective ცივი with ვარ.

    ცივი ვარ.
    მცივა.

    ცივი ვარ means I am cold to touch or unfriendly; to say you feel cold, use მცივა.

  • Putting the person who feels cold in the nominative.

    ბავშვი სცივა.
    ბავშვს სცივა.

    The person who feels cold is in the dative: ბავშვს.

How It Connects

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მცივა/მცხელაLevel 2I'm Cold and I'm Hot

Learn This First

Cold and hot mark the person the way მშია does.

Words in This Pattern

ცივაცხელა