ნეტავ

I Wonder

Level 4Sounds Like netʼav

ნეტავ means I wonder in a question and I hope or if only in a wish.

How It Works

ნეტავ (net'av, also ნეტა) has two jobs.

I wonder. Put it before a question to think aloud:

I hope, if only. With the optative, it makes a wish about something that may still happen:

A short, friendly ნეტავ შენ! means Lucky you!

A wish about the past, such as if only I had known, uses ნეტავ with the pluperfect. That comes at Level 6.

ნეტავ სად არის ჩემი გასაღები?
I wonder where my key is.
Thinking aloud with a question word.
ნეტავ რას აკეთებს ახლა ნინო?
I wonder what Nino is doing now.
The question word stays before the verb.
ნეტავ ხვალ არ იწვიმოს.
I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.
A wish with the optative იწვიმოს.
ნეტავ მალე დადგეს ზაფხული!
If only summer would come soon!
დადგეს is the optative.
ზღვაზე მიდიხარ? ნეტავ შენ!
You're going to the sea? Lucky you!
A fixed, friendly phrase.

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ნეტავLevel 4I Wonder

ნეტავ wonders or wishes with the optative.

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