ნუ

Don't

Level 2Sounds Like nu

Use ნუ before a present or future verb to tell someone not to do something.

How It Works

Georgian has several words for not. ნუ (nu) is the one for asking someone not to do something.

WordJobExample
არa statementარ ღელავ. (You aren't worried.)
ვერcannotვერ მოვალ. (I can't come.)
ნუdon't, a requestნუ ღელავ! (Don't worry!)

ნუ goes with the present when you mean stop doing it or do not keep doing it: ნუ ტირი (don't cry). It goes with the future for a single action: ნუ წახვალ (don't go).

To be polite or to talk to several people, use the plural form of the verb: ნუ ღელავთ, ქალბატონო ნინო.

ნუ ღელავ is one of the most useful phrases in Georgian. You will hear it whenever someone wants to calm you down.

Examples (5)

  1. ნუ ღელავ!

    Don't worry!

    ნუ with the present.

  2. ჯერ ნუ წახვალ!

    Don't go yet!

    ნუ with the future.

  3. ნუ ტირი, ყველაფერი კარგად იქნება.

    Don't cry, everything will be fine.

    ნუ ტირი: don't cry.

  4. ქალბატონო ნინო, ნუ ღელავთ.

    Ms. Nino, don't worry.

    Polite: the plural ღელავთ.

  5. ნუ ჩქარობ!

    Don't rush!

    ნუ with the present.

Common Mistakes

  • Using არ for a request.

    არ ღელავ!
    ნუ ღელავ!

    არ ღელავ states that you are not worried; to ask, say ნუ.

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ნუLevel 2Don't

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Don't uses ნუ with a present or future.

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