-ო (He Said)

He Said

Level 3Sounds Like o

-ო at the end of a quote shows that someone else said it.

How It Works

What Nino said	What you report
ხვალ მოვალ. (I'll come tomorrow.)	ხვალ მოვალო. (She says she'll come tomorrow.)
ბედნიერი ვარ. (I'm happy.)	ბედნიერი ვარო. (She says she's happy.)

The -ო joins the last word of the quote with no space or hyphen.

It also passes on what people say in general: ამბობენ, ეს რესტორანი კარგიაო (they say this restaurant is good).

For a longer, more formal report, use რომ and change the person instead: ნინომ თქვა, რომ ხვალ მოვა.

-ო is only for other people's words. For your own words, use -მეთქი, and for words the listener should pass on, -თქო.

ნინომ თქვა, ხვალ მოვალო.
Nino said she'll come tomorrow.
Nino's own words, with -ო.
გიორგიმ დამირეკა, ავად ვარო.
Giorgi called me and said he's sick.
No verb of saying is needed.
ექიმმა მითხრა, ბევრი წყალი დალიეო.
The doctor told me to drink a lot of water.
An order quoted with -ო.
ამბობენ, ზამთარი ცივი იქნებაო.
They say the winter will be cold.
What people say in general.
— ლუკა სად არის? — მაღაზიაში ვარო.
Where's Luka? — He says he's at the store.
Luka's words keep his I: ვარ.

Changing I to she inside a quote with -ო, as English does.
ნინომ თქვა, ხვალ მოვაო.
ნინომ თქვა, ხვალ მოვალო.
With -ო, repeat Nino's own words: მოვალ, I'll come.

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-ო (He Said)Level 3He Said

-ო marks words someone else said.

Patterns that build on this one.

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