რას/ვის

What and Who in Other Cases

Level 1Sounds Like ras/vis

რა and ვინ change case: რას means what and ვის means whom or to whom.

How It Works

QuestionAnswer
რას აკეთებ? (What are you doing?)წიგნს ვკითხულობ.
რას სვამ? (What are you drinking?)ყავას ვსვამ.
ვის ხედავ? (Who do you see?)ნინოს ვხედავ.
რა გინდა? (What do you want?)ყავა მინდა.

Compare the answers: წიგნს and ნინოს end in -ს, the dative, so the question words რას and ვის end in -ს too.

ვის also asks about the person who feels, with verbs like უყვარს (loves): ვის უყვარს ხაჭაპური? (Who loves khachapuri?) The person who feels is in the dative.

In the past tense of doing verbs, რა becomes რამ, while ვინ stays ვინ. You will learn this with the ergative at Level 3.

Examples (5)

  1. რას აკეთებ?

    What are you doing?

    რას is the object of აკეთებ.

  2. ვის ხედავ?

    Who do you see?

    ვის is the person you see.

  3. რას სვამ?

    What are you drinking?

    The answer will be in the dative too: ყავას.

  4. რას კითხულობ?

    What are you reading?

    რას with a doing verb.

  5. ვის უყვარს ხაჭაპური?

    Who loves khachapuri?

    ვის is the person who feels.

Common Mistakes

  • Using რა with a present-tense doing verb.

    რა აკეთებ?
    რას აკეთებ?

    The object of a present-tense doing verb is dative, so use რას.

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რას/ვისLevel 1What and Who in Other Cases

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Question words change case like nouns.

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