საერთოდ

At All, In General

Level 4Sounds Like saertod

საერთოდ means at all with a negative and in general in other sentences.

How It Works

საერთოდ (saertod) changes its English meaning with the sentence around it.

WhereMeaningExample
with არ or არაფერიat allსაერთოდ არ მიყვარს ყავა.
at the start, with a commain generalსაერთოდ, ადრე ვიღვიძებ.
in a questionat allსაერთოდ ჭამ ხორცს?

With a negative, საერთოდ usually stands right before არ or before the no-word: ამ ფილმზე საერთოდ არაფერი ვიცი (I don't know anything at all about this film).

In the question საერთოდ ჭამ ხორცს? (Do you eat meat at all?), the speaker really does not know the answer.

When it means in general, it starts a statement about what is usually true, and a comma follows it.

Examples (5)

  1. ამ ფილმზე საერთოდ არაფერი ვიცი.

    I don't know anything at all about this film.

    With არაფერი: at all.

  2. საერთოდ არ მიყვარს ყავა.

    I don't like coffee at all.

    Right before არ.

  3. საერთოდ, ზამთარში აქ ხშირად თოვს.

    In general, it often snows here in winter.

    At the start, with a comma: in general.

  4. საერთოდ ჭამ ხორცს?

    Do you eat meat at all?

    In a question: at all.

  5. საერთოდ, ადრე ვიღვიძებ.

    In general, I wake up early.

    What is usually true.

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საერთოდLevel 4At All, In General

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საერთოდ means at all or in general.

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