შემეძლო/შევძლებ

Could and Will Be Able

Level 3Sounds Like shemedzlo/shevdzleb

შემეძლო means I could, and შევძლებ means I will be able to.

How It Works

შემიძლია (I can) has a past and a future that are built differently:

PersonCanCouldWill be able
Iშემიძლიაშემეძლოშევძლებ
youშეგიძლიაშეგეძლოშეძლებ
he, sheშეუძლიაშეეძლოშეძლებს
weშეგვიძლიაშეგვეძლოშევძლებთ

The past შემეძლო (shemedzlo) works like a feeling verb, with მ- for I and the person in the dative: ნინოს შეეძლო (Nino could). The action is a verbal noun in the nominative: ბავშვობაში ცურვა არ შემეძლო (I couldn't swim as a child).

The future შევძლებ (shevdzleb) is an ordinary doing verb, with ვ- for I. The action is a verbal noun with -ს, because it is the object of a future verb: ვერ შევძლებ მოსვლას (I won't be able to come).

Examples (5)

  1. ვერ შევძლებ მოსვლას.

    I won't be able to come.

    შევძლებ with the verbal noun მოსვლას.

  2. ბავშვობაში ცურვა არ შემეძლო.

    I couldn't swim as a child.

    შემეძლო, I could.

  3. ხვალ მოსვლას შეძლებ?

    Will you be able to come tomorrow?

    შეძლებ, you will be able.

  4. ნინოს არ შეეძლო ამ ამბის დაჯერება.

    Nino couldn't believe this news.

    ნინოს in the dative with შეეძლო.

  5. ჩვენ ამას ერთად შევძლებთ!

    We'll manage this together!

    შევძლებთ, we will be able.

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შემეძლო/შევძლებLevel 3Could and Will Be Able

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Could and will be able are the other tenses of I can.

Words in This Pattern

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