თავი (Oneself)
Oneself
თავი means head, and it also means oneself: myself, yourself, himself.
How It Works
| Phrase | Meaning |
|---|---|
| თავს კარგად ვგრძნობ. | I feel well. |
| თავს გაუფრთხილდი! | Take care of yourself! |
| სარკეში საკუთარ თავს ვხედავ. | I see myself in the mirror. |
| ნინომ თავი გაგვაცნო. | Nino introduced herself to us. |
| თავი დამანებე! | Leave me alone! |
The case of თავი (tavi) follows the verb, like any noun. ვგრძნობ (I feel) is in the present, so თავს is dative. გაგვაცნო (introduced to us) is in the past group, so თავი is nominative. გაუფრთხილდი (take care of) keeps its other person in the dative in every tense, so it says თავს.
Many fixed phrases use თავი without a possessive, because the verb already shows whose it is: თავს კარგად ვგრძნობ can only be about me.
Keep it apart from თავისი (his own, her own) and თვითონ (in person): თვითონ გააკეთა (he did it himself).
Examples (5)
- დღეს თავს ცუდად ვგრძნობ.
I don't feel well today.
თავს is dative with a present-tense verb.
- თავს გაუფრთხილდი!
Take care of yourself!
A common goodbye.
- სარკეში საკუთარ თავს ვხედავ.
I see myself in the mirror.
საკუთარ თავს: my own self.
- ნინომ თავი გაგვაცნო.
Nino introduced herself to us.
In the past group, თავი is nominative.
- თავი დამანებე, ვმუშაობ!
Leave me alone, I'm working!
A fixed phrase.
Common Mistakes
Repeating the pronoun as the object.
მე ვხედავ მე სარკეში.სარკეში ჩემს თავს ვხედავ.For myself as an object, use თავი.
How It Connects
Learn This First
თავი means oneself.
Related Patterns
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